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Transhumanism by Tommy '86

Transhumanist music is an H+Pedia featured article

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

Forever Young - Dorian Electra

Immortality is a popular theme.

Sexuality

Sex robots - need we say more?
King Missile - Detachable Penis (uncensored)
Plug in Baby - Muse

Robotic and Cyborgs

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

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
Miracle of Sound - The New Black Gold - a game song for Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Miracle of Sound - The Natural Heart - a game song for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

AI and computer music

It could be argued the emergence of computer music represents a merger of the creative process between man and machine.

Biology

CRISPR-Cas9 ("Mr. Sandman" Parody) - A Capella Science

CRISPR-Cas9 ("Mr. Sandman" Parody) by A Capella Science
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

Upgrade - DAMIEN ( Watch )
I Am the Very Model of a Singularitarian - by Charlie Kam ( Watch )
Complex Numbers - Inevitability russian SE (Russian)
Singularity - The Lisps

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
We Appreciate Power - Grimes ( Watch )
DIE KRUPPS - Robo Sapien

Futurism

Space

A genre in itself, space, futurism and transhumanism often go hand in hand.

Daft Punk - Intersteller 5555
David Bowie transcended genres
The Constellation of Gagarin, English subtitles
Miljoonasade - Lapsuuden sankarille, a Finnish song about Yuri Gagarin

References

[1] Artificial Intelligence Has Written A Beatles-style Pop Hit

[2] ttp://www.thedailytransmission.com/2010/04/28/transhumanism-and-the-future-of-the-human-race/

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-{{align-right|<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NHjYxYcCU</embedvideo> [[Radical Life Extension]] by [[Charlie Kam]]}}
+[[File:Tommy 86.jpg|thumb|right|''Transhumanism'' by Tommy '86]]
+{{Featured article|Transhumanist music}}
 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.
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 == Longevity  ==
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=837tx9UG1gQ|500|right|Forever Young - [[Dorian Electra]]}}
 [[Immortality]] is a popular theme.
-* [https://www.singularityweblog.com/forever-young-a-love-song-to-ray-kurzweil/?utm_content=bufferb4a68&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Forever Young: A Love Song To Ray Kurzweil] by [[Dorian Electra]]
+* [https://www.singularityweblog.com/forever-young-a-love-song-to-ray-kurzweil/ Forever Young: A Love Song To Ray Kurzweil] by [[Dorian Electra]]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1WT8VEZxk Liamhl - Never ending story]
 * [https://youtu.be/i_2mWhfOhGU?list=PLIeH71HlSWqtGa1zAbaYH9uGpXIFFvjD5 Oasis - Live Forever]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever]
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bq1fyl6hS8 Beyond Boundaries (Outro) ft. Aubrey de Grey - Neon Future 1 - Steve Aoki]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bq1fyl6hS8 Beyond Boundaries (Outro) ft. Aubrey de Grey - Neon Future 1] - [[Steve Aoki]]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NHjYxYcCU Radical Life Extension] by [[Charlie Kam]]
+* [https://www.soundcloud.com/faultlineshift Faultline Shift - life extension album] by [[Faultline Shift]]
 == Sexuality ==
 * [[Sex robots#Media_examples|Sex robots]] - need we say more?
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYwiwbgMusY  King Missile - Detachable Penis (uncensored)]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbB-mICjkQM Plug in Baby - Muse]
 == Robotic and Cyborgs ==
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQe9eK_4U0U|500|right|The Man Machine - Kraftwerk}}
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQs1wn2E6o&list=PLYPWrdFeIPjVq0XjRr6si7VRTcpddecs_&index=5&t=6s Transhumanism] IMANOU
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE5ceTtq7FI DEUS EX: MANKIND DIVIDED RAP] Dan Bull
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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2m70IjasQ The Picard Song Dance]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man-Machine Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-CoE46ZsD0 Miracle of Sound - The New Black Gold] - a game song for [[Deus Ex]]: Human Revolution
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6RI2_lVMhg Miracle of Sound - The Natural Heart] - a game song for [[Deus Ex]]: Mankind Divided
 == AI and computer music ==
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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHZ_b05W7o Daddy's Car: a song composed by Artificial Intelligence - in the style of the Beatles]<ref>[http://www.electronicbeats.net/feed/artificial-intelligence-has-written-a-beatles-style-pop-hit/ Artificial Intelligence Has Written A Beatles-style Pop Hit]</ref>
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-T8kcSRLL0 THIS is computer music: Ge Wang at TEDxStanford]
+== Biology ==
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99bMtg4zRk|500|right|CRISPR-Cas9 ("Mr. Sandman" Parody) - A Capella Science}}
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99bMtg4zRk CRISPR-Cas9 ("Mr. Sandman" Parody)] by A Capella Science
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rAOyh7YmEc Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At] - [[Head transplant]]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QLzthSkfM 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.
+* When [[Daft Punk]] are not being internationally famous robot DJs, they are operating in a genre which already understands and frequently references transhumanism.
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Si874V84s0 Tommy '86 "Transhumanism" (Full Album - Official - 2016)]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wswJAr17LRY Singularity - Sentient Electricity, Onyrix / Dino Olivieri] (album)
 Similarly, [[cyberpunk]] themed arrangements and inspire [https://www.neondystopia.com/cyberpunk-music/cyberpunk-music-dossier-november-2016/ a great many variants of electronica].
-== Biomedicine ==
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99bMtg4zRk CRISPR-Cas9 ("Mr. Sandman" Parody)] by A Capella Science
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rAOyh7YmEc Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At] - [[Head transplant]]
 == Transhumanism ==
-{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3cQ9WX7S0|500|right|Upgrade}}
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3cQ9WX7S0|500|right|[[Upgrade|Upgrade -  DAMIEN]]}}
 * [[Upgrade]] - [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_(auteur-compositeur) DAMIEN] ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3cQ9WX7S0 Watch] )
 * [[I Am the Very Model of a Singularitarian]] - by [[Charlie Kam]] ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hKG5l_TDU8 Watch] )
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMJNta-okRw Complex Numbers - Inevitability russian SE] (Russian)
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGDhrH_uLUw Singularity - The Lisps]
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6MqvaaeqLU 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.'” - http://www.thedailytransmission.com/2010/04/28/transhumanism-and-the-future-of-the-human-race/
+* [[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.'”<ref>http://www.thedailytransmission.com/2010/04/28/transhumanism-and-the-future-of-the-human-race/</ref>
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1hJdq46wqE Singularity (Official Video)] [[Steve Aoki]] & Angger Dimas ft. My Name is Kay
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5PH1lK5gH4 Fear Factory - Anodized]
+* ''[[We Appreciate Power]]'' - [[Grimes]] ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA Watch] )
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x5YDCj-wiE DIE KRUPPS - Robo Sapien]
 == Futurism ==
 * [[In The Year 2525|Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525]] ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic Watch] )
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC1o9CjeefI Complex Numbers - We, 22nd Century. Electronic opera]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH9meoWmAOM Coldplay - Talk]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H81W04iTGFM Прекрасное далёко - Glorious Future, English/Russian subtitles]
+== Space ==
+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]
+* [[David Bowie]] transcended genres
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyvNZJZT6s The Constellation of Gagarin, English subtitles]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKjNOj8KAvM Miljoonasade - Lapsuuden sankarille, a Finnish song about Yuri Gagarin]
 == References ==
 [[Category:YouTube]]
 [[Category:Music]]