Cassini Transmissions by Xodex
This is mostly instrumental synthesizer music inspired by the NASA/ESA Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and its moons. Of course it is also inspired by the great synth artists that I always loved, including Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis.
The track titles are names of moons of Saturn (except for the Cassini/Huygens titles). Click on individual track titles for more information on the moon of that track, background in inspiration and recording, and in some cases the lyrics.
Dedicated to everyone involved with Cassini/Huygens at NASA, ESA, JPL and everywhere else and to the two little probes that went on this amazing journey providing us with great data and images.
Cover image 'Crescent Tethys and rings' courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
The full album download contains front and back cover artwork and all song notes in either booklet or full page form and a bonustrack: Rhea (Unfinished Demo)!
Tracklist
| 1. | Cassini Transmissions | 2:24 |
| 2. | Tethys | 3:53 |
| 3. | Methone | 1:53 |
| 4. | Mimas | 3:08 |
| 5. | Huygens Drop | 0:54 |
| 6. | Titan | 3:57 |
| 7. | Iapetus | 2:25 |
| 8. | Enceladus | 4:39 |
| 9. | Dione (Floating) | 2:33 |
| 10. | The Shepherd Moons | 13:45 |
| 11. | Cassini Goodbye | 2:14 |
Credits
Xodex = Dennis Versteeg: all instruments, voices, design
Recorded in the first half of 2017 (mostly).
License
All rights reserved.
Dennis Versteeg (1973), father of four, patent attorney by profession, started making his own music in 2015, resulting in his first album 'De Zijlijn' (currently not available on Bandcamp). He is working on the second album under his own name. In between those sessions he started composing instrumental synthesizer tracks. He released an album of these (Cassini Transmissions) under the name Xodex.