Really enjoying this website full of magazine covers with a space age theme from a time when the future was something to be truly excited about. I just presented a lecture on electronic music from this period and the same optimism and excitement seen in these covers was equally present in the music. The development of electronic music went arm in arm with and soundtracked the scientific breakthroughs reported on in these titles.
The lecture, titled Under the Radar, explores the often strange and otherworldly music that developed through the late 50’s and into the 60’s and found its way into the home through TV and radio. A time when the avant garde entered the mainstream. A unique moment that could have only happened during this period of intense technological advancement. Its a far cry from the safe wallpaper music that fills our media now as broadcasters carefully avoid doing anything unusual that might scare off the audience.
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