October 1997 : to enrich the Cassini-Huygens mission with a human message to potential extra-terrestrial populations, and to leave trace of our humanity to the unknown, 4 original musics composed by French musicians Julien Civange and Louis Haéri are placed on board Huygens.

The 4 Tracks « Lalala », « Bald James Deans », « Hot Time » and « No Love » currently on their way to Titan last 14 Minutes.

The Music will reach Titan on January 14 2005 after a 7 year and 4 Billion Kilometer Journey. Never will human signs have traveled and landed so far.


"Music2Titan reflects a wish to highlight mankind's existence in the universe through music and to familiarize people with the spatial exodus and possible existence of extra-terrestrial life," said Julien Civange, producer, musician and initiator of Music2Titan. "It also serves as a way to offer people hope for the future and to make music travel beyond normal boundaries."

MOVIE

Watch the Music2Titan movie presentation (3' minutes video)

MUSIC

The four pieces of music each correspond to a stage of the mission.

Lalala: built around 3 base rock chords, this song corresponds to before the beginning of the mission, the making of the space probe in an atmosphere that is both naïve and serious at the same time. The men and women of the Space Agency in lab coats and overalls, like “Playmobils”, busy building Huygens in giant hangars.

Bald James Dean: this song is dramatically tense, evoking the separation of the space probes Cassini and Huygens, which will take place at Christmas before the descent of Huygens towards Titan where it will arrive on 14th January 2005.

Hot Time: this piece is more space-like but also urban which corresponds to the exploration of Titan’s sun.

No Love: this corresponds to the end of the mission, a calm after so many years of work. It is also slightly melancholy which raises the questions linked to the conquest and the exodus of space: “What will we export there? Our dustbins, our fast-food, our knowledge, Wall Street, Che Guevara, the Mona Lisa, Bart Simpson…?”

The four pieces of music will be available over the Internet, to the public on the 21st December.

ART WORK

The Music2Titan logo was made by The Designers Republic.
Ian Anderson about TDR Implication : "It was an honour and a privilege to be involved with the Music2Titan project. It is rare to have the opportunity to be involved in some way in such a potentially momentus project for mankind long term and a pleasure that it isn't purely commercially motivated."