23 November 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 99 (2009)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 99 (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 99
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Sleeping Satellite (Robert Vadney's blamed remix)Jan Johnston2009
2Star Trek: Locutus of BorgMarcos Kleine Project2009
3Blast OffHigher Hands2009
4Баллада о космонавтах
Ballad About the Cosmonauts
Конец фильма
End of the Movie
2009
5Star Trek: The Inner LightMarcos Kleine Project2009
6Космос
Space
КремЛ
KremL
2009
7Fly Me to the MoonLinda Chung2009
8Star Trek: Deep Space NineMarcos Kleine Project2009
9Soyuz TMA-15 - Docking With ISSMission Audio2009
10Leaving For Mars (B. Rich remix 128)Lea Luna2009
11Star Trek: GenerationsMarcos Kleine Project2009
12Космонавтам
To the Cosmonauts
Легендарные пластилиновые ноги
Legendary Plasticine Feet
2009
13Fly Me to the MoonLisa Ono2009
14Sleeping Satellite (André Tollenaar edit)Scribble Tunes2009
15Of Dreams and OrbitLuIzA2009
16Star Trek: VoyagerMarcos Kleine Project2009
17Ты мне веришь или нет? [к-ф Большое космическое путешествие]
Do You Believe Me or Not? [Grand Space Travel]
Людмила Берлинская и Игорь Капитанников
Lyudmila Berlinskaya and Igor' Kapitannikov
2009
18Космонавт
Cosmonaut
Манго-Манго против Dj Карась
Mango-Mango vs. Dj Karas'
2009
19Частушки о космонавтах
Ditties About the Cosmonauts
Мария Глубокова, Оренбургский государственный русский народный хор, Ю. Григорьев и В. Kochugurov баяны
Maria Glubokova, Orenburg State Russian Folk Choir, Y. Grigoriev and B. Kochugurov button accordions
2009
20Star TrekProject: Pimento2009

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