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[[File:Tommy 86.jpg|thumb|right|''Transhumanism'' by Tommy '86]] | [[File:Tommy 86.jpg|thumb|right|''Transhumanism'' by Tommy '86]] | ||
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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. | 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 == | == Longevity == | ||
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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=837tx9UG1gQ|500|right|Forever Young - [[Dorian Electra]]}} | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=837tx9UG1gQ|500|right|Forever Young - [[Dorