Spirit of Play

Spirit of Play write songs about a lot of things, but science is a topic we especially like.

Songs like Second Law explore entropy, Wave & Particle covers physics, Chromosome is about love and Darwin...

Below are a few science & music faves. Mostly outer space freaks, other tunes to follow!

The Tornados - Telstar (1962)
A homage to the first satellite, produced by Holloway Road maverick Joe Meek

The Voyager Golden Record (1972)
Currently winging its way around the solar system, this aural time capsule features the likes of Chuck Berry, Beethoven and Blind Willie Johnson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record

Sun Ra - Space is the Place (1974)
From Alabama via Saturn, Sun Ra was very far out

eels
Eels frontman Mark Everett is the son of Parallel Worlds theorist Hugh Everett III

Space - Space (1990)
A solar system concept album from ambient noodler and KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty

Blur - Far Out (1994)
The first glimmers of extraterrestrial obsession from Blur bassist and Beagle 2 campaigner Alex James

Kronos Quartet/Terry Riley - Sun Rings (2002)
The work includes sounds collected by University of Iowa physicist Don Gurnett. Working with NASA, Gurnett used various spacecraft to capture signals from Uranus and beyond, transmit them to Earth and convert them into sound in his lab. http://www.kronosquartet.org/SR/index.html