In the late 1950s explorers from alien worlds came to Earth. Some of these explorers abducted Earth women and seeded them with genetic material. These women unknowingly gave birth to children who were half earthling, half alien. Others of these alien explorers were shipwrecked or abandoned by their fellows on this desolate, violent world. As we (the offspring of the alien explorers) grew up, we came to recognize that we were different, of a band of beings apart from the rest of humanity. We who were stranded here on Earth abandoned all hope of returning to our home planets and assumed false identities, desperately trying to not draw attention to ourselves. Though widely separated by great geographical distances, we of alien heritage have been able to communicate with each other through electronic music, which is our common, universal language. Some of us made a daring escape from Earth by highjacking spaceships at the orbital space-station city. Others of us who were not so fortunate look to the skies, hoping and dreaming that one day we will be rescued. Listen to earlier chapters of the story on Phinney/McGee's Stranded On Earth and Escape From Earth compact discs.
synthesizer loops by Mental Anguish
Hal McGee: loops, Technosaurus Microcon II analog synthesizer, Arturia Minimoog software synthesizer
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