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Today we come to the final posting on space nights. Space Night (full title: space night - All-tag nachts) is the name of a German television program in the early night/morning hours each day. It is a mixture of chill-out-music and images of the earth as seen from space interspersed with informative broadcasts. It was started by the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in 1994 and is now broadcast by BR-alpha, .....N'Joy
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Space Night started in 1994 as a replacement of the test cards which were broadcast on BR at night until this time. The idea originated in the fact that the German satellite ASTRO-SPAS (see STS-80) had recorded many hours of video footage in space. The BR received this footage, edited the material and added downtempo spherical music.
As BR did not want to show the same pictures 7 days a week, both NASA and ESA as well as the German Aerospace Center were addressed. They offered more hours of footage from in and around space, which were thusly included.
Cult status and music.
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Initiated by Andreas Bönte and George Scheller and under the musical leadership of the sought-after DJs and chill out experts has Aural Float the "Space Night" developing a brand identity. It takes the series as audio-visual work of art a unique balance between documentation and pleasantly unobtrusive entertainment. Plenty of eyeballs and rave reviews speak for themselves, the "Space Night" idea after all those years lost none of its charm - quite the opposite. The success story continues ... With the release of "Space Night: Best Of Earth Views" now goes a long cherished by the fans of the TV series wish come true. Electrolux presents the best and most impressive scenes from 4 EarthView consequences in compressed form as a DVD. The ultimate "Space Night" collector's item that will delight even the most loyal supporters of the program anew. The DVD "Space Night: Best Of Earth Views" is a highlight in the history of the legendary series. The logical consequence of many years of success "Space Night" and a must for all fans - and those who want to become!
Aural Float presents Space Night - Best of Earthviews - DVD almost 3 hours floating thru space ..go for it in or out of body !
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The broadcast quickly turned into a cult: At raves in the mid-90s it wasn't unusual to show the images of Space Night on big TV-screens. Early in the morning after the rave it was often used to calm down, especially from 1996 and later, as Space Night's sound changed through the musical guidance by Alex Azary (a European chill-out-DJ), who provided a more electronic background music. This was a logical step that originated from Alex Azary. He headed the Club XS in Frankfurt where "chill out nights" started in 1990, supported by spherical music. Alongside, pictures of Space Night were shown, albeit the playback was a little bit slower than in the original program. The images did fit well to the then new music-genre and Alex thought it would be a good idea to show it to the people at BR. A meeting in Munich followed where he could convince them to try something new.
The compositions are also available as separate CDs, the mixdown starting from the album "Space Night II" is done by the German music label Elektrolux. In the meantime, twelve CD-albums with music to the television series have been published, with three of those clearly differing in musical style. While "Space Night Vol. 1" is an album featuring pop music, "Space Night Vol. 10" features Jazz music and "Space Night Vol. 12" is a double CD with classical music. A DVD titled "Best of Earth-Views" is also available.
After a change in tariffs by the GEMA, BR stated they would not want to continue Space Night starting in January 2013, due to the drastically increased royalties. Hence the series was ended on January 8th 2013. Numerous viewers engaged BR to continue Space Night by using GEMA-free music. The station decided to undo the cancellation, first by rerunning older episodes starting on February 25th, 2013 and to later broadcast new episodes starting in autumn of 2013. To accomplish this, BR will use music with Creative Commons licensing, encouraging their viewer to upload their favorites.
The restart was scheduled for November 1st, 2013. It had to be postponed to November, 15th, because NASA was not able to provide the necessary graphical material, due to the Government shutdown in the United States
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Let's face it, it's not the most original idea, but then the ultimate sci fi movie of the previous century, 2001 Space Odyssey gave us plenty of classical background music. After the mixed reception of Space Night Vol. 11 Sony tried another route into the hearts and minds of the initial Space Nights fans. It gets us started with this classic, meditative soundscape of beautiful excerpts of classical masterpieces paired with the breathtaking views and impressions of our planet as seen in orbit. And if you want to objectively judge, you have to admit that this sounds exactly the same, perhaps even better fit to these images. Excellent selection of the classical pieces on this double CD, every single one is beautiful, and they were played excellent. Anyone who likes classical music just a bit is in for a ride...
