This Is Space [Box Set] (1997)

About this title: A surprisingly solid collection of space recordings from the 1970s, '80s and '90s, with Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Eno, Gong, Klaus Schulze, Fripp & Eno, Roxy Music, David Bowie and Hawkwind representing the first onset of ambience. Inheritors like Psychic TV, Coil, Legendary Pink Dots, Nik Turner and Helios Creed form the '80s contingent, while the new school of ambient-techno appears with wizards like the Orb, Aphex Twin, Future Sound of London and William Orbit. Though it's a bit weak on the 1990s, This Is Space is a worthy collection of mostly beatless recordings throughout the ages. ... read more

Tracks:

1. Spacelab [Bartos/Hutter]
2. A Star Too Far (Lullaby for Syd) [P-Orridge/Thrasher]
3. Adjust Me [Hawkwind]
4. Blue Room [Giraudy/Hillage/Pat]
5. The Point of No Return [Helios Creed]
6. Evolution [Live] [Ka-Spel/Knight/Pist]
7. To the Other Side of Sky [Blake/Allen]
8. Dark Matter [Leeb/Fulber]
9. Sploosh! [Ozric Tentacles]
10. Mrs. Fiend Goes to Outer Space [Alien Sex Fiend]
11. Elements [House]
12. Here Come the Warm Jets [Eno]
13. Silver Bird/Mastrodon [Phillips/Pressurehe]
14. Lanky [Barrett]
15. NASA Arab [Balance/Christopher]
16. Wie Der Wind Ende Einer Strasse [Düül]
17. Slo Blo/God Rock [Live] [Turner/Pressurhed]
18. 2,000 Flushes [Frey]
19. Movements of a Visionary [Tangerine Dream]
20. Rain [19.5° Mix] [Wolgamott/Romero/Ho]
21. Eternity [Clock DVA]
22. Spineless Jelly [Dougans/Cobain]
23. Wind of Change [Brock]
24. Out of the Blue [Ferry/Manzanera]
25. Anubian Light Destiny [Del Rios/Shelly/Tur]
26. Wahnfried 1883 [Schulze]
27. All Saints [Bowie/Eno]
28. Venusian Skyline [Melting Euphoria]
29. The Last Lagoon [Orbit]
30. A Trip to G9 [House]
31. Space Does Not Care [DelRio]
32. Antenna [Hutter/Schneider/Sc]
33. #9 [James]
34. Wind on Water [Fripp/Eno]
35. Oblivium [Wulf]
36. [Untitled Track]
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42. [Untitled Track]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.