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Red Planet Orchestra
12+ albums
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Conceived and conducted by Vincent Rees the Red Planet Orchestra is a prime example of how it is indeed possible to combine classical composition with a contemporary structure more often found in the field of electronic ambient music. With sound artist Pete Smith, Rees provides us with the Aurora Symphony a work of great depth and magnitude. This is a recording graced with subtlety and force in equal measure. Images of future memories and ancient dreams inhabit a landscape of intense serenity. Their working partnership started when they worked together years ago in a Music shop in Crawley. With a keen interest in instrumental music under the name of T30 Control they released the CD Blade Of The Sun which also featured guest vocalist Nik Turner of Hawkwind. The album was picked up by Voiceprint records, received good reviews and was played heavily on specialist radio stations as far reaching as Russia, Australia and South America and at big European festivals. The quick success of Blade Of The Sun led the musicians to create a hasty follow up album “Hollow Earth” which though underrated by critics at the time was picked up and received well by Television in the UK , the music was played heavily as background music on Channel Four and Sky TV plus various radio stations. Unfortunately the fallout from this album led to the split of the partnership. In the meanwhile Vince contributed music to several short student films, both musicians went off and experimented with different
