The year is 2021. Humans have landed the first machine on Mars capable of recording and transmitting high-fidelity audio and video. Its name is Perseverance. Perhaps more importantly, it is also equipped to probe the red planet for traces of extra-terrestrial life. To prepare for this potentially momentous occasion, I have prepared a mix of earth-music appropriate for First Contact with our eventual alien overlords, to be broadcasted over the airwaves and into the depths of the universe. Join me in this fitting welcome…

TRACKLIST

Pulse Emitter – Space Frost [Hausu Mountain]
Starkey – Holodeck [Civil]
Akua – Interstellar Prophecy [HAUS of ALTR]
Floating Points – Bias (Mayfield Depot Mix) [Ninja Tune]
Mono/Poly – Forest Dark [Brainfeeder]
Wendy Carlos – Wormhole [CBS]
Legowelt – A Destination Awaits [Jack For Daze]
Akasha System – Spirits of the Lake [100% Silk]
Jeff Mills – Strange Plants And Other Botanical Wonders [Axis]
Flying Lotus – Beginner’s Falafel [Warp]
Ex-Terrestrial – Dreams of Jupiter [1080p]
Amon Tobin – Encounter On Io (Lee Gamble Reshape) [Ninja Tune]
Andrea – SKYLN [ilian tape]
Hieroglyphic Being – Sepulchral Offerings [Technicolour]
Ashtar Lavanda – Marfa Lights [Ultramajic]
Dopplereffekt – Master Organism [International Deejay Gigolo]
Cybotron – Cosmic Raindance [Fantasy]
Salami Rose Joe Louis – Confessions of the Metropolis Spaceship [Brainfeeder]