VA - Space Night Vol. 12 alpha (flac 321mb)
01 Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra OP. 30 - Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang) 2:01
02 Bach - Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Teil 2 - Praludium Nr 1 C-Dur BWV 870 3:00
03 Mancini - Moon River (Arr. Für Gitarre: Christopher Gunning) 4:02
04 Warlock - Capriol Suite - Pavane - Pieds - En-L'Air 3:43
05 Schostakowitsch - Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 - F-Dur-Andante 6:26
06 Schubert - Rosamunde D 797 - Ballettmusik Nr. 2 7:36
07 Holst - Die Planeten - Neptun, Der Mystische 8:05
08 Saint-Saëns - Der Karneval Der Tiere - Aquarium 2:14
09 Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 6:11
10 Leao - Theatrum - Ruinas 3:44
11 Mozart - Sinfonie Nr. 41 C-Dur "Jupitersinfonie" - Molto Allegro 6:36
12 Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 3:22
13 Händel - Cembalo-Suite D-Moll - Sarabande (Arr.: Raymond Leppard) 2:56
14 Traditional - Crossing The Stone (Arr.: Karl Jenkins) 4:01
15 Goldmark - Violinkonzert Nr. 1 A-Moll Op. 18 - Andante 6:16
16 Humperdinck - Hänsel Und Gretel - Abendessen 2:57
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VA - Space Night Vol. 12 Beta (flac 297mb)
01 Mussorgsky - Chowanschtschina - Morgendämmerung An Der Moskwa 5:10
02 Saint-Saëns - Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 G-Moll - Allegretto Scherzando 5:18
03 Faure - Pavane Fis-Moll (Arr.) 5:20
04 Beethoven - Klaviersonate Nr. 14 Cis-Moll "Mondschein" - Adagio Sostenuto 6:52
05 Corelli - Streichersuite D-Moll - Giga: Allegro (Arr.: Ettore Pinelli) 3:10
06 Puccini - Tosca - E Lucevan Le Stelle (Und Es Blitzten Die Sterne) 3:00
07 Kreisler - La Précieuse 3:08
08 Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur - Air (Arr.) 5:43
09 Grieg - Holberg-Suite - Gavotte - Musette 3:08
10 Mozart - Kavierkonzert Nr. 21 C-Dur - Andante 7:45
11 Schumann - Sinfonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur "Rheinische" Scherzo: Sehr Mäßig 6:09
12 Sakamoto - Energy Flow 4:30
13 Williams - Empire Of The Sun - Cadillac Of The Skies 4:56
14 J. Strauß, Jr - An Der Schönen Blauen Donau 8:22
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The Early Space Night's are already unmatched cult - but that was all new at the time and it was simply another time ;-) And it was at that time also other makers ... But also this compilation by DJ Jondal you can certainly take a chance and they classified taking into account the above points without a guilty conscience in his Space Night Collection. The songs are perfectly matched, skill at work. This album is mainly compiled from fresh material. At best, "Warriors" by Vargo, "Moonlight Over Maldives" by Blank & Jones and "100 Billion Stars" Lux are relatively well-known tracks may be mentioned. Inspite of consistently very moderate tempo it is never boring. The vast majority of the album consists of instrumental pieces that really give rise to earlier years memories of the spectacular "Space Night" spending, without, however, too much to lose in area chill sounds. There is much to discover, rhythm and dynamics are not neglected and the instrumentations are without exception very detailed, yet relaxing and very interesting. Very nice that this row has been reactivated.
