8 Tracks For Deep Space Travel – Posthuman

I first heard this when my older brother bought it back in ’95. The voice sample is from ‘Planet of the Apes’
A lot of my early musical education was down to going through his record collection, trying to mix on cheap decks without pitch control…

First out on a limited vinyl only release, 300 copies with a little fingertrap toy…it had been out for a while when suddenly it went viral on youtube, one video picking up over half a million plays. The label eventually relented to the popularity & demand, and then released it digitally (personally I think they should have kept it vinyl only but that’s just my opinion). clocking in at 14 minutes, it really is piece to lose your sense of time to…

I met the B12 guys in about 2004, they had been out of the scene for a few years, but after a bunch of bootlegs of their first releases surfaced, the guys decided to start gigging & writing again, and re-boot the label – I worked for them for a bit on the first few releases and we did a bunch of gigs together. This was my favourite track from that period.

Microgravity is one of the less recognised, but ultimately incredibly important albums of the early 90’s. Along with B12’s Electro-Soma this felt like Europe’s answer to Detroit Techno. Over 20 years later and this still sounds like the future to me.

When I first heard this I nearly fell out of my chair. Menacing, malevolent, dark electro. Music for black holes, the decompression of the soul.

My dad had this on vinyl, it was one of the first electronic pieces I really fell in love with. Incredible ambient synthesizer music from 1973 – nebulaic & terrifying.

James Bond themes in space. What else do you need?

Set to 2001: A Space Odyssey – this was a vinyl-only release (no digital!) on Horn Wax in late 2012, and is currently being remixed by Pixelife for release on an upcoming compilation…