Ecliptic 1 by Star Kicker

Star Kicker music are not made by human hands but the sounds of the planets. Essentially this is what each planet would sound like if it could reach out and play a synthasizer.
I've converted the recordings of each planet into MIDI melodies and rhythms using a computer software called "Audio Snap". Any audio recording can be converted into MIDI notation so why not recordings of the planets? Insert nerd laugh and or snort here. NASA made recordings with the Viking, Casini, and Galileo probes. They gathered sounds like Jupiters lightning or the dust in Saturns rings. Once these sounds have been converted into MIDI they were run through my Novation Ultra Nova synthesizer, Moog Sub 37 synthesizer, East West Hollywood Strings sample library, and drums from Toontracks Superior Drummer sample libraries. I have not played on any of these songs, which as a songwriter was hard not to just fix some of the weird melodies or beat values. I looked at my role more as a band leader telling who to play what instrument and when. Each planet had it's own natural rhythm and it was facinating to see what each one would come up with on it's own. Melodies were created by moving between different MIDI tracks in different keys to give a melodic movement or modulation. Each song features either moons or neighboring planets in varying degrees. In the Mars track the bridge sections has a duet between Mars and Jupiter. In the Mercury track the sun plays a significant role in every section. Jupiter sings along with it's moons' Titan, Ios, and Europa. So after all of this here is a tranquil yet chaotic collection of the planets as viewed through a synthesizer.
links to check out
the University of Iowas site for unprocessed recordings of the planets.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio/

For more info on quantization ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization_(music)
For more info on MIDI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI
For more info on drum replacement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_replacement