LISTEN TO IT#109: ALL SYSTEMS GO!
Nov. 12th, 2015 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogI’ve always loved the idea of soundbites and dialogue samples in music, especially when they serve as the lyrics to a song. And if it’s NASA radio chatter, I just swoon.
So when I found out that the new album from Public Service Broadcasting – a UK duo that basically takes old documentary voiceovers and sets them to music – was centered on the 1960s space race between the US and Russia, I had to check it out.
I’d heard of Public Service Broadcasting before, but hadn’t paid much attention to them. They’re now my new favorite band, and The Race For Space is a contender for Album Of The Year.
Musically it’s a mix of electronica and rock, and while the music isn’t especially groundbreaking for the genre, it fits in perfectly with the documentary voiceovers. It’s sort of like a soundtrack for a documentary that doesn’t exist, only one that would take the kinds of chances that a real doc soundtrack wouldn’t take – like turning Russian propaganda about Yuri Gagarin into an Afro-Funk dance track, or turning a systems check into a call-and-response rock number.
Listen.
This probably isn't for everyone, but it pushes almost every nerd button in my head. I’m loving this.
Start the countdown,
This is dF
So when I found out that the new album from Public Service Broadcasting – a UK duo that basically takes old documentary voiceovers and sets them to music – was centered on the 1960s space race between the US and Russia, I had to check it out.
I’d heard of Public Service Broadcasting before, but hadn’t paid much attention to them. They’re now my new favorite band, and The Race For Space is a contender for Album Of The Year.
Musically it’s a mix of electronica and rock, and while the music isn’t especially groundbreaking for the genre, it fits in perfectly with the documentary voiceovers. It’s sort of like a soundtrack for a documentary that doesn’t exist, only one that would take the kinds of chances that a real doc soundtrack wouldn’t take – like turning Russian propaganda about Yuri Gagarin into an Afro-Funk dance track, or turning a systems check into a call-and-response rock number.
Listen.
This probably isn't for everyone, but it pushes almost every nerd button in my head. I’m loving this.
Start the countdown,
This is dF
