Monday, November 7, 2011

SPACE ODDITIES VOLUME 2 - VARIOUS ARTISTS





Track 1 - Strange Forms / Open Air
Track 2 - New Life / New Life
Track 3 - Equilibrium / Distortion Pop
Track 4 - Shut Up / Progressive Percussions
Track 5 - Tremplin / Speed
Track 6 - Cutting The Funk / Rock On
Track 7 - Leavin' My Place / Open Air
Track 8 - Christophus Colombus / Maxi Music
Track 9 - Indian Feeling / CAM Stati D'Animo
Track 10 - Psycho Feeling / CAM Stati D'Animo
Track 11 - Sunshine In My Heart / Evening Colours
Track 12 - Magma Game / Velvet Dreams
Track 13 - Sultana / Titanic
Track 14 - Saba / Portes D'Orient
Track 15 - Sun Adoration / Pop World Of Yan Tregger
Track 16 - Microchaos / Distortion Pop
Track 17 - Gates Of Pop Empire / Panorama
Track 18 - Les Pingouins S'amusent / L'Univers De La Mer
Track 19 - Leaving / Desert
Track 20 - Space People /  Spatial & Co Vol.2
Track 21 - Bluesy Feeling / Jogging

The title of this compilation is a bit misleading because the music doesn't really evoke images of space exploration or martian landscapes ( for me at least ). Instead it is a mostly interesting collection of psychedelic tinged library music tracks from labels such as Patchwork, Telemusic, Vendette and Crea Sound amongst others. Coventional and electronic instruments combine well on groovy numbers such as "Cutting The Funk", "Shut Up" and "Equilibrium". The second half of the album has some real gems with Yan Tregger's "Sun Adoration" and "Space People" from Spacial & Co. Vol.2 being the highlights in my opinion. There's even a couple of vocal tracks thrown in which is fairly unusual for a library comp. It all adds up to a strange and very worthwhile trip into 1970's production music.