CD ONE - ME HUMAN, YOU ALIEN

1. Acid Saucers
2. Space Choir Transient
3. Quanterior
4. Tripping Space Freighter
5. Abandon Starship
6. Anarkosmik

CD TWO - EIGHT SYMBOLS FOR FLOATING WITH

1. Symbols 1-3
2. Symbols 4-7
3. Symbol 8
4. Solid State Symphony (bonus track)

"In 1998 Steve was living in Sidmouth, Devon. Inspired by his friends at the University of Luton he bought 
an Apple Mac computer and a piece of software called Rebirth, a kind of dance music tool based on the 
Roland TR-808 drum machine. Lacking a music sequencer and a keyboard, Steve used Rebirth with an 
application called SoundEdit16, which was meant for the manipulation of audio files, but which he used 
to create music. With his portable DAT recorder it was possible for Steve to record digital quality music 
with Rebirth (played live, like a real instrument), then import the sound files back into SoundEdit16. 
Additional audio files - samples, recordings of earlier Mooch albums, keyboard sounds, etc - could be 
mixed over the basic track, one by one, in an additive process. This meant tracks had to be mixed as 
they were created, and once saved there was no going back, but Steve managed to use the technique 
to cosmic effect.
Following a request by a local music-promoting group (the Future Sound Of Exeter) to create some 
psychedelic dance music, Steve recorded six tracks, which he performed live at a venue off Gandy 
Street, Exeter, for a benefit event supporting the Free Tibet campaign. Thus Me Human, You Alien 
was born. The album was never released however, since In Search Of The Acid Metal Grille had just 
been released by Andy Garibaldi at Dead Earnest Records.
In this edition of the album, the six tracks have been mixed into a sonic whole, following the original 
concept and the live performance.

Steve had been using the Mac/Rebirth/DAT technique for a year or two before moving to Devon, working 
with Garry Lewin and Phil Watson. But he also worked with Pete Wyer at this time, recording material 
from Mac to DAT then augmenting it with Pete’s help. The two sequenced tracks on In Search Of The 
Acid Metal Grille were created in this way. But on Eight Symbols For Floating With, Steve wanted to 
explore a more ambient sound. Recording seven five-minute sound sculptures created from pure Mac 
waveforms, he made the foundation of the album; later on, at Pete’s Cheltenham studio, the two 
musicians overdubbed keyboards to create the final album. An eighth track was also recorded, using 
Pete’s Cubase set-up and featuring a more structured approach.
Eight Symbols For Floating With was performed live on one occasion, when Steve was asked by the 
Future Sound Of Exeter to play it in an art gallery off Fore Street as part of a multimedia event…"