Messier was an ambient plunderphonics project I operated for 1 year, 4 months, and 25 days.
A ten-minute piece was made in dedicated to each object in the Messier catalogue.
It was an largely experiment in teaching myself ambient music production through practice, practice, practice.
Samples used are listed below.

Messier - 19741116
I   = ?
II  = Mario Lopez - Angel Eyes (Radio Edit)
      Dmitrii Eliuseev - File:The Arecibo Message.wav
III = Unknown Artist - Unknown (Zen Buddha Hotel)
      Kurt Waldheim - Greetings from the Secretary General of the UN
      Last Login - websdr_recording_start_2022-07-07T07_42_18Z_8837.0kHz
IV  = Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky
V   = Unknown Artist - Unknown (Zen Buddha Hotel)

Unt. ● 天気予報 - Within the Atmosphere
       [YouTube] NASA 1970's Documentary - The Universe
       Haruomi Hosono - Muji Original BGM
       GHOST DATA - CARNAL DESIRE
       Antony Raijekov - Yellow Flowers
       GHOST DATA - PEARL DANCER
M12  ● 土谷知幸 - hug and kiss
M13  ● Harvest Moon Night (Instrumental) (Hakumei to Mikochi ED)
M14  ● Renard - Intensive Care Unit
M15  ● t.A.T.u - Gomenasai
M16  ● Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Your Smile
M17  ● a l e x - sleep next to me
M18  ● ･ﾟ✧(=✪ ᆺ ✪=) - ･ﾟ✧ - Loveless
       Boards of Canada - Twoism
       tiku sens - melody of the tiny lives]
M19  ● Enya - Only Time
M20  ● Styles & Breeze - You're My Angel (Extended Edit)
M21  ● Tokyo Ghetto Pussy - To Another Galaxy (Radio & Video Edit)
M22  ● Orca - 4AM
M23  ● Dune - Are You Ready To Fly
M24  ● S3RL feat Sara - Crystal Sky
M25  ● Lorde - White Teeth Teens
M26  ● Sleep ∞ Over - Romantic Streams
M27  ● The Chainsmokers - Roses ft. ROZES
M28  ● 「 D O S S 」- Softpretty
M29  ● Underworld - Born Slippy .NUXX
       [YouTube] Japanese TV commercials 1990 - Part 2
M30  ● Björk - Cosmogony
M31  ● Imogen Heap - Headlock
M32  ● [YouTube] NASA 1970's Documentary - The Universe
       ????????????
       Tina Dartrix - sleep
M33  ● Sleeping At Last - Saturn
M34  ● Starset - Everglow
M35  ● Porter Robinson - Fresh Static Snow (Second Sky 2019 Worlds Live Edit)
M36  ● starsculptor - interlude
M37  ● $uicideboy$ - Kill Yourself (Part III)
M38  ● Oneohtrix Point Never - I Don’t Love Me Anymore
M39  ● Current 93 - The Bloodbells Chime
M40  ● Gokou Kuyt x Tohji x Sleet Mage x Who28 - nap
M41  ● múm - Green Grass of Tunnel
M42  ● Gregory & The Hawk - Fin Song 8 (Orange River Remix)
       Okosan - "The room with the rain" (alone, listening to the rain and snow)
       Current 93 - I Have A Special Plan For This World
M43  ● Crystal Castles - Leni
M44  ● Crystal Castles - Celestica
M45  ● BFF - night
       [YouTube] Owls of North America and their Calls
M46  ● Dansette Junior - Paranoid
       Nero's Day at Disneyland - Human Artifacts Found Underwater, Best Dressed Lists
M47  ● Hannah Diamond - Every Night (Club Mix)
M48  ● Capoxxo - Life is Hard
       Okosan - websdr_recording_start_2023-01-02T20_18_38Z_12129.3kHz
M49  ● Capoxxo - Can We Stay Up Late
       Favorite 水 - So Far Outward
M50  ● Capoxxo - Shawty Fell In Love
       Toby Fox - But The Earth Refused To Die
       Hannah Diamond - Every Night (Club Mix)
M51  ● ゑでぃまぁこん eddie marcon「スロウな夢 slow na yume」
M52  ● capoxxo - When The World Ends
       Okosan - (1990) VTS_01_1
       Okosan - websdr_recording_start_2023-01-17T02_14_23Z_8512.9kHz
M53  ● capoxxo - untitled.wav
M54  ● Shawn Wasabi - Marble Soda
       Okosan - websdr_recording_start_2023-01-29T14_07_05Z_14017.4kHz
M55  ● Charli XCX - Track10 (Nightcore)
M56  ● R3HAB - Icarus
M57  ● hurt irl - loving hands (demo)
       Okosan - websdr_recording_start_2023-01-29T14_07_05Z_14017.4kHz
       Okosan - Getting our house saged (2022-07-10)
M58  ● flatroom - why are you my clarity
       Okosan - unreleased untitled My_recording_8_1
M59  ● Purity Ring - Obedear
M60  ● Oceanlab - Breaking Ties
M61  ● capoxxo - searching w mayh3mp
M62  ● railpressureflip - Breaking Ties
M63  ● Oceanlab - Clear Blue Water (Original Instrumental Mix)
M64  ● 65daysofstatic - Wrong Side Of The Tracks
       last login - untitled (tape loop demos, #3 & #12?)
M65  ● atlas - defeated
       Okosan - VID 20190827 152821
       Machine Girl - Bullet Hell
M66  ● BLEACH! - ONOUROWN +@CAPOXXO +@SWEXSTAR [@DIRTY SOSA]
       Mark Redito - 3am Apologies
M67  ● shed theory x capoxxo - 300 dollar nyquil
       Cult of Terrorism - Songs for William Basinski 『 Datarot bootleg 』(Concentrated mix)
M68  ● capoxxo - x̶̧̧̧̛̣̦̣̼͔̺̘̗̱͔̪̞͍̻͌̀̏̕͜ͅx̶̧̧̧̛̣̦̣̼͔̺̘̗̱͔̪̞͍̻͌̀̏̕͜ͅx̶̧̧̧̛̣̦̣̼͔̺̘̗̱͔̪̞͍̻͌̀̏̕͜ͅ
       steve roden - sometime in the late 80s
       The Media 100 Men - he's feeling the music bro
M69  ● Blank Banshee - Home
M70  ● Blank Banshee - Memorization
       [YouTube] STS-75 Flight Day 9
M71  ● [YouTube] 2021年6月分身ロボットカフェDAWN ver.β オープン！
       [YouTube] Apollo 8 - TEI - "There Is A Santa Claus" (Full Mission 30)
M72  ● [YouTube] 分身ロボットカフェ常設実験店 『DAWN ver.β 』
M73  ● Ryoji Ikeda - data.index
       Contour Architect - The Last Sunset
       Ayane Fukumi - Kawaii Holiday
       shed theory x capoxxo - theory song
M74  ● Chris Lee (Li Yuchun 李宇春) - Real Love / Only You
M75  ● Luxury Elite - Blush (Monroeville Music Center Remix)
M76  ● [YouTube] J&B 無版權音樂 | 曲名：Last Promise 最後承諾 | 情感、環境音樂 | 免費音樂下載
M77  ● A. G. Cook - Superstar (Pop Shitty Version)
M78  ● [YouTube] Fred Luskin: Constructive Anger
M79  ● Benedictine Monks Of St. Michael's – Gregorian Chants: The Best of the Benedictine Monks of St. Michael's
       Ryoji Ikeda - This is a Recording
       Ryoji Ikeda - What's Wrong?
       [YouTube] Cosmos (1980) Carl Sagan (Parts 1-5)
M80  ● A. G. Cook - Superstar
M81  ● A. G. Cook - Beautiful Superstar
       A. G. Cook - Beautiful
       ⇩LOAD - 2018_09_22 fast fourier transform 8 nr
M82  ● QT - Hey QT (Euphoria Edit)
M83  ● A. G. Cook - Silver
M84  ● Hannah Diamond - Invisible
M85  ● A. G. Cook - Unlimited Wifi
M86  ● A. G. Cook - The Darkness
       [YouTube] Various petittube videos from the 2019 bugcat archives
       [YouTube] Mizusawa strine Gunma japan
M87  ● DJ RAY-XANS - WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING AND NO ONE
       Hannah Diamond - Never Again (Instrumental)
       jocx - explore
M88  ● Janet Paschal - Give Me Jesus
M89  ● Cassie - Not Love
M90  ● Gregory & the Hawk - Blind and Unwise
       Gregory & the Hawk - Fin Song 8 (Orange River Remix)
       Windows XP opening SFX
       Hannah Diamond - Concrete Angel (Instrumental)
       [Several unknown samples]
M91  ● 3amperson - hallucination friends
       [YouTube] Put God First - Denzel Washington Motivational & Inspiring Commencement Speech
M92  ● ｓｋｙ 空 - ｃｏｕｎｔｒｙｓｉｄｅ 田舎 (Kyasuto Version)
       ｓｋｙ 空 - ｃｏｕｎｔｒｙｓｉｄｅ 田舎
       A. G. Cook - Beautiful
M93  ● [possibly] oliviaway - Unknown
       [Slsk] 06_01-datavis
       [Some cat video idk]
       Unknown - Unknown (Some sample from 2018)
       Rihanna - Diamonds
       (yeah I remember nothing this time, it's all old files)
M94  ● [YouTube] James Turrell
M95  ● 朝生愛 [Ai Aso] - Agenda
M96  ● DJ Danny - On A Mountain
M97  ● Bladee - Close
M98  ● SLIMEGRRRL RITUALZ PRESENTS AURORA HD - new age virtua tape
M99  ● (Various tracks from) Bladee - Remote Utopias
M100 ● (Unknown track from)  Bladee - Remote Utopias
M101 ● (Various tracks from) Bladee - Icedancer
M102 ● Lil Koi! - Continuethestory W/ Capoxxo [+ pvscale]
       Lil Koi! - Wtf [+ Flood]
       Lil Koi! - freeze w/ yung shame (prod. shame)
M103 ● Lil Koi! - Whats going on. [+ Angelus]
       [Possibly something else?]
M104 ● ＶＶＶＸ Ｓｏｆｔｗａｒｅ - Ｄａｔａｂａｎｋ 
       Unknown track from instaud.io, no known artist
M105 ● capoxxo - rpg [prod. lil soda boi]
M106 ● [YouTube] Live Forever As You Are Now With Alan Resnick | Infomercials | Adult Swim
M107 ● [YouTube] Guided Meditation for Inner Peace and Calm | Mindful Movement
M108 ● [YouTube] You Are Enough - A Guided, Healing Mindfulness Meditation (13 Minutes)
M109 ● 고은 어린이 합창단 - 하나님의 성품을 닮아가는 법 레위기의 말씀찬양
M110 ● 고은 어린이 합창단 - 하나님의 성품을 닮아가는 법 레위기의 말씀찬양

     
     
     
     
    
Dedicated to Carl Sagan and my grandfather.