15 November 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 91 (2007)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 91 (2007 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 91
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Космос
Space
Ника
Nika
2007
2Памяти ушедшим ветеранам космоса
In Memory of the Departed Space Veterans
Николай Зубенко
Nikolaj Zubenko
2007
3Космонавт (acid mix)
Cosmonaut
Omen vs. Dj Madman2007
4Gotta Make It SoWarp 112007
5Your SatellitePanic Division2007
6Moon TrekinPaul Hardcastle2007
7Saucerful of SecretsPink Floyd2007
8Ballad of Bones 2Warp 112007
9Космонавт Волков
Cosmonaut Volkov
Подарки
Podarki
2007
10Soyuz TMA-11 - Docking to ISSMission Audio2007
11Галактика
Galaxy
Поющие Поботы
Singing Robots
2007
12Тьма, космос и звезды
Darkness, Space and Stars
Реинджеры
Rejndzhery
2007
13Apollo 17Rockaways2007

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