The Cosmic Dead’s 2013 The Exalted King is a case in point- slick, commercial, AOR music is not going to be part of the dialogue here. The album is a hard rock space-map into the deepest and darkest end of the new inter-space revolution. Inter-space is defined as the emptiness or void between two known …
Moon Landing Anniversary Playlist: Space Music/Space Rock (1967 – 1974)
In 1966, Luna 9 and Luna 10 (Soviet Union spacecraft) were the first human made satellites to land on and orbit Earth’s moon. In December 1968 and May 1969, Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 (American spacecraft) were the first missions with astronauts to orbit Earth’s moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed. Neil Armstrong …
Tangerine Dream – Atem (1973)
Tangerine Dream (an avant-garde German band founded by Edgar Froese during the pivotal era of the late 1960s) started out primarily influenced by what could be considered the first space rock tracks (such as “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” & “A Saucerful of Secrets” from Pink Floyd) yet improvised and experimented …