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It comprises the eerie, mesmerizing sounds of Mood music, the Polynesian, Hawaiian, Caribbean, and jungle melodies of Exotica the hi-fidelity and stereo-inspired sounds of bachelor pad music and the dream, seductive rhapsodies of cocktail tunes.", Exotiquarium: Album Art from the Space Age, Jennifer McKnight-Trontz and Lenny Dee, St. Space Age Pop is the musical interpretation of these dreams. The covers depict happy families, comfortable homes, and cocktail parties. ^ a b "the 1950s and 1960s - an era obsessed with technological advancements and new frontiers.^ a b Pulse (Monthly music digest of Tower Records/Video) #164 October 1997 Article: "Catalog Rolling: How Record Labels Decide What Titles to Re-Release" (article begins on page 42).

" Telstar" written by Joe Meek and performed by the Tornados (Decca / London Records), 1962.

"Sputnik (Satellite Girl)" by Jerry Engler and the Four Ekkos (Brunswick Records), 1957.

"Persuasive Percussion" by Enoch Light (Command).

"Other Worlds Other Sounds" by Esquivel.

"Wired For Sound" (RCA Vik) and "Soundpower!" by Marty Gold.

"From Another World" by Sid Bass (RCA Vik).

"RE/SEARCH: Incredibly Strange Music Vols.

The Stereo Action Dimension: History of Space Age Pop Vol.

Mallets in Wonderland: The History of Space Age Pop Vol.

Melodies and Mischief: The History of Space Age Pop Vol.

In the 2010s, one can hear the resurgence of the style through the tribute Jazz Vocal Ensemble Randy Van Horne Singers. Underground pop band Stereolab, in 1993, released Space Age Batchelor Pad Music, an EP which is said to have factored significantly in raising awareness of the band. Space age pop, largely forgotten after the late 1960s, underwent an enormous surge in popularity in the early 1990s, leading to the release in 1994 of the signature CD compilation of the space age pop music of Juan García Esquivel, Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music, which sold over 70,000 copies. Classical pieces are also popular among space age composers, but almost always arranged in a lighter way than the original. It is also common for composers to use well-known jazz standards as a basis for their own work and recordings, such as Harlem Nocturne, Caravan, and Autumn Leaves. The arrangements of the instruments tend to be highly original, conveying a sense of humor and playful charm-though album covers often have a science fiction or modernist theme.

A variety of keyboard instruments-from piano to marimbas to organ-are frequently used, and occasionally even the theremin for that out-of-this-world sound. For instance, many of the composers associated with the genre used a string orchestra for applying warmth and color to the sound, often combined with a Latin percussion section. Įven though the genre takes on a variety of approaches in style, rhythm, composition, and arrangement, it also shows some similarities. Space age pop brought innovation to popular music in several ways-these albums in the early 1950s attend to include some of the earliest examples of concept albums, and embraced the earliest form of four-track recordings introduced in 1957. Albums often have album covers related to science fiction-those include rockets, moonscapes, or modernism. It is also related to its genres of lounge music, exotica, or beautiful music/ easy listening, and may be regarded as a precursor to the musical genre of space music. There are several styles that can be recognized as an influence: classical composers like Ravel and Debussy the big bands of the 1940s and different exotic styles, such as samba, Latin, and Calypso music. The music is not limited to a single style, and it is not always easily categorized. Although there is no exact album, date, or year when the genre was born, producer Irwin Chusid identifies its heyday as "roughly 1954 to 1963-from the dawn of high-fidelity (hi-fi) to the arrival of the Beatles."

Also known as bachelor pad music or lounge music, it was inspired by the spirit of those times, an optimism based on the strong post-war economy and technology boom, and excitement about humanity's early forays into space. Space age pop is a subgenre of pop and easy listening music associated with Mexican and American composers and songwriters in the Space Age of the 1950s and 1960s. For other uses see Space music, Space-themed music, Space rock, or Space (disambiguation) Space age popĮarly 1950s – early 1960s, United States and Mexico