Sci Fi Gasm
Someone asked what were some good scifi-themed tunes to play:
Space Invaders are Smoking Grass. Accept no substitutes.
Cut the Midrange, Drop the Bass.
Power Pill Pacman and Humanoid Must Not Escape (early Aphex Twin tracks). Aphex also did a Star Wars Theme remix, but so has everyone else and their dog. Speaking of which, Mike Paradinas released some “Bantha Trax” as the Tusken Raiders until Lucas sued.
And my favourite novelty scifi album:
First Class Ticket To Telos
by “Buckfunk 3000” (actually Simon Begg, from the Discotheque track above). “Buckfunk” is the sort of music that Buck Rogers might listen to in a 25th century bar scene.
The Orbital version of the Doctor Who theme. Mixed in with the KLF’s Doctorin’ the Tardis is probably A Good Idea.
Finally, there’s the incomparable Mihon, by “Ongaku” (AKA Macias, Heiko Schfer & Uwe Schmidt, recording these days as Ata, Atom Heart, M/S/O) from 1992. A sublime, classic early dark German trance record where practically every single sound is composed of samples from the original Star Trek series. You know, the doors, the teleporter, the comms, sensors, sickbay monitors, the shield, occasional phasers. Brilliant, funny stuff. Drop this one at a party with anyone over 30 and they get this weird, baffled look on their faces until they realise what’s going on.
There is also the entire career of Hawkwind.
I always find Boards of Canada eases the pain