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The Visitor

by The Dust Men

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1.
Hang On ST.Christopher 07:43
2.
That's Alright Mama Mama 06:02
3.
The Piano Has Been Drinking 06:47
4.
Down In A Hole 08:36
5.
Friday 05:48
6.
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp 07:20
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Chocolate Jesus 04:46
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Josie 04:53
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The Ability To Swim 07:55
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Black Friday 07:05

about

An accidental recording of an impromptu performance. A unique moment in time.

In 1977 NASA launched the Voyager mission. Two probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, sent off to explore the solar system, taking advantage of a unique moment in our time, a perfect alignment of the planets. The data and images sent back have given us a far richer understanding of our nearest planetary neighbours. Fierce, inhospitable and lifeless worlds each with a unique and splendid beauty. Attached to each Voyager probe is a golden record. One side contains images from earth, and, the other, “The Sounds of Earth”, sound recordings of speech, language and music to represent our culture and diversity. Music such as Bach, Mozart and Chuck Berry's “Johnny B Goode”. Also, the Voyager probes have a map locating our position in the universe. Our address. They have now been traveling for more than 40 years, and have become the first man made objects to leave the solar system and venture into interstellar space, with the possibility of encountering other inhabitants of the universe. They are not expected to reach anywhere of significance for the next forty thousand years, about one fifth of the time humans are known to have existed on this tiny speck at this unique moment of time, in a vast and ageless universe. Planet Earth, a sphere of beauty, of sanctuary and of life!

Life is known to have existed on Earth for about 3.5 billion years. It has existed in many forms and evolved many, many times over. It has ebbed and flowed, flourished and died but continued to exist. One example, around 66.045 million years ago a tiny layer of glass spherules, known as Tektites, where deposited across the entire globe. They formed a geological signature known as the K-Pg (or K-T) boundary, where the fossil record suddenly and dramatically changes. Evidence, of an apocalyptic event that can be scientifically linked to a crater, buried beneath the Yucatán Peninsula, most likely formed by the impact of a very large asteroid. An event that altered the environment and changed life on the planet forever. The most recent of many mass extinction events that life on earth has endured. Humans, in our current form, did not exist at that time. We evolved from the lifeforms that survived the catastrophe. An evolutionary process that took the majority of the 66.045 million years since the time of the asteroids impact. To put that in perspective, if that time where a day, 24 hours, we've been here about 45 minutes. Long enough to listen to a vinyl, or golden, record. The Voyager probes could reach the next significant area of the universe in about 10 minutes. At some time, the probes may potentially be, recovered by another intelligent life form, also with the ability to traverse interstellar space. An intelligence with technologies likely far beyond our own, at this unique moment in time.

In the universe time is abundant. For us, time is finite and precious, but, for life time is a friend and alias. If, at some time in our distant future, the finder of the Voyager probes visits our sphere of life, what might they find? Who knows what? Just imagine you are there. It may make a difference or it may not.

But never mind all that.

The Visitor. An accidental recording of an impromptu performance. A unique moment in time. Listen, enjoy and if you like, contemplate the meaning of life.

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released March 29, 2020

Recorded live at Creepy Monkey Music,
Mixed by PV Sounds
“Skuldugotron” mastered by Skulduggery records.

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