VA - Space Night, The Journey Continues Alpha (flac 413mb)
01 Aguamo - Kay (Mexico) - Grounding 1:54
02 Blank & Jones - Moonlight Over Maledives 4:30
03 Steven Monroe - So Pure 5:12
04 Sinan Mercenk - Let The Music Take Control 4:32
05 Larry Rhodan - Aurora Dub 5:45
06 Ganga - Yellow Leaves 5:27
07 Cecil From Córdoba - Medina 5:09
08 Florzinho - A La Luna 4:38
09 Isabella Marbella - El Carino 5:17
10 Alexander Metzger - Tribute To Dirty Harry 5:53
11 Vargo Feat. Dan Millman - Warriors (Clelia Felix Remix) 5:06
12 Berkstroem - Resena Positiva 3:15
13 Jasmong - De Bonbon 4:38
14 Afterlife - Down (Original) 5:04
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VA - Space Night, The Journey Continues Beta (flac 399mb)
01 Zen-Men - Mars 001 1:06
02 Mathieu Hobiere - Spaced Out Dub 5:04
03 Friends Of LED - We Are Here To Help 5:06
04 No Logo - This City Never Sleeps 5:26
05 Audio Shaman - Tiger 5:31
06 Naoki Kenji - Umi No Oto 5:05
07 Sinan Mercenk - Dost 7:19
08 Noah - Droid 9 4:48
09 Sambox - Shikantaza 4:45
10 Lux - 100 Billion Stars 5:15
11 Favourite Son - Sleeping On A Plane /// Bring Ya Love On Down 6:05
12 Chris Zippel - Surface 6:21
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Today we come to the final posting on space nights. Space Night (full title: space night - All-tag nachts) is the name of a German television program in the early night/morning hours each day. It is a mixture of chill-out-music and images of the earth as seen from space interspersed with informative broadcasts. It was started by the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in 1994 and is now broadcast by BR-alpha, .....N'Joy
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Space Night started in 1994 as a replacement of the test cards which were broadcast on BR at night until this time. The idea originated in the fact that the German satellite ASTRO-SPAS (see STS-80) had recorded many hours of video footage in space. The BR received this footage, edited the material and added downtempo spherical music.
As BR did not want to show the same pictures 7 days a week, both NASA and ESA as well as the German Aerospace Center were addressed. They offered more hours of footage from in and around space, which were thusly included.
Cult status and music.
xxxxx
Initiated by Andreas Bönte and George Scheller and under the musical leadership of the sought-after DJs and chill out experts has Aural Float the "Space Night" developing a brand identity. It takes the series as audio-visual work of art a unique balance between documentation and pleasantly unobtrusive entertainment. Plenty of eyeballs and rave reviews speak for themselves, the "Space Night" idea after all those years lost none of its charm - quite the opposite. The success story continues ... With the release of "Space Night: Best Of Earth Views" now goes a long cherished by the fans of the TV series wish come true. Electrolux presents the best and most impressive scenes from 4 EarthView consequences in compressed form as a DVD. The ultimate "Space Night" collector's item that will delight even the most loyal supporters of the program anew. The DVD "Space Night: Best Of Earth Views" is a highlight in the history of the legendary series. The logical consequence of many years of success "Space Night" and a must for all fans - and those who want to become!
Aural Float presents Space Night - Best of Earthviews - DVD almost 3 hours floating thru space ..go for it in or out of body !
xxxxx
The broadcast quickly turned into a cult: At raves in the mid-90s it wasn't unusual to show the images of Space Night on big TV-screens. Early in the morning after the rave it was often used to calm down, especially from 1996 and later, as Space Night's sound changed through the musical guidance by Alex Azary (a European chill-out-DJ), who provided a more electronic background music. This was a logical step that originated from Alex Azary. He headed the Club XS in Frankfurt where "chill out nights" started in 1990, supported by spherical music. Alongside, pictures of Space Night were shown, albeit the playback was a little bit slower than in the original program. The images did fit well to the then new music-genre and Alex thought it would be a good idea to show it to the people at BR. A meeting in Munich followed where he could convince them to try something new.
