SpaceShip, by Benedict Roff-Marsh

SpaceShip

by Benedict Roff-Marsh

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1.	Leaving The Space Station 03:07		buy track
2.	In The Space Convoy 03:38		buy track
3.	Firing The Main Engines 13:20		buy track
4.	Facing Empty Space 03:46		buy track
5.	Entering Hypersleep 03:01		buy track
6.	Auto Pilot & Empty Corridors 03:13		buy track
7.	Flightline 05:16		buy track
8.	Central Computer 01:12		buy track
9.	Inflight Entertainment 03:44		buy track
10.	Waking Up 05:20		buy track
11.	Virgo 12 Pt 2 06:04	info	buy track
12.	A New World A New Life 10:20		buy track
13.	High Orbit At Virgo 12 05:54		buy track

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This album was released almost 10 years ago now (2017) and in starting a new record it hit me I wanted to make a sequel. That meant I had to dig this album out and listen to it as while I had it on cassette and MiniDisc it wasn't in my main music collection. In doing that I found a few tracks that had been edited or left off to make it fit on the cassette. Those are restored to the original running order.

The album felt like a turning point for me in making a coherent story for my concept album as well as making it more musical. I had even used a real brass sample on some of the tracks as a theme. Real samples tend to mean using proper notes, and I pretty well managed that, even if I didn't really know what I was doing.

10 years on I am still proud of what I made and apart from restoring running order, the only change is a new cover as I wasn't able to achieve my aims at the time and this is far closer (thanks NASA for the pic).

CONCEPT: the story is of people leaving Earth to start a life on a new world called Virgo 12. Virgo 12 had already appeared as a track "Works In Proto-Techno" and became the planet that appeared behind several of my themed records. This record covers the flight.

NEW RECORD: at the time of writing this there is a new SpaceShip record in the wings which is a part two.

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released August 6, 1997

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Benedict Roff-Marsh Brisbane, Australia

Trained as a Mix Engineer in the late 80's in a tape-based studio making AM Radio jingles. It taught me to deliver and focus on the right result instead of messing about for days over whether 234ms or 243ms was more socially acceptable. I noticed that everyone was a bit afraid of the electronics. Composing helped me understand how to mix better. ... more

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