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PROJECT S​.​T​.​R​.​A​.​T.

by John Scott Shepherd & Jamie Zarfas

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Project Strat 05:36
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2.
Sunrise 03:50
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3.
Earth Station One 09:09
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4.
Numo Link 03:36
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Deep Space Transmission 04:08
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Celestial Soup 13:20
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EDM of the 9th Kind 05:08
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The Homing Beacon 05:08
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The Space Traveller Returns 06:06
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The Zones Of Zylanthia 05:00
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Space Folk 03:39
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The Universe is Talking 04:04
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Dear Listeners,

I came across John Shepherd when I watched his epic film John was contacting Aliens on Netflix, I instantly felt we have a lot in common which I could write a lot about, we soon became friends on Facebook, I then realized John has a passion for making music and experimenting with electronic synthesizers the same as myself so I suggested we did a collaboration and see where it takes us. John and I are very much in tune with nature, the universe and share spiritual connections and understandings alongside our passion for creativity and have reflected this in our music together, John sends me recordings of his vocal takes and works from ambient synth pads soundscapes that evolve to more complex synth arrangements and these inspire me and I tune into his energy he felt during recording the works he creates. Alike John I have interests in all different kinds of music and over the years I have come to be able play many instruments and record and produce music of all different genres from across the world & create new and experimental songs free of limitations, this is how our Albums have become so diverse and allow for completely original works to come into being. When I was a child I was fascinated with electronics, music and Sci-Fi films, anything to do with space. My father John Zarfas was a professional telescope maker and he also cut ground and polished all his optics to perfection creating some rather large telescopes some with primary lenses of up to 30’’ so we got to look at a lot of space, He was also a keen folk musician and still is to this day. I would make home-brew SW/FM radios and string antennas all across the garden, frequently playing my own guitar, questioning everything, always thinking outside the box and would dream of making ET Contact all before I was 10 Years old. So you can see how I found johns work fascinating. PROJECT S.T.R.A.T unfortunately was in operation long before I got the chance to get involved however I felt it a cool idea to make an album with John in keeping with his work, its my way of connecting with his awesome project and efforts, but also a great theme for us to create fresh new musical ideas. Cosmic connections was the 1st album idea that quickly took shape after a few initial tracks painted the theme and direction of where our music was taking us. I record mostly in 432hz and John is cool with this approach, It has been a great chance to make exciting new music and share our interests and perceptions of reality etc in our own music. This is sure to take you on a journey as much as it has us 🙂 While this is an enjoyable joint project I particularly pay homage and great respect to John and all of his efforts with his PROJECT S.T.R.A.T and in life in general, He is a wonderful man with a pure heart & a beautiful Soul, and I am glad to have had the opportunity to work with John on creating this album, to which is almost a musical biography of Johns life work in itself. My deep appreciation goes to Jamie a highly gifted musician / artist and my love to work with him is reflected in the music on these albums. John Scott Shepherd.

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released August 9, 2022

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John Scott Shepherd Kewadin, Michigan

Recently I was the subject of a Netflix documentary Produced and directed by Matthew Killip titled: "John Was Trying to Contact Aliens" This gave me strong inspiration to continue composing ambient and electronic soundtrack music.

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