The compositions are also available as separate CDs, the mixdown starting from the album "Space Night II" is done by the German music label Elektrolux. In the meantime, twelve CD-albums with music to the television series have been published, with three of those clearly differing in musical style. While "Space Night Vol. 1" is an album featuring pop music, "Space Night Vol. 10" features Jazz music and "Space Night Vol. 12" is a double CD with classical music. A DVD titled "Best of Earth-Views" is also available.
After a change in tariffs by the GEMA, BR stated they would not want to continue Space Night starting in January 2013, due to the drastically increased royalties. Hence the series was ended on January 8th 2013. Numerous viewers engaged BR to continue Space Night by using GEMA-free music. The station decided to undo the cancellation, first by rerunning older episodes starting on February 25th, 2013 and to later broadcast new episodes starting in autumn of 2013. To accomplish this, BR will use music with Creative Commons licensing, encouraging their viewer to upload their favorites.
The restart was scheduled for November 1st, 2013. It had to be postponed to November, 15th, because NASA was not able to provide the necessary graphical material, due to the Government shutdown in the United States
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Let's face it, it's not the most original idea, but then the ultimate sci fi movie of the previous century, 2001 Space Odyssey gave us plenty of classical background music. After the mixed reception of Space Night Vol. 11 Sony tried another route into the hearts and minds of the initial Space Nights fans. It gets us started with this classic, meditative soundscape of beautiful excerpts of classical masterpieces paired with the breathtaking views and impressions of our planet as seen in orbit. And if you want to objectively judge, you have to admit that this sounds exactly the same, perhaps even better fit to these images. Excellent selection of the classical pieces on this double CD, every single one is beautiful, and they were played excellent. Anyone who likes classical music just a bit is in for a ride...
VA - Space Night Vol. 12 alpha (flac 321mb)
01 Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra OP. 30 - Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang) 2:01
02 Bach - Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Teil 2 - Praludium Nr 1 C-Dur BWV 870 3:00
03 Mancini - Moon River (Arr. Für Gitarre: Christopher Gunning) 4:02
04 Warlock - Capriol Suite - Pavane - Pieds - En-L'Air 3:43
05 Schostakowitsch - Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 - F-Dur-Andante 6:26
06 Schubert - Rosamunde D 797 - Ballettmusik Nr. 2 7:36
07 Holst - Die Planeten - Neptun, Der Mystische 8:05
08 Saint-Saëns - Der Karneval Der Tiere - Aquarium 2:14
09 Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 6:11
10 Leao - Theatrum - Ruinas 3:44
11 Mozart - Sinfonie Nr. 41 C-Dur "Jupitersinfonie" - Molto Allegro 6:36
12 Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 3:22
13 Händel - Cembalo-Suite D-Moll - Sarabande (Arr.: Raymond Leppard) 2:56
14 Traditional - Crossing The Stone (Arr.: Karl Jenkins) 4:01
15 Goldmark - Violinkonzert Nr. 1 A-Moll Op. 18 - Andante 6:16
16 Humperdinck - Hänsel Und Gretel - Abendessen 2:57
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VA - Space Night Vol. 12 Beta (flac 297mb)
01 Mussorgsky - Chowanschtschina - Morgendämmerung An Der Moskwa 5:10
02 Saint-Saëns - Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 G-Moll - Allegretto Scherzando 5:18
03 Faure - Pavane Fis-Moll (Arr.) 5:20
04 Beethoven - Klaviersonate Nr. 14 Cis-Moll "Mondschein" - Adagio Sostenuto 6:52
