The Northern Irish artist and electronic composers third album isa seven-movement odyssey composed for analogue synthesizers and full, traditional 29 piece colliery brassband! With only a year following on from the release of her second album Awake But Always Dreamingto widespread acclaim(Voted No.1 Album Of the Year Electronic Sound Magazine),Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia,explores one persons journey to outer space, by recounting the story of an unknown, elderly, pioneering, electronic musical stargazer and herlifelong dream to leave her terraced home in the mining town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to see Cassiopeia for herself. With artwork by Grammy award winning designer Jonathan Barnbrook (David Bowie collaborator on albums Blackstar and The Next Day) and the complete brass band and rhythm section recorded live on location inThe Barnsley Civic Theatrewith Peter GabrielsReal Worldstudio team, this exclusive album combines Peels detailed, analogue synth layered production and her expressive flair for performance with Tubular Brass, featuring the top UK championship brass band players. Its a wholly unique, collaborative sound and seemingly, a first of its kind both live and on record. At the close of the albums final songThe Planet of Passed Souls, tutti brass jostle with the hiss and crackle of a 78rpm record. An emotionally charged, scratchy sample taken from a 1928 recording of Peels own choirboy grandfather in Manchester Cathedral leaves the listener questioning the reality of Marys connection with the stars Did she ever make it to Cassiopeia? Is this all a daydream as she sits in a back garden shed tinkering with electronics and her telescope? Or maybe this is her final breath as her mind and body pass into another realm of life? Is this science or fantasy? And how much is there really a division between the two?