The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 88 (2006)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 88 (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 88

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Outer Space (She Wants Revenge mix)	Тату t.A.T.u.	2006
2	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	LLDS	2006
3	Млечный путь [Большое космическое путешествие] The Milky Way [The Great Space Journey]	Л. Берлинская, E. Камбурова, ВИА Верные Друзья Lyudmila Berlinskaya, Ye. Kamburova, VIA Vernyye Dru'ya	2006
4	Космос Space	Мартини Martini	2006
5	Fly Me to the Moon	Matt Dusk	2006
6	Soyuz TMA-9 - Docking to ISS	Mission Audio	2006
7	Rocket to the Moon	Patrick Cleandenim	2006
8	Sirenitas en el Espacio Mermaids in Space	Polka Madre y La Comezon	2006
9	Countdown	Portland Jazz Orchestra	2006
10	Rocketship	Red Elvises	2006
11	Schiess mich doch zum mond	Roger Cicero	2006
12	Yuri's Night	Scott Rodell	2006
13	Я - Космонавт (melodika remiks) I Am a Cosmonaut	Тина Чарльз Tina Charl'z	2006
14	STS-116 - EVA 3	Mission Audio	2006
15	Night on Mars	Thomekk	2006
16	Fly Me to the Moon	Bart Howard	2006
17	Astronaut	Unheilig	2006
18	Super Nova	Weather Report	2006