The Space Library

Walt Panorama

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A century of radio waves sent out from Earth have been collected in an imagined music library in outer space. Bringing you retro-futurism with a hint of Hauntology and a focus on electronic experimental pop, library, soundtracks and lounge music for robots. The Space Library airs on basic.fm and is provided here for streaming and download.

02/07/2015

Transmission 2.8

I had a little break between posts but here’s the next in the 2.0 series of The Space Library – previously only broadcast on the sadly departed Basic.fm. A fair bit of Library, or Library-ish things, below and there are some newbies to the Library including Pole, Crepuscule’s The French Impressionists, Johanna Group, The Bugaloos, Jerry Goldsmith,Michel Fugain, Garvarentz, Stu Phillips and Grauzone. I even snuck in a Human League B-Side that still slays.

1 hr
08/30/2014

Transmission 2.7

Here's the latest selection from the Space Library - carefully curated and a little bit spacey. The wondrous Kahimi Karie gets us started with a lovely electronic puzzle called 'Blue Orb', a short diversion into the world of Stereolab then leads us into Patrick Cowley's porn soundtrack music (believe the hype, it's excellent). I'll skim through the rest but Family Fodder again prove that they were the band that should have received far more accolades - and the same goes for the Gentle People whose 'Superstar' mixes a deep space ambiance with E.L.O. vocoder processed vocals. Let's do this.

1 hr
07/05/2014

Transmission 2.6

This program is usually made in Australia, however this episode was made in Japan. Well, not really, but I was in Japan at the time it went to air so indulge me. The playlist for Transmission 2.6 was entirely music by Japanese artists with a small bit of poetic licence to include Kraftwerk singing in Japanese (which lead nicely into P5 sampling the same song). There's some funny nonsense from the likes of Picky Picnic and Hikashu, a knockout piece from the Crue-L Grand Orchestra selected by the superb Kahimi Karie for her Crystallization compilation album, the odd bit of anime music, the delightful bedroom recordings of Akane Hosaka, Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda, and Sketch show, the band that reunites Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi (2 thirds of Yellow Magic Orchestra). 1 - Technopolis - Yellow Magic Orchestra (Solid State Survivor - 1979) 2 - Untitled 1 - Space Machine (Cosmos From Diode Ladder Filter - 2001) 3 - Space Travel with Teddybear - Elektel (Space Travel with Teddybear - 2002) 4 - My Toast Time - Picky Picnic (Ha Ha! Tarachine - 1985) 5 - Silent Object - Masami Tsuchiya (Rice Music - 1982) 6 - Oriental Melon Man - Asei Kobayashi & Micky Yoshino (Hausu - 1977) 7 - Muscles and Fruits - Hikashu (Hikashu History - 2001) 8 - The Metamorphosis - Chumei Watanabe (Uchuu Keiji Gavan (aka 'Space Sheriff Gavan') - 1982) 9 - Dentaku - Kraftwerk (Pocket Calculator - 1981) 10 - Contact - Pizzicato Five (Romantique '96 - 1995) 11 - Theme From Take-Off (Magic Sunset) - Yoshinori Sunahara (Pan Am: The Sound Of '70s - 1998) 12 - Cannival Carpenter (Type G) - Crue-L Grand Orchestra (KAHIMI KARIE Presents Crue-L Crystallization - 2006) 13 - Small Circular Motion - Yuka Honda (Memories Are My Only Witness - 2002) 14 - Chronograph - Sketch Show (Loophole - 2004) 15 - White Sun - Akane Hosaka (Electric For Small Drop Channel - 2004) 16 - Girl Friend - Hajime Tachibana (Bambi - 1991) 17 - Intro - 7000 of Dragoon - Iwamura Manabu (This Is How I Feel About Jazz - 2000) 18 - Catwalk (Saint Etienne Remix) - Pizzicato Five (Great White Wonder: Rare Masters 1990-1996 - 1996) 19 - The Womb - Hajime Yoshizawa (Violet Lounge - 2001)

