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A genre in itself, [[space exploration|space]], futurism and transhumanism often go hand in hand. | A genre in itself, [[space exploration|space]], futurism and transhumanism often go hand in hand. | ||
* [[Daft Punk]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstella_5555:_The_5tory_of_the_5ecret_5tar_5ystem Intersteller 5555] | * [[Daft Punk]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstella_5555:_The_5tory_of_the_5ecret_5tar_5ystem Intersteller 5555] | ||
| + | * [[David Bowie]] transcended genres | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:YouTube]] | [[Category:YouTube]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 19 September 2018
Explicitly transhumanist music is small area in itself. Typically lyrics with heavy futuristic references will be combined with a range of genres from rap to folk to pop to create often highly expository media.
Alexey Turchin was one of the first to compile a YouTube playlist of such music as a playlist for an event.
Areas such as are well established in their own right as are pop songs with themes of immortality and robotics, with others spanning a wide range of genres and transhumanist themes.
Longevity
Immortality is a popular theme.
- Forever Young: A Love Song To Ray Kurzweil by Dorian Electra
- Liamhl - Never ending story
- Oasis - Live Forever
- Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
- Beyond Boundaries (Outro) ft. Aubrey de Grey - Neon Future 1 - Steve Aoki
- Radical Life Extension by Charlie Kam
Sexuality
- Sex robots - need we say more?
- King Missile - Detachable Penis (uncensored)
Robotic and Cyborgs
- Transhumanism IMANOU
- DEUS EX: MANKIND DIVIDED RAP Dan Bull
- The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
- The Humans Are Dead - Flight of the Conchords
- Robot Rock - Daft Punk
- Mr. Roboto- Styx
- Jonathan Coulton - All This Time (Official Video) - Automation, references Ray Kurzweil
- The Picard Song Dance
- Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
AI and computer music
It could be argued the emergence of computer music represents a merger of the creative process between man and machine.
- Daddy's Car: a song composed by Artificial Intelligence - in the style of the Beatles[1]
- THIS is computer music: Ge Wang at TEDxStanford
Biology
- CRISPR-Cas9 ("Mr. Sandman" Parody) by A Capella Science
- [tube.com/watch?v=5rAOyh7YmEc Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At - Head transplant
- Whip it - Devo - Evolution / Devolution futurist group
Electronic / Synth
When Daft Punk are not being internationally famous robot DJs, they are operating in a genre which already understands and frequently references transhumanism.
- Tommy '86 "Transhumanism" (Full Album - Official - 2016)
- Singularity - Sentient Electricity, Onyrix / Dino Olivieri (album)
Similarly, cyberpunk themed arrangements and inspire a great many variants of electronica.
Transhumanism
- Upgrade - DAMIEN ( Watch )
- I Am the Very Model of a Singularitarian - by Charlie Kam ( Watch )
- Complex Numbers - Inevitability russian SE (Russian)
- Singularity - The Lisps
- Juice Rap News: The Singularity (ft. Ray Kurzweil & Alex Jones)
- David Bowie - David Bowie once said “I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, ‘Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.'”[2]
- Singularity (Official Video) Steve Aoki & Angger Dimas ft. My Name is Kay
- Fear Factory - Anodized
Futurism
Space
A genre in itself, space, futurism and transhumanism often go hand in hand.
- Daft Punk - Intersteller 5555
- David Bowie transcended genres