Phinney/McGee: Escape From Earth

Phinney/McGee's Stranded On Earth CDR (2002) told the story of how explorers from alien planets and their progeny (from union with terrestrial females) became stranded on Earth. Escape From Earth continues the story, and tells how, having realized their common heritage and origin on other worlds, our Earth-marooned aliens formulate a plan to escape from their bondage. Even though widely separated by massive geographical distances, the aliens are able communicate with each other through electronic music, which is their common, universal language. They undertake a scheme to disrupt the space tourism trade, and use their electronic instruments to create diversions and paralyze the machinery of the Earth cops who are trying to stop them. They fight their way to a giant orbital city, via a space elevator (a high-tech conveyance for space tourists). At the space-station city they hijack several space-ships and make their escape.

Abstract cosmic electronic music with a harsh, noisy, glitchy edge. Chris Phinney and Hal McGee played Moog Rogue synthesizers, Moog Prodigy, Moog Etherwave Theremin, Korg Poly 800; Subtractor, Malstrom, and Synoptic Probe software synthesizers; Casio VA-10, shortwave radio, space flute treated guitar. Mix, mastering and production by Phinney.