well, it looks like those of us in the U.S will have lots of time before we see this… so for a quick update i thought i would drop some ’selecta’ science and share some songs i think of when i think of this movie… i’ll add more as they come to me this weekend (then on to other things SUNSHINE).

so here’s the start of my list of SUN SONGS:

1. sun king - the beatles (chill trippy harmonics and spanish nonsense, not heard often and not to be confused with ‘here comes the sun’ although that’s great too!).
2. higher than the sun - primal scream (remixes by andy weatherall [sabres of paradise] and alex patterson [the orb]).
3. supernova at the end of the universe - the orb (’supernova’ starts out with an appropriate space mission dialogue and sound effects then morphs through long distance explosions and l-r stereo phasing into a still fresh-n-crunchy  bassline… i used to mix two copies of this track back and forth… “transmitter injection burn”!).
4. irressistible force - the entire “it’s tomorrow already” album (if i were on a 3 year [or in a worst case scenario, 18 month or less) ride into the sun i would need this to listen to - very zen/organic/lush/hopeful with its alan watts/sun ra samples.and rounding out my top five…
5. everybody loves the sunshine - roy ayers (can you imagine an icarus flight team singalong of this as a cheer up attempt? ok, maybe its *too* happy for this movie but i love the visual)

that’s it for tonight, i have more on my mind but want to see what the peanut gallery provides… please drop your own recos here or in the sunshine fan forum… thanks for reading… goodnight!

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(saturday) i saw that the police have regrouped and on tour… and by some twist of fate i just heard a great remix of this song on six degrees radio:

1. when the world is running down you make the best of what’s still around - the police

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(sunday) yesterday i finally got around (over a year late) to buying ‘campfire headphase’ by Boards of Canda, another UK electronic group (very soundtrack-y thematic abstract glitch downtempo and …).  so while i was happily digesting this new set of tracks (note - must get on *vinyl*) one title jumped out enough to make me suspect SUNSHINE synchronicity at work:

1. satellite anthem icarus - boards of canada (a ?!? coincidence? # 3 track on the album, perfect mood music for the oxygen garden and observation deck imho.  i <3 this track - here BoC winds ocean sounds, layers of synth patterns around a structure of looped guitar tracks [MBV style guitar feedback is integral in many other tracks on "campfire headphase"])

if you’re not familiar with boards of canada, i recommend you try the albums ‘camphire headphase’, ‘music has the right to children’ and ‘geodaddi’, your music library will thank you.  BoC is (to me) plenty of entropy, chunky beats and exquisite layers of sound for your brain and heart.  my <3 for BoC runs very deep.

i think that’s a wrap for this weekend - i’m really looking forward to the SUNSHINE soundtrack after this music excursion - will i be one of those getting the soundtrack before the film hmmm?  tudo bem - a BoC themed bike ride to ocean beach (sf) is next on my sunday task list!

regards,

spiraltime