Leaving Earth – “Ejecta” – [Feral Fang Media]

Max Level   7/10/2012   A Library, CD

Leaving Earth is, not surprisingly, all about outer space. It’s two people making sound/noise pieces that indeed sound otherworldly. Some are heavily electronic while others are more like ambient field recordings, from some strange alien fields. A few disembodied and processed voices here and there. Overall this CD has a bit of a muffled sound and a claustrophobic feel; no doubt listening to it from inside a space suit would make it sound like this if it didn’t already sound like this. Track 8 starts with a warning by a military guy to be on the lookout for a secret upcoming war, and Track 9 doesn’t do much until about 30 seconds in; then it’s a computer-generated message warning us of secret government plans and our imminent doom.