The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 95 (2008)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 95 (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 95

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Sleeping Satellite (Klaas remix)	KLC Aurora feat. Michelle/Junior Caldera	2008
2	Fly Me to the Moon	MadMixMustang	2008
3	Vacio el Espacio Empty Space	Malos Habitos Bad Habits	2008
4	Небо, космос Sky, Space	Метод Тыка At Random	2008
5	STS-124 - EVA 1 Installs JPM Kibo on ISS	Mission Audio	2008
6	Star Trek Theme	Mike Verta	2008
7	Neptune	Moe Koffman	2008
8	Запуск ракетоплана "Иосиф Сталин" на Луну The Launch of Rocketplane "Joseph Stalin" to the Moon	Мумий Тролль Mummy Troll	2008
9	Песня про Юрия Гагарина Song About Yurij Gagarin	Николай Зубенко Nikolaj Zubenko	2008
10	Юпитер Jupiter	Олег Гуртовой и Группа Вега Oleg Gurtovoj and the Vega Group	2008
11	Sleeping Satellite (Tiborg full vocal club remix)	KLC Aurora feat. Michelle/Junior Caldera	2008
12	Space	Orient Xpress	2008
13	Космос Space	Павел Болояангов Pavel Boloyangov	2008
14	Infinite Frontier	Phenomenauts	2008
15	Hillbilly Band From Mars	Rio Grande Band	2008
16	Shenzhou 7 - EVA	Mission Audio	2008
17	На Марс To Mars	Screenshot	2008
18	Fantastic Planet	Soil and Pimp Sessions	2008
19	Another Satellite	Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin	2008