I’ve been thinking in the past weeks/months about origins… about why the whole outer space - tron - 80s sci fi aesthetic has taken hold lately. Both in terms of visual and in sound. I think like most trends it’s rooted in some sort of nostalgia — which begs the question: nostalgia for whom? Given the fact that one needs at least a few years in the rear view mirror to fully appreciate nostalgia (i.e. tough for a 17 year old to properly grasp the idea of reminiscing); while at the same time, given that the 50-something and above crowd is not exactly at the center of the internet-based creative classes — it suggests to me that its those in roughly their late 20s and early 30s are driving aesthetic trends.

Now, this would mean we’d have a entire demographic slice who grew up watching either the first run, or many follow up runs, of Carl Sagan’s epic, Cosmos, originally aired in 1980 — who currently dominate musical taste (at least in blogga land). To be fair, i’m not sure how many out there were budding nerdlings as i was, with a mother who would let me stay up one night a week, specifically to watch that program… however i have a sneaking suspicion that its soundtrack, produced by Vangelis, is now at the root of so much of what we see today. All hail the epic laid back yet dancy space synths! I, for one, couldn’t be happier to see this period come, short as it ultimatel

Vangelis - Pulstar [zshare] // Vangelis - Pulstar [ysi] // Vangelis - Pulstar [fileden]

It’s that time of the month again… So Kunked podcast #3 is in Das Haus. Just to break up the whole ‘guys locker room’ feel of the proceedings, we invited the Polish babymommy of a local Hungarian rockstar to shoot the shit with us. Was Kasia able to tone down the banal, faggy, and vaguely-sexist chatter that cigi and i usually partake in? Listen and find out! Apologies again on the occasional mic static… one of these days we’ll finally have it all ironed out!

My favorite track of today’s episode takes the form of a production by a Dutch semi-Italo-disco-ite calling himself Alden Tyrell.  It was uncovered (at least to me) by the recent DVAS passion communication mix up and is straightforward but stellar. Literally stellar: you know, a gay space journey to reveal science fiction fantasies that take place only after all the alien autopsies have been conducted… a cosmic homosex adventure which rides the waves of supernovas and… okay… you get the point. But really, it’s nostalgically awesome, which means it’s so so present day right?

Covered in this episode:

• Late of the Pier - Focker
• Cut Copy - Unforgettable Season
• Boys Noize -NeOhPen (Danger Remix)
• Teenagers in Tokyo - Very Vampyr (DCup Remix)
• Alden Tyrell - Rendezvous at Rimini
• Mates of State -  Now
• Baby Huey -Hard Times
• Opening Discussion - Hungarian Girls

So Kunked Podcast - Volume 3 [zshare]

Alden Tyrell - Rendezvous at Rimini [zshare] // Alden Tyrell - Rendezvous at Rimini [ysi]