10 November 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 87 (2006)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 87 (2006 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 87
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Trance Lunar ExperienceCountzero2006
2Fly Me to the MoonDeepnote Sax Quartet2006
3Somewhere In SpaceDj Allegator2006
4Star Trek Theme [Voyager]D.J. Freeze2006
5Космос
Space
Dj Impulse2006
6Moon Patrol JamDoron Deutsch2006
7STS-115 - LaunchMission Audio2006
8Space Night DrummingFD Project2006
9What Planet Are We OnFive Star Fall2006
10SatelliteGuster2006
11Тема Мечты Полёт с космонавтом
Dream Theme Flying With a Cosmonaut
Государственный оркестр кинематографии СССР
USSR State Cinematografic Orchestra
2006
12Take Meta MarsHarvey Girls2006
13Непонятная Планета
Baffling Planet
In-Team2006
14Space Cowboy (house mix)Jamiroquai2006
15Fly Me to the MoonJimmy Sommers2006

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