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Simultaneously rich and fragile, beautiful original music based around a unique sax/string quartet/drums line-up, led by acclaimed Manchester based drummer Johnny Hunter. Here’s what Johnny says about this music: 'Inspired by a particular photograph taken by Voyager 1 in 1990 - the Earth as seen from a distance of 6 billion kilometers and appears less than 1 pixel in size - this piece is in four movements, each observing the Earth from different perspectives, the titles of which are taken from a famous speech by Carl Sagan about this photograph. The hope is that the listener will, albeit temporarily, be able to take a step back from the atrocities of the world and their own frustrations of everyday life, and place themselves in the serenity of the edge of our Solar System, where all of humanity's problems seem insignificant.’...

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Simultaneously rich and fragile, beautiful original music based around a unique sax/string quartet/drums line-up, led by acclaimed Manchester based drummer Johnny Hunter. Here’s what Johnny says about this music: 'Inspired by a particular photograph taken by Voyager 1 in 1990 - the Earth as seen from a distance of 6 billion kilometers and appears less than 1 pixel in size - this piece is in four movements, each observing the Earth from different perspectives, the titles of which are taken from a famous speech by Carl Sagan about this photograph. The hope is that the listener will, albeit temporarily, be able to take a step back from the atrocities of the world and their own frustrations of everyday life, and place themselves in the serenity of the edge of our Solar System, where all of humanity's problems seem insignificant.’.

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