1 hr
06/17/2014

Transmission 2.5

Birds. Clocks. Lurid colours. What does it all mean? I don't know, why are you asking me such things? Let's strap in for the latest transmission for the Space Library, the repository of all things musically rather wonderful, many of which have been forgotten. No longer. Deux will coax you in with a 7" single b-side, really, this much excellence consigned to a flipside? There should be a law. From there it's all manner of groovy choral from The Free Design, Fad Gadget in a hospital, German space exploration via television, Broadcast making an audio stew of the music of Miki Furukawa, the Future Bible Heroes at their most heartbreaking-ist, and Hugo Montenegro wants to be a cowboy. And, scene. 1 - Game & Performance - Deux (Felicita - 1983) 2 - The Symbols Ring - The Free Design (There Is A Song - 1972) 3 - Crack In The Concrete - Fred Frith (Gravity - 1980) 4 - No Testament - Wim Mertens (Motives For Writing - 1989) 5 - Arch of the Aorta - Fad Gadget (Fireside Favourites - 1980) 6 - Three-Five-Zero-Zero - Mort Garson (Hair Pieces - 1969) 7 - Sing - Sing - Eurythmics (In The Garden - 1981) 8 - Philter - Fantastic Plastic Machine (The Fantastic Plastic Machine - 1998) 9 - In Den Kosmos - Stern Combo Meisse (Kosmos - Soundtracks of East Germany's Adventures in Space – Compiled 2001) 10 - Technical Drawing - Vic Mars (Curriculum for Schools and Colleges: Volume 1 - 2012) 11 - You Pretend to Be the Moon (Future Bible Heroes - Memories of Love - 1997) 12 - Ascending Shapes - Brian Bennett (The World Around Us - 1979) 13 - Islands In The Sky - Roger Joseph Manning Jr. & Brian Reitzell (Logan's Sanctuary - 2000) 14 - Coffee & Singing Girl!!! (Broadcast Remix) - Miki Furukawa (Coffee & Singing Girl!!! - 2006) 15 - Dielettrico (Dielectric) - Valvola & Dj Spectra (A Disappointed Love Wish A DesenSitized Robot - 2001) 16 - Hang 'Em High - Hugo Montenegro (Hang 'Em High - 1968) 17 - Sommeil - Outputmessage (Nebulae - 2006)

1 hr
05/10/2014

Transmission 2.4

Strap yourself in, it's going to be a bumpy ride. We start with Shock, everyone's favourite New Romantic robot dancers (a hotly contested accolade), Family Fodder at their most delightful, and finally some more of the magnificent Danielle Dax. I went to her flat once, remind me to tell you about it someday. Saint Etienne spook it up for Peter Thomas and John Foxx's masterpiece The Garden simply dares you not to love it. Dares you. 1 - Dream Games (Extended Version) - Shock (Dynamo Beat - 1980) 2 - Ulrike - Der Plan (Die Verschwörung - 2004) 3 - The Sun On The Sea - Deux Filles (Double Happiness - 1983) 4 - Coral - Family Fodder (Coral - 1982) 5 - Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Was Afraid To Ask (Love Theme) - Ferrante & Teicher (Hear & Now - 1972) 6 - A Million Angels - Severed Heads (Since The Accident - 1983) 7 - Pathway Six - Pye Corner Audio (Black Mill Tapes Vol.3 - 2012) 8 - The Spoil Factor - Danielle Dax (Jesus Egg That Wept - 1984) 9 - La Chanson Des Granges Brulées - Jean Michel Jarre (Les Granges Brulées - 1973) 10 - Active - Dark Party (Ghostly Swim - 2008) 11 - Theme From Tall Dark Stranger - Brenda And The Beach Balls (Volume One - 1986) 12 - Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt - Ingfried Hoffmann (Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt - 1972) 13 - Judo - François De Roubaix (L'Homme Orchestre - 1970) 14 - Strait Jacket - Giuliano Sorgini (The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue - 1974) 15 - Chaos In The Gym - Saint Etienne (Warp Back To Earth 66/99 - 1999) 16 - Intermission Exercise - Roj (The Transactional Dharma Of Roj - 2009) 17 - The Garden - John Foxx (The Garden - 1981) 18 - Nikon 2 - Kahimi Karie (I Am a Kitten: Kahimi Karie Sings Momus in Paris - 1995)

