What do you listen to when playing?

[zevans]

I've seen quite a few people mention Pink Floyd... which is fair enough, because they were a Space Rock band once.

What else?

[Wolfwood]

I rarely listen to anything but the game sounds (not a music person, really), but when I do put a record on, it is usually something classic. And, by classic I mean classical music like Strauss, Mozart, Schubert etc. One of the best pieces to listen to is naturally Blue Danube, or Also Spracht Zarathustra by Richard Strauss.

[SubV]

DELERIUM - Spheres I & II (both albums features many samples from Odyssey 2001)
SYNAESTHESIA - Desideratum (space ambient, Delerium side project)
THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON - Lifeforms

[Greyman]

I simply put something nice (from Heavy Metal to classical - according to my mood) on iTunes and let it play as Oolite on Mac integrates nicely with iTunes.

[Captain Tylor]

ELO`s Time Album. It`s futuristic yet set in the 1980`s

[Sendraks]

The Firefly soundtrack, the Serenity soundtrack, both B5 soundtracks and everything by Tori Amos.

One day I'll get round to making a ship called "Black Dove."

[Svengali]

Bootlegs from festivals. Currently Wacken .-)

[DaddyHoggy]

Via facebook I've just discovered an old school friend is a top notch musician - I love his music - some of it suits cruising the stars really well...

http://paulmosley.com/music.htm

[zevans]

I've seen quite a few people mention Pink Floyd... which is fair enough, because they were a Space Rock band once.

What else?

Suitably eclectic so far, I thought as much.

Classical: Die Fledermaus seems to fit well
I forgot about FSOL - I listen to ISDN plenty
Last.fm randomly threw me some Synaethesia the other week, I remember thinking I must listen to some more
Have to look into Delereum!
Listening to yer man now DH, trying to work out what it reminds me of... Tracey Chapman, somehow?

[DaddyHoggy]

I've seen quite a few people mention Pink Floyd... which is fair enough, because they were a Space Rock band once.

What else?

Suitably eclectic so far, I thought as much.

Classical: Die Fledermaus seems to fit well
I forgot about FSOL - I listen to ISDN plenty
Last.fm randomly threw me some Synaethesia the other week, I remember thinking I must listen to some more
Have to look into Delereum!
Listening to yer man now DH, trying to work out what it reminds me of... Tracey Chapman, somehow?

He laughed when I also mentioned that there were moments of Tracey Chapman in his intonation - so we're not alone clearly!

EDIT: Just got hold of a USB Vinyl Record deck which means I'll finally have the chance to copy an amazing album that my dad has had since the late 60s/early 70s - it was called "Sounds Outstanding" (memorable by the sleeve alone - two naked silver ladies on the front cover) - designed for those who had just invested in a new fangled stereo record player it was written on a MOOG and really milked the stereo effect to the max - some of the synthesized "battle" music I imagine will suit Oolite quite well.

Anybody remember "Total Annihilation" - with its beautifully crafted orchestral pieces that changed depending on whether you were in your building/exploring phase or a frenetic fight to the death situation - now that WOULD be nice in Oolite!

[Diziet Sma]

ELO`s Time Album. It`s futuristic yet set in the 1980`s

Seconded.. I like this album whilst playing.

[zevans]

EDIT: Just got hold of a USB Vinyl Record deck which means I'll finally have the chance to copy an amazing album that my dad has had since the late 60s/early 70s - it was called "Sounds Outstanding" (memorable by the sleeve alone - two naked silver ladies on the front cover)

Only you could come up with something that neither Wikipedia nor Google (or me) has heard of! Could be quite rare then? Why do I have a funny feeling Wendy Carlos will be involved...

Now you mention it - the Chemical Brothers released loads of promos entitled "Electronic Battle Weapons x" - never thought of putting those on (some of them were ideas that turned into better known singles)

Glad I wasn't imagining Tracey Chapman... although have changed my mind now and I'm going Gracelands era Paul Simon

[drew]

I listen to the sound of my cooling fan running at full blast!

Cheers,

Drew.

[Commander McLane]

@ Drew:

I usually don't listen to anything, even play without sound effects.

But I always thought Jean-Michel Jarre wouldn't be completely misplaced in the voids of the Ooniverse.

[Governmentyard]

Bit of a long 'un, this, but here's my 'Oolite space sounds' playlist form Songbird, it's in Artist/Album for the uninitiated.

Autechre - LP5
Bad Sector - Kosmodrom *
Bichi - Notwithstanding
Bill Laswell - City of Light *
Biotron Shelf - 33 Minutes North *
Biotron Shelf - Transmissions *
Cab Callowway - Minnie The Moocher (yes, I know, but it's in thre and I can't remember why)
Coil - Love's secret Domain
Control X - To Abort Mission *
DNTEL - Early works for me if it works for you *
Flipper- Chiodata
Four Tet - Everyhting Ecstatic I & II
The Orb - Auntie Aubrey's excursions beyond the call of duty
The Orb - Bicycles and Tricycles
The Orb - Cydonia
The Orb - Ultraworld
The Orb - Orbus Terrarvm
Phillip Glass- Dracula
Phillip Glass - Low Symphony *
Phillip Glass - Songs from the Trilogy
Redpoint - Protect and Survive *
Redpoint - Stay at Home *
Two Lone Swordsmen - Stay Down
Voafose - Voafose
Witchman - Explorimenting Beats
Yagya - Will I dream during the Process? *


* denotes something I can remember without having to listen to it again and recommend very highly.