Track by Track Review

01. Illuminated Ones
Bearing the most heavy goa influence, Illuminated Ones sets the beginning of the album's journey.  Riding currents of interweaving melodies, the track lifts the listener up from the subharmonics of newer psytrance sounds through a nostalgic tapestry of more ancient frequencies.  Lush reverbs and swells carry throughout as the energy in the track builds in theme and power until, like a wave on the shore, it peaks and breaks to the resolution, not of the end, but the beginning.

02. 3600 Years On Earth
Before recorded history and time, the ancients came to our planet to sow the seeds of the future.  3600 Years On Earth marks this time in spirit and energy.  Loosening from melody-rich soundscapes, this track explores a more open space with sound effects and percussion, inviting more modern-sounding leads from psytrance before delving back into classic synthesizer audio phenomena.

03. Blue Lights
Are they gods or aliens?  Myth or reality?  With a rolling bassline and playful melodic interplay, a chapter of interaction between the Illuminated Ones and humanity is begun in Blue Lights.  Whether they are benevolent or something more sinister remains to be seen in the hidden patterns and layers. 

04. Concade
Breaking from the playful nature of "Blue Lights", "Concade" turns the page from "Blue Lights." Darker times ensue despite continued melodic emphasis, and a lack of tonal resolution stokes the tension until the middle of the track, where atonal forces rend the listener through a gauntlet of synthesis and hammering percussion.  Yet through the darkness the familiar
vibrations of harmony return to carry the listener to the end of the track.

05. Signal Distant
A companion track to "Concade" and "Blue Lights", "Signal Distant" merges the playful and darker nature of the two.  Balancing melodic and atonal leads, Signal Distant meshes crisp filter modulations with themes and development building to a driving ending.  Again the question remains: what are their intentions?  Good?  Evil?  Something else?

06. Planet X
In Planet X the final chapter of the album is begun.  Returning to rich Goa influence, "Planet X" paints a portrait of alien skies and lands, yet familiar.  A driving psytrance-style kick and bass propel the track through the harmonies, new and old, immersing them in full soundscape.

07. Antikythera Mechanism
Remnents of our aliens ancestry are still evident in unexplained ancient technology, including the Antikythera Mechanism.  In "Antikythera Mechanism" the Annunaki deliver sneaky explorations of mystery, alchemy, and the inexplicable.  Alluding to the playfulness of "Blue Lights", this track tailors careful percussion and melodic interplay, developing into a dramatic conclusion.

08. Sumerian Technology
In the final track of the album, Sumerian Technology, the listener catches a glimpse of the final mature Annunaki sound.  Solid subsonic basslines, driving percussion, growling atonal leads, and lifting percussion merge to a track that seems deceptively faster than it's true BPM. 

09. Antikythera Mechanism (Herbivore Dub Remix)