Sounds of the Mothership

by David Parsons

Sounds of the Mothership cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Fortuna
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Length: 1:14:30
  • Community rating: 3.12/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

New Zealand composer David Parsons debuted his deeply contemplative approach to synthesized ambient music with 'Sounds of the Mothership'. The album heavily integrates expansive analog drones with subtle environmental field recordings, creating a profoundly mysterious, sci-fi-infused soundscape. It is an important, immersive work in the early development of the space ambient genre.

Genres

Descriptors: space, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Tibetan Plateau (13:36)
  2. Gangotri (11:44)
  3. Meditation On A Lonely Pool (4:15)
  4. Devaloka (10:27)
  5. Separation (5:42)
  6. Tree Spirits (10:53)
  7. Durga (6:15)
  8. Spheres (11:36)

Credits

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