LOST ON MARS WITH CHARLIE is the soundtrack of a dream I didn't have.

The owner of the dream is my friend Philippe Vallin. In his vision, he was walking on a weird, red, rocky desert that felt like planet Mars. He was not alone : his unexpected companion was Charlie Chaplin's tramp. They silently roamed these vast mineral landscapes until Philippe slipped on rocks at the edge of a cliff, started to fall and woke up sweating.

In 1991, a few months after telling me about this strange and memorable experience, Philippe came home for a visit. At some point, while I was tinkering with my electronic music instruments, he fell asleep. With the speakers on, I spent a couple of hours composing an atmospheric soundscape, with no particular idea in mind. When Philippe woke up, he said he had heard the music while half-asleep, half-awaken, and it had transported him back to his powerful martian dream.

As a result, the album composed on that occasion naturally became the official soundtrack of Philippe's dream. A few decades later, it is now available to anyone who wishes to experience this haunting wandering throughout the red planet.

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Composed and designed by Boris Lelong
Electronic sounds and textures

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Mars landscapes courtesy of NASA and ESA