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The Sirens Of Titan

from Satellites by Shards Of Reason

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Titan is one of the main points of interest amongst NASA/JPL scientists, mainly because of its ocean and liquid methane. There was a plan recently mooted regarding setting what would essentially be a boat (nothing like a boat you and I would recognise as such and packed to the gunnels with scientific instrumentation, but a boat all the same) adrift on Titan's inhospitable seas.

I loved that idea and the imagery...the track was almost called "Adrift On Titan's Ocean", but it didn't quite cover all the bases for me.

As with many tracks on this album as possible, I'm looking to make mention of the mythology attached to each celestial body. Being a fan of Kurt Vonnegut and his "Sirens Of Titan" being my favourite book, it seemed the ideal way to hook the mythology with the science through a third avenue and lift the title from the book.

A ship's crew rowing furiously across an alien sea with Odysseus lashed to the mast, as extra-terrestrial sirens sing out to wreck the ship on rocks its builders could never dream it would be to asked to avoid. But you might hear something different...anyhow, I hope you like it.

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from Satellites, released November 7, 2010

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West Midlands-based duo creating a melting pot of contemporary jazz vibes, downtempo electronica and dreamy ambient landscapes.

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