Man in Space With Sounds

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Composed and conducted by one Art Mineo, Man in Space with Sounds served as the soundtrack to the futuristic "Bubbleator" exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Decades of water under the Space Needle have imbued it with kitsch value on par with similarly "out" recordings by Esquivel and Martin Denny. But if you look past its inherited irony, there's an uneasy dichotomy to Man in Space that's as old as our dreams. A World's Fair tour guide narrates Mineo's compositions with canned enthusiasm and period nonsequiturs, but the music itself can be disorienting, even bleak. As our Don Pardo-in-training proclaims, "If there is one theme which dominates our tour in space, it is man's eternal search for a brighter future," Mineo cautions--with horror-flick string melodies and frigid electronic oscillations--that we should be careful what we search for. After all, we might just find it. --Matt Hanks

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Man in Space With Sounds

Man in Space With Sounds
Man in Space With Sounds
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • spooky and weird and great
  • be still my heart
  • A found gem of electronic art
  • Edgy, anxious sounds from the birth of the Space Age.
  • Amazing! You must buy this cd.
 Man in Space With Sounds
Attilio Mineo
Manufacturer: Subliminal Sounds
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007RW6
Release Date: 1998-08-18

Tracks:

  1. Welcome To Tomorrow
  2. Gayway To Heaven
  3. Soaring Science
  4. Mile-A-Minute Monorail
  5. Around The World
  6. Century 21
  7. Man In Art
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Amazon.com

Composed and conducted by one Art Mineo, Man in Space with Sounds served as the soundtrack to the futuristic "Bubbleator" exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Decades of water under the Space Needle have imbued it with kitsch value on par with similarly "out" recordings by Esquivel and Martin Denny. But if you look past its inherited irony, there's an uneasy dichotomy to Man in Space that's as old as our dreams. A World's Fair tour guide narrates Mineo's compositions with canned enthusiasm and period nonsequiturs, but the music itself can be disorienting, even bleak. As our Don Pardo-in-training proclaims, "If there is one theme which dominates our tour in space, it is man's eternal search for a brighter future," Mineo cautions--with horror-flick string melodies and frigid electronic oscillations--that we should be careful what we search for. After all, we might just find it. --Matt Hanks

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars spooky and weird and great.......2001-04-09

...the narration is fantastic and ultimately, those tracks are more listenable for their kitch value. The music is creepy, spooky and eerie-- fantastic!

5 out of 5 stars be still my heart.......1999-11-18

when my time comes , when i'm on my death bed , i want to hear this album as i pass away . it is that heavenly .

5 out of 5 stars A found gem of electronic art.......1999-06-09

Attilio Mineo is one of those obscure artists who created music so far ahead of its time that we are still trying to catch up to it today. What we have today, in 1999, is music that is reminiscent of science fiction soundtracks from "Forbidden Planet" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" to "Terminator 2" and "The Fifth Element." But the music also resembles some of the earliest tape-loop experiments by people like Stockhausen, where traditional musical elements were combined with samples and sound effects. Mineo manages to blends orchestral scores with sound effects so that there is almost no distinction between them. The strings and horns are as "alien" as the alarm sounds and the theromyne wails. What really makes this music contemporary with 1999, however, is the thing that probably killed its commercial appeal in the 1960s--the narrator. At the start of each track, a narrator offers a brief comment, designed to guide the visitor through the fair. From a modern perspective, however, the narrator merely adds another weird element to music that is already weirder than most anything I've ever heard. Again, this is a gem: a found piece of electronic art that deserves recognition.

5 out of 5 stars Edgy, anxious sounds from the birth of the Space Age........1998-10-29

Man in Space with Sounds by Atillo Mineo was composed for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. It was featured in the Bubbleator, part of the World of Tomorrow exhibit. It's an amazing collection of edgy, anxious orchestral music with loads of sound effects that conjure up images of space travel and other planets. Always interesting and spooky, the combination of sounds gives one a good idea of the fears and anxieties that people felt at the beginning of the Space Age. Mineo combines his musical elements with a master's touch and the results are always listenable and engaging, often sounding like the best science fiction scores from Hollywood. 5 stars minimum!

5 out of 5 stars Amazing! You must buy this cd........1998-10-13

This is one of the best things that could happen to me. Finally, the release of this long waited cd. This is a must have for all the connoisseurs out there or all the people who just want to be moved by an outstanding piece of art. Bravo!
Man in Space With Sounds
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    		Man in Space With Sounds
    Attileo Mineo
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00077F2OK
    Release Date: 2004-09-21

    Album Description

    This is the first release in Subliminal Sounds reissue series of rare vintage electronica! We start this venture with Bubbelator Music! Visitors ride a spherical, oddly named elevator into a maze of cubes containing pictures of the hope & havoc of space & the atom. 'First floor', chants the pilot, 'threats & thresholds, frustrations & fulfillment's, challenges & opportunities.' The Bubbleator was Washington State's official exhibit in the Coliseum housed a World of Tomorrow exhibit. The Bubbleator, a 150-passenger spherical clear plastic elevator moved 2.5 million people through displays that promised an easier life ahead. The operator wore a silver shiny space suit right out of a Buck Rogers comic strip & the music to Man in Space with Sounds was being played through the sound system. Totally outer space man, totally. Visitors ascend to the exhibit in a globe-shaped elevator for a 21-minute tour of the future. Visitor's to the Seattle World's Fair loved the Bubbleator ride, which was eventually purchased for $5,100 & relocated after the fair's end to the Center House/Food Circus/Armory. In the early 80's the Center House was remodeled & the Bubblelator was auctioned off. The unknown buyer moved it to their home in North Seattle & turned it into a terrarium & that's where it remains. Attileo Mineo - Man In Space With Sounds is the record & the electronic outer space exotica music with spoken word introductions that was played in the Bubbleator at the Seattle State World's Fair. It was recorded in 1951 & is one of the rarest & most interesting electronica records in existence. It has now, lovingly, been digitally re-mastered & transferred to the aural medium of today for your futuristic enjoyment.

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