Moses Iten a.k.a. Saca La Mois DJ!! was recently commissioned by cult ABC Radio National programme The Night Air to produce a 50 minute mixtape in celebration of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human being to travel into outer space, 50 years ago.
The Podcast (50′)
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As co-producer and founder of the Cumbia Cosmonauts, Moses Iten was able to source music from an expansive collection of Soviet-bloq science fiction soundtracks and hundreds of LPs containing music produced for an unknown future, somewhere during the past five decades.
Narrated by archival recordings from the various missions to outer space from ABC Radio’s archives going back to the 1960s, Moses Iten also discovered some new sounds to include fragments of Neil Armstrong’s cassette he took on his mission to the moon and cuts of the LP made of gold that was built to last at least two billion years and is about to leave our solar system on board of the Voyager spacecraft.
For complete playlist with details on artist, song, album and label go to ABC Radio National’s The Night Air homepage.
