Frontiers of Space

I recently stumbled upon an album by The National Pool called "Relaxation Tape for Solo Space Travel."  

https://infraction.bandcamp.com/album/relaxation-tape-for-solo-space-travel

First of all, what a great title!  And second, what fantastic cover art!




When I heard the song "Simpler Times" I knew that I had to buy the album and I knew that I had to make a mix with an retro, analog, space sound.  So I set about collecting tunes that sound like they could have come from an old space science filmstrip.  Some of the music is from current artists like Boards of Canada, Air, The Belbury Circle, Panabrite, Cafe Kaput, Moon Wiring Club, Schengen and Lunar Testing Lab.  But mixed in there is also old electronic music from Eric Vann, Paul Hart, Alan Hawkshaw and Frank Comstock. Much of the old music has a sort of cheesy, retro vibe that I love in a mix like this.

Grab some Tang and kick back for this journey to the moon and beyond.

Cheers!



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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Alan Hawkshaw - Probe 2
• 01:06    Vector Lovers - Long Wave
• 01:40    Boards of Canada - Wildlife Analysis
• 02:01    The National Pool - Simpler Times
• 08:42    Solvent - wig $1.00
• 11:07    Eric Vann - Space Face
• 11:55    Frank Comstock - Stairway to the Stars
• 14:25    Panabrite - Departing
• 17:28    The Belbury Circle - Light Industry
• 21:42    Lunar Testing Lab - The Cosmic Unknown
• 23:36    Café Kaput - Maranyl Is Chosen
• 26:05    Paul Hart - Superfine
• 26:41    Schengen - Me n'U
• 27:22    Moon Wiring Club - Between  Two Worlds
• 28:40    Alan Hawkshaw - Terrestrial Fanfare
• 30:52    Air - Cosmic Trip
• 34:51    Lunar Testing Lab - Lunar Radio Control(with Russian Conet voice added)
• 36:25    Alan Hawkshaw - Saturn Rings
• 40:15    Boards of Canada - Come to Dust
• 43:36    Café Kaput - Ergonomo
• 49:05    Orgasmo Sonore - Space Team
• 50:52    Eric Vann - Astroport
• 53:00    The National Pool - Through the Breach
• 60:01    end

A Mystical Ambience

image by Siobhan Allen

I am starting the year off right with another fantastic mix from my friend Paul Asbury Seaman.  You may remember his previous collections posted here - The Memory of Trains, Floating Through Moonlight, and Icelight.

This mix does a wonderful job of creating a mystical vibe, like the title says, but without being too new agey.  I love the nice long track from Louigi Verona in the middle of the mix.  Here's what Paul has to say about it...

“From the beginning, ambient-electronic music has been almost synonymous with “space music” as well as inward journeys. Whether through post-tribal rhythms or the meditative drones of long-form compositions, this is music designed to facilitate an altered consciousness, or maybe something much less talked about: a sense of reverence. Featuring three of the genre’s “tribal elders,” as well as some more recent masters, this is a mix for gentle meanderings into a space of grounded bliss."

I hope you enjoy Paul's excellent collection of Mystical Ambience."

Cheers!



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T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    John Serrie - Valley of the Nacoochee(Spirit Keepers 1998)
• 05:55    Max Corbacho - Transparent Phenomena(Source of Presnt 2017)
• 09:10    Robert Rich & Markus Reuter - Twining Branches Make A Path(Lift a Feather to the Flood 2017)
• 18:08    Hollan Holmes - That Ephemeral Spark(Prayer to the Energy 2017)
• 24:45    Craig Padilla & Zero Ohms - When the Earth is Far Away(When the Earth is Far Away 2012)
• 29:10    Louigi Verona - Ocean of Seashells(Ocean of Seashells 2017)
• 50:00    Steve Roach - Within the Mystic(Mystic Chords and Sacred Spaces 2003)
• 64:53    end