The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 97 (2009)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 97 (2009 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 97

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Sleeping Satellite (club mix)	Jan Johnston	2009
2	Star Trek: The Original Series (live)	Marcos Kleine Project	2009
3	Космическая река The Space River	неизвестный исполнитель unknown artist	2009
4	Outer Space	Ace Frehley	2009
5	Sleeping Satellite (downtempo club mix)	Jan Johnston	2009
6	Two Thousand One: A Space Odyssey (live)	Marcos Kleine Project	2009
7	Lunar Mansions	Alps	2009
8	STS-119 - Hatch Open Ceremony	Mission Audio	2009
9	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Marcos Kleine Project	2009
10	Космический сон Space Dream	Андрей Филиппов Andrej Filippov	2009
11	Галактика Galaxy	Баинтермикс Baintermix	2009
12	Sleeping Satellite (uptempo club mix)	Jan Johnston	2009
13	Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan	Marcos Kleine Project	2009
14	Saturn in the Summertime	Barry Adamson	2009
15	Космос, приём! Space, Welcome!	Борис Апрел Boris Aprel	2009
16	Юпитер Jupiter	Дети Индиго Indigo Children	2009