05 Corelli - Streichersuite D-Moll - Giga: Allegro (Arr.: Ettore Pinelli) 3:10
06 Puccini - Tosca - E Lucevan Le Stelle (Und Es Blitzten Die Sterne) 3:00
07 Kreisler - La Précieuse 3:08
08 Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur - Air (Arr.) 5:43
09 Grieg - Holberg-Suite - Gavotte - Musette 3:08
10 Mozart - Kavierkonzert Nr. 21 C-Dur - Andante 7:45
11 Schumann - Sinfonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur "Rheinische" Scherzo: Sehr Mäßig 6:09
12 Sakamoto - Energy Flow 4:30
13 Williams - Empire Of The Sun - Cadillac Of The Skies 4:56
14 J. Strauß, Jr - An Der Schönen Blauen Donau 8:22
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The Early Space Night's are already unmatched cult - but that was all new at the time and it was simply another time ;-) And it was at that time also other makers ... But also this compilation by DJ Jondal you can certainly take a chance and they classified taking into account the above points without a guilty conscience in his Space Night Collection. The songs are perfectly matched, skill at work. This album is mainly compiled from fresh material. At best, "Warriors" by Vargo, "Moonlight Over Maldives" by Blank & Jones and "100 Billion Stars" Lux are relatively well-known tracks may be mentioned. Inspite of consistently very moderate tempo it is never boring. The vast majority of the album consists of instrumental pieces that really give rise to earlier years memories of the spectacular "Space Night" spending, without, however, too much to lose in area chill sounds. There is much to discover, rhythm and dynamics are not neglected and the instrumentations are without exception very detailed, yet relaxing and very interesting. Very nice that this row has been reactivated.
VA - Space Night, The Journey Continues Alpha (flac 413mb)
01 Aguamo - Kay (Mexico) - Grounding 1:54
02 Blank & Jones - Moonlight Over Maledives 4:30
03 Steven Monroe - So Pure 5:12
04 Sinan Mercenk - Let The Music Take Control 4:32
05 Larry Rhodan - Aurora Dub 5:45
06 Ganga - Yellow Leaves 5:27
07 Cecil From Córdoba - Medina 5:09
08 Florzinho - A La Luna 4:38
09 Isabella Marbella - El Carino 5:17
10 Alexander Metzger - Tribute To Dirty Harry 5:53
11 Vargo Feat. Dan Millman - Warriors (Clelia Felix Remix) 5:06
12 Berkstroem - Resena Positiva 3:15
13 Jasmong - De Bonbon 4:38
14 Afterlife - Down (Original) 5:04
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VA - Space Night, The Journey Continues Beta (flac 399mb)
01 Zen-Men - Mars 001 1:06
02 Mathieu Hobiere - Spaced Out Dub 5:04
03 Friends Of LED - We Are Here To Help 5:06
04 No Logo - This City Never Sleeps 5:26
05 Audio Shaman - Tiger 5:31
06 Naoki Kenji - Umi No Oto 5:05
07 Sinan Mercenk - Dost 7:19
08 Noah - Droid 9 4:48
09 Sambox - Shikantaza 4:45
10 Lux - 100 Billion Stars 5:15
11 Favourite Son - Sleeping On A Plane /// Bring Ya Love On Down 6:05
12 Chris Zippel - Surface 6:21
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8 comments:
Hello Rho,
Just a quick message to say Thank You for the Space Night collection. Truly a labor of love.
Best wishes & happy sunday!
splet eleKtrolux
thanks for a great blog and the work you put in
Hi Rho, can you re-up Space Night, The Journey Continues (Beta esp) please? Many thanks!
Oh! can we get a re-up of this, please? My OCD wants me to be a completist!
Thanks for all you do, you've introduced me to so much great music.
ah great thx i was missing SN 11 from the collection
Thanks
Hello Rho
Any chance of re-upping VA - Space Night, The Journey Continues Beta? (was on Cloudtfiles)
Many thanks and Happy New Year!
Hi Rho,
A re-up of these would be much appreciated.
Many thanks!
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