The Martian Chronicles, inspired by Ray Bradbury's story collection of the same name, sounds very much like the soundtrack to a mysterious and strange science fiction film that exists only in the imaginations of Seren Ffordd and Ophoi. These seven tracks, while slow, moody and at times weirdly alien, also evoke a  drama and emotional  depth absent from much recent ambient music. It's a complex  and beautiful mixture of electronic instruments, field recordings and percussion.These artists will both likely be familiar to Hypnos listeners.  Seren Ffordd has released several albums on our Hypnos Secret Sound imprint, and also contributed to the Hypnos compilationSounds of a Universe Overheard. The name Seren Ffordd (real name Andy Benford) is  Welsh for Star Road, Way of Stars or Milky Way.Track listing, with mp3 sample clips:01 > The Long Years > 14:38 <a href="http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-sfoo-tmc-01.mp3">MP3 clip</a>02 > Dead Cities > 15:03 <a href="http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-sfoo-tmc-02.mp3">MP3 clip</a>03 > Blue Fire > 13:19 <a href="http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-sfoo-tmc-03.mp3">MP3 clip</a>04 > End of a Changeling > 02:49 <a href="http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-sfoo-tmc-04.mp3">MP3 clip</a>05 > Canals > 08:11 <a href="http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-sfoo-tmc-05.mp3">MP3 clip</a>06 > Flamebirds Waiting for the Storm > 10:06 <a href="http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-sfoo-tmc-06.mp3">MP3 clip</a>07 > Unremembered > 09:56 <a href="http://www.hypnos.com/audio/hypnos-sfoo-tmc-07.mp3">MP3 clip</a>