Sleep Research Facility - "Nostromo" CD (2001/2007, 320 With Scans)


"The Nostromo work draws inspiration mainly from Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi noir classic 'Alien', and in particular shots of the interior of the spaceship 'Nostromo'. Various themes and notions are touched upon by these quiet, haunting scenes, and a conscious decision was made to marry the implications these images carried to an interest in sound reflective of spaces as opposed to narrative. The resultant 'fictional listening' is a simple exploration of the ship in all its quiet darkness. Although apparently silent, it's living human components lie frozen in the deepest of sleep, the ship itself throbs a constant heartbeat from the rumble and pulse of its massive engines, the hum of energy flowing through its circuitry, hydraulic fluids pumping through its quiet mass. But behind these layers hide smaller, more indistinguishable elements (was that something scurrying away in the shadows?). Shhh...in space no one can hear you dream."