Monday Night Martin
Once upon a time I lugged my PC to The Star on the first Monday of each month to play lovingly created playlists as loudly as I could get away with accompanied by swirling visuals generated by WinAmp’s MilkDrop plugin projected on to a screen. This had something of a cult following for a few years.
#15: Astronomy Night (May 2009)
1
Richard Strauss
“Introduction”
Also Sprach Zarathustra, 1896
2
The Fires of Ork
“Talk to the Stars”
The Fires of Ork, 1993
3
dZihan & Kamien
“Spacewater”
Freaks & Icons, 2000
4
Sven Van Hees
“Jupiter's Quest”
Svengali, 1996
5
Thievery Corporation
“The Cosmic Game”
The Cosmic Game, 2005
6
Air
“Kelly, Watch the Stars!”
Moon Safari, 1998
7
Santana
“Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)”
Caravanserai, 1972
8
Santana
“Just in Time to See the Sun”
Caravanserai, 1972
9
Spirit
“Space Child”
Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, 1970
10
The Beta Band
“Eclipse”
Hot Shots II, 2001
11
The Flaming Lips
“Vein of Stars”
At War with the Mystics, 2006
12
Mercury Rev
“Tides of the Moon”
All Is Dream, 2001
13
Turin Brakes
“Full of Stars”
Ether Song, 2003
14
Grandaddy
“So You'll Aim Toward the Sky”
The Sophtware Slump, 2000
15
Slowdive
“When the Sun Hits”
Souvlaki, 1993
16
The Verve
“Star Sail”
A Storm in Heaven, 1993
17
I Am Kloot
“From Your Favourite Sky”
I Am Kloot, 2003
18
The Polyphonic Spree
“It's the Sun”
The Beginning Stages of..., 2002
19
Masters of Reality
“Third Man On the Moon”
Deep in the Hole, 2001
20
Mouse On Mars
“Doit”
Idiology, 2002
21
Stereolab
“Spacemoth”
Sound-Dust, 2000
22
Gong
“Yoni On Mars”
Zero to Infinity, 2000
23
Portishead
“Wandering Star”
Dummy, 1994
24
Cocteau Twins
“Wax and Wane”
Garlands, 1982
25
The The
“Gravitate to Me”
Mind Bomb, 1989
26
Múm
“Moon Pulls”
Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy, 2007
27
Radiohead
“Sail to the Moon (Brush the Cobwebs Out of the Sky)”
Hail to the Thief, 2003
28
Tomita
“Clair de Lune”
Snowflakes Are Dancing, 1974
29
Michael Nyman
“An Eye for Optical Theory”
The Draughtman's Contract, 1982
30
Orbital
“The Box (Part 1)”
In Sides, 1996
31
Ozric Tentacles
“Aura Borealis”
Waterfall Cities, 1999
32
Ash Ra Tempel
“Deep Distance”
New Age of Earth, 1976
33
Pink Floyd
“Obscured By Clouds”
Obscured By Clouds, 1972
34
Alan Parsons
“Return to Tunguska”
A Valid Path, 2004
35
The Cinematic Orchestra
“As the Stars Fall”
Ma Fleur, 2007
36
Groove Armada
“Lazy Moon”
Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub), 2001
37
Surface of Eceon
“Deep Grey Night”
The King Beneath the Mountain, 2001
38
Boards of Canada
“1969”
Geogaddi, 2002
39
Porcupine Tree
“Dark Matter”
Signify, 1997