The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 94 (2008)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 94 (2008 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 94

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Sleeping Satellite (Junior's club version)	KLC Aurora feat. Michelle/Junior Caldera	2008
2	Asteroid	Gerry Joe Weise	2008
3	Soyuz 11	Ghosts in the Clocktower	2008
4	Walk on the Moon	Great Big Sea	2008
5	Космические танцы Space Dance	Группа Неформальные Грёзы Informal Group Dreams	2008
6	Surfing the Rings of Saturn	Hovmod	2008
7	Я - космонавт I Am a Cosmonaut	Индие Небо Indie Heaven	2008
8	Sleeping Satellite (ka la cuard mix)	KLC Aurora feat. Michelle	2008
9	Soyuz TMA-12 - Unocking From ISS	Mission Audio	2008
10	Марсианка The Martian	Кар-мен Kar-Men	2008
11	Out of Space	Kasabian	2008
12	Spaceman	Killers	2008
13	Star Trek	Larry Willis	2008
14	Mission to Earth	Lobzang	2008
15	Песня космонавта Song of the Cosmonaut	Лотос Lotos	2008
16	Espace Space	Mademoiselle K	2008