1 hr
04/24/2014

Transmission 2.3

The Space Library has been delving into the galactic archives, this time with SL virgins like the baroque-pop of The Jumping Jacques, a little glam stomp from Hot Rocks - and is that really The Popinjays? The Flying Lizards recruit the magnificence of Patti Paladin and Michael Nyman to flesh out 'Hands 2 Take', Japanese techno-poppers Capsule, in an uncharacteristically non-pop moment, and Blackpool's little known and decidedly lo-fi Le Lu/Lu's get it down on tape, in the post and out to the cassette compilation indie-world. We even delve into a little campery with an 'Are You Being Served' set-ette. For the next hour at least, we hope you're free. 1 - Let Them Eat Cake - The Jumping Jacques (Sugar & Spice - 1968) 2 - Sunken Ship - Sam Spence (The Art Of The Synthesizer - 1972) 3 - Abendlicht - Wolfgang Riechmann (Wunderbar - 1978) 4 - Select Yourself - Moon Wiring Club (A Fondness For Fancy Hats - 2013) 5 - Nordsee - Die Doraus und Die Marinas (Blumen Und Narzissen - 1981) 6 - Future TV - Capsule (S.F. Sound Furniture - 2004) 7 - Hands 2 Take - The Flying Lizards (Fourth Wall - 1981) 8 - Arts And Crafts: Lesson 1 - Vic Mars (Curriculum for Schools and Colleges: Volume 1 - 2012) 9 - Cybernaut - Robert Margouleff & Malcolm Cecil (Tonto's Expanding Head Band - 1975) 10 - Matthew And Son - Apollo 100 (Melodies With A Beat - 1974) 11 - On The Brink - Mike Vickers (I Wish I Were A Group Again - 1967) 12 - Temps X - Didier Marouani (Temps X - 1979) 13 - Fanfare For Tomorrow - George Fenton & Ken Freeman (Handplayed by Robots - 1980) 14 - Le Styx - Eric Towren (Continent Seven - 1966) 15 - Oben Im Eck - Holger Hiller (Oben Im Eck - 1986) 16 - Violent Library - Acanthus (Le Frisson Des Vampires - 1971) 17 - Chopper - Hot Rocks (Chopper - 1973) 18 - Mystery Movie Theme - Henry Mancini (The Cop Show Themes - 1976) 19 - Are You Being Served? - Death By Chocolate (Bric-a-Brac - 2012) 20 - Paco! - Ladytron (604 - 2001) 21 - Musket, Fife & Drum - Le Lu/Lu's (Unreleased - 1986) 22 - Soundtrack for Sandin - Laurie Spiegel (Miniatures 2 - 2000) 23 - Kissing Cowboys - Popinjays (Bang Up To Date With The Popinjays - 1990)

1 hr
04/02/2014

Transmission 2.2

Hello people, Transmission 2.2 has landed. Listening back to this one I thought it sounded like a bit of a mixed bag, but then, most of my shows are. I just hope it's all kind of everything. Oh, and when I was previewing the show on the tram I looked up and saw a girl wearing a Barry Morgan t-shirt. What spooky synchronicity. Enjoy. 1. Aural Risk - Asphixiation (What Is This Thing Called 'Disco'? - 1980 2. Raymint Scott - Space Ponch (The World Shopping With Space Ponch - 2000) 3. The Alphabet Song - Jesus Couldn't Drum (Good Morning Mr. Square - 1986) 4. Magic Fly (Radio Strassen Kaempfert) - Visit Venus (The Gentle People Presents - Music to Watch Comets by - 1997) 5. Crisis - Tik & Tok (Tik & Tok EP - 2004) 6. Big Bossa - Barry Morgan (The Touch of You - 2012 7. Danse De L'Enfant Et Du Roi Des Mouches - Jean-Claude Vannier (L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches - 1972) 8. Transmission Four: Crooked Hill - Pye Corner Audio (Black Mill Tapes Vol.2 - 2011) 9. You Are Here - Roj (You Are Here/The Salt Path - 2009) 10. Therapy / Growth - Thomas Dolby (Europa & the Pirate Twin 7” - 1981) 11. Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy - Paddy Kingsland (Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy – 1979) 12. Jasmine - Spintronic (tbtmo18 - 2000) 13. Hall Of Mirrors - Frank Reidy & Eric Allen (Forest Of Evil Vol. 1 - 1978) 14. Spacelab - 8 Bit Operators (The Music Of Kraftwerk - 2007) 15. Tropicola - Stringtronics (Mindbender - 1972) 16. Software Pancake House - Blaine L. Reininger (Book of Hours - 1989) 17. Phantom - Broadcast (Work and Non-Work - 1997) 18.Szpital - Andrzej Korzyński (Trzecia Czesc Nocy (Third Part Of The Night) - 1971)

1 hr
03/18/2014

Transmission 2.1

The Space Library 2.1 is here with everything from 8-Bit from from Japan, electronica from Finaland, to the theme from Fantasy Island. 1 - Dangerous Mixture - Black Devil Disco Club (The Strange New World of Bernard Fevre - 2009) 2 - And Then I Woke Up - Amorph (F.O.E.M. Presents: Electronic Youth Vol. 5 - 2004) 3 - Hiss 'N' Listen - Holger Czukay (On The Way To The Peak Of Normal - 1981) 4 - Stereolab Mix - Stereolab (Chinese Whispers - 1998) 5 - The Dice Is Cast - Basil Kirchin (Particles - 2007) 6 - Falling in Love With the Wolfboy (The Magnetic Fields - Distant Plastic Trees - 1995) 7 - Astratto II - Ennio Morricone (Veruschka - 1971) 8 - No More Roger - Yello (Claro Que Si - 1981) 9 - Analog City - Felix Da Housecat (Kittenz And Thee Glitz - 2001) 10 - Theme From Fantasy Island - Henry Mancini (The Theme Scene - 1978) 11 - Europa (Main Theme) - Jimi Tenor (Europa - 1994) 12 - Theme To Parked Cars - Lowfish (Big System Morsels - 2004) 13 - Slow Hot Wind - Julee Cruise (The Art Of Being A Girl - 2002) 14 - Sabita Tobira no Dai 8 Tengoku (YMCK - Family Genesis - 2008) 15 - Moog Shot 11 - Sam Spence (Sounds - 1970) 16 - One Two Three No Gravity (Dettinger Mix) - Closer Musik (Back To Mine: Neil Tennant - 2004) 17 - Crazy Lions - King Of Woolworths (Rediffusion - 2004) 18 - Trapezoidal Weekly - Karen Gwyer (Needs Continuum - 2013)

1 hr
03/03/2014

The Space Library - Transmission 2.0

It's 2014, very much so, and time for the next series of The Space Library. Back with a new look, but very few changes on the musical front as we continue to delve into the musical road less travelled. To get started this year there's some Space Library frequent fliers - artists such as Laurie Anderson, Tom Dissevelt, Philippe Laurent, Pram and Moon Wiring Club from the excellent new album, a bunch of Australians (for that is where this show originates), all defunct but all marvelous - The Reels, Equal Local and B[if]tek and more excellent newcomers such as the amazing Japanese dance troupe World Order. 1 - Machines Work - B(if)tek (2020 - 2000) 2 - The History Of Voice - World Order (2012 - 2012) 3 - Midnight Opening - Moon Wiring Club (A Fondness For Fancy Hats - 2013) 4 - The Visitor From Inner Space - Tom Dissevelt (Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt/Kid Baltan - 1968) 5 - Madagascar - Equal Local (Madagascar - 1981) 6 - The Liquid Brown Detestable Earth - Ultramarine (Wyndham Lewis - 1989) 7 - Anchor (single version) - Botany (Lava Diviner (Truestory) - 2013) 8 - UFO - Geoff Love And His Orchestra (Star Wars and Other Space Themes - 1978) 9 - Freaky (January) - Hal Blaine (Psychedelic Percussion - 1967) 10 - Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley (The Chap - Mega Breakfast - 2008) 11 - Lady Penelope - Performance (Hi-Fi Performance - 1976) 12 - Radar - Laurie Anderson (Home Of The Brave - 1986) 13 - A Mighty Stillness [remix] - A Small Good Thing (The Wire Tapper 09 - 2002) 14 - Smokey Dawson Show - The Reels (Quasimodo's Dream - 1981) 15 - Et hop - Philippe Laurent (Hot-Bip - 2011) 16 - Carnival of Souls Goes To Rio - Pram (Sleepy Sweet - 1998) 17 - La Strade Dei Giganti - Amadeo Tommasi (Grandangolo - 1981)

1 hr

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A century of radio waves sent out from Earth have been collected in an imagined music library in outer space. Bringing you retro-futurism with a hint of Hauntology and a focus on electronic experimental pop, library, soundtracks and lounge music for robots. The Space Library airs on basic.fm and is provided here for streaming and download.

Creator

Walt Panorama
Years Active

2013 - 2015
Episodes

9
Rating

Clean
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