Space probe inspires latest Adam Young album
THE MONTHLY releases in the imagined soundtracks series by hitmaking
instrumentalist Adam Young continues with the 'Voyager 1' album. Said
Young, "Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA in 1977 as part of
the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System. Having operated
for the past 39 years, the spacecraft still communicates and returns
data to us, and as of 2016, it is the farthest manmade object from
Earth. When I picture Voyager 1 out there beyond our solar system, I
can't help but imagine the things it has seen on its journey. It's
flown by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and beyond. In 1990, it
looked back and took an image known as the 'Pale Blue Dot' which shows
Earth six billion kilometers away, a tiny white speck suspended in the
darkness of deep space. It was this breathtaking image that inspired
me to create this score because it reminds me that life, as far as we
know, is unique to our planet, and very fragile indeed."