Our friend, Cailyn (she of Four Pieces fame), just released information today about her fourth album, VOYAGER.  Here’s a bit of what she has to say:

I am in the studio, working on a new project called Voyager.  This project arose from my interest in the Planets Suite by Gustav Holst. Problem was, the music as it stood did not easily lend itself to a rock interpretation and the opening movement, Mars, had already been explored extensively by better artists than I.  The idea gradually evolved from there to a musical interpretation of the Voyager Space Project.

Voyager will include excerpts from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune from the Planets Suite as well as ten original pieces of music (see track listing below).  I have finished the composition for all of the tracks and I am now working on the instrumentation and programming.

While I originally imagined this as a progressive rock suite, it will be more eclectic, not adhering to any single genre.  Much of it is classically inflected symphonic prog, particularly the Planet Suite excerpts as well as Io, Titan, and Triton.  Europa and Pale Blue Dot are more New Age with blues inflections.  Enceladus is free form without time or key signature.  Ariel and Miranda are classic-progressive rock hybrids.

Voyager will primarily be an instrumental work though I have sketched wordless vocals for several of the tracks. Most of the drumming will be recorded on an acoustic set and I am now looking for the right a session drummer for this project. The bass guitar and keyboards will be more prominent, especially the keys as much of the original music is being written at the keyboard.

Run time: about 56 minutes.  Track listing with brief descriptions:

Voyager – A quiet symphonic introduction leads to a bluesy guitar progression followed by a powerful progression of chords that builds to a grand crescendo before a return to the opening theme complete with synths, voices, guitars, and drums.

To find out more (and you should!), including a full track description, click here.