The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 100 (2009)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 100 (2009 г.)

The annual global celebration of "Yuri's Night," commemorating the April 1961 flight of Vostok 1, increases in popularity every year. As we enter the second half-century of human spaceflight, it is a time to reflect on the development of global space culture. It began in the 1950's as two distinct cultures--Soviet and American--reflecting the Cold War rivalry that fueled the Space Race. In the intervening decades there has been a blending of these two initial cultures, other nations have added their cultural voices, and the center of the emerging global space culture has shifted. National space cultures have displayed different emphases on science fiction and UFO themes versus devotion to national astronautic accomplishments. These and other factors may be leading cultural indicators of the vigor of national space efforts and their relevance to the global thrust into the final frontier.

The researcher seeks co-researchers with backgrounds in cultural anthropology and musicology with a strong interest in space history. Of particular interest is collaboration with researchers who are familiar with space-themed music from non-English speaking cultures.

At present, the music collection of nearly 1500 tracks is organized chronologically into 100 segments, each approximating the running time of a compact disc (CD), which include voice clips of important events to provide historical context. The play lists are being rolled out incrementally as research continues. Most of the music can be found online and downloaded free of charge. In addition, a library of song lyrics is in development.

This is music to fly to Mars by. If you listened to one hour every day, you would almost be there at the end of this collection!

CD 100

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Sleeping Satellite (Sam Vahedi and Swedish Egil mix)	Jan Johnston	2009
2	Star Wars	Maynard Ferguson	2009
3	Lighter on the Moon	Nina Gordon	2009
4	Soyuz TMA-16 - Launch	Mission Audio	2009
5	Star Trek: First Contact	Marcos Kleine Project	2009
6	Fueling Dreams That We Are Not Alone	Poprocket feat. Jay Garrigan	2009
7	Космос Space	Рокерджолер Rockerjoker	2009
8	Sleeping Satellite (Kenneth Thomas remix)	Jan Johnston	2009
9	Star Trek: First Contact	unknown artist	2009
10	Ares 1-X - Launch	Mission Audio	2009
11	To the Moon and Back (Kashtan Remix)	Savage Garden	2011
12	Космический raй Cosmic Ray	Сексуальная Лия Sexy Liya	2009
13	Fly Me to the Moon	Shane Cox	2009
14	Star Trek: Insurrection	Marcos Kleine Project	2009
15	Космос (прелюд… и фуга d-moll И. С. Бах) Space (Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, J. S. Bach)	Скрипичный проект-Династия Treble Project - Dynasty	2009
16	Time of the Moon	Тату t.A.T.u.	2009
17	Космос Space	Тимати Timati	2009
18	Fly Me to the Moon	Willie Nelson	2009