21 November 2014

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 TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Sleeping Satellite (club mix)Jan Johnston2009
2Star Trek: The Original Series (live)Marcos Kleine Project2009
3Космическая река
The Space River
неизвестный исполнитель
unknown artist
2009
4Outer SpaceAce Frehley2009
5Sleeping Satellite (downtempo club mix)Jan Johnston2009
6Two Thousand One: A Space Odyssey (live)Marcos Kleine Project2009
7Lunar MansionsAlps2009
8STS-119 - Hatch Open CeremonyMission Audio2009
9Star Trek: The Motion PictureMarcos Kleine Project2009
10Космический сон
Space Dream
Андрей Филиппов
Andrej Filippov
2009
11Галактика
Galaxy
Баинтермикс
Baintermix
2009
12Sleeping Satellite (uptempo club mix)Jan Johnston2009
13Star Trek: The Wrath of KhanMarcos Kleine Project2009
14Saturn in the SummertimeBarry Adamson2009
15Космос, приём!
Space, Welcome!
Борис Апрел
Boris Aprel
2009
16Юпитер
Jupiter
Дети Индиго
Indigo Children
2009

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