Road to Fra Mauro
Copyright 1997 by James Friesen
The Road to Fra Mauro is long and lonely and fraught with danger, as the astronauts of Apollo 13 quickly realized. Eventually another mission landed successfully at the Fra Mauro Highlands, one of the more dangerous landing sites chosen for the Apollo missions, and the one (if I am not mistaken) that finally yielded the Genesis Rock - a rock sample as old as the Earth and Moon.
I used a drumKAT drum trigger pad patched to a synth voice to create the rolling rhythm that underlies the entire song, giving it a sort of methodical traveling motion. I refrained from using any percussive sounds so as to give the song a solemn, muted atmosphere. The solo lead voice is a French horn. I think I was using an ART effects processor for the Cypress Trail songs, and I am sure I used a good bit of reverb on this.
posted by James Friesen @ 3:15 PM
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