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A Tiny Pale Blue Dot

from Interplanetary Species by Mat Ward

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A big influence on this album was reading astronomer Carl Sagan's book "A Pale Blue Dot". The title of the book comes from Sagan's mission to get NASA to turn around the cameras on its Voyager 1 robotic spacecraft and take a picture of Earth from a distance. That photo became iconic, since it showed just how insignificant Earth - "a tiny pale blue dot" is - in the grand scheme of things. The photo celebrated its 30th anniversary while I was making this song, which uses NASA's audio samples from the Voyager 1 mission. I thought it was a good jumping-off point for the album...

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A tiny pale blue dot
A tiny pale blue dot.
This is Voyager launch control. The count now stands at T minus 59 minutes.
A tiny pale blue dot.
Preparations remain on schedule for the launch of Titan Centaur six.
A tiny pale blue dot.
Voyager 1 will set still another speed record.
A tiny pale blue dot.
This is Voyager launch control.
T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and we have ignition, we have a lift off.
A tiny pale blue dot.
Going away from the Earth very rapidly.
A tiny pale blue dot.
Hey we got something, we got some data and it's still burning.
A tiny pale blue dot.
We now have spacecraft separation.
A tiny pale blue dot.
This is Voyager mission control out.
From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest - but for us, it's different.

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from Interplanetary Species, released January 29, 2021
Written, produced, arranged, mixed and mastered by Mat Ward.

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Mat Ward blends future bass, drum and bass, punk and politics to come up with a different sound. He has released albums about financial markets, Apple, Elon Musk, surveillance, the media, Mars, protest chants and the climate. He also writes books and a music column that has been shared by the likes of Ru Paul, Chuck D, Tom Morello and Al Jourgensen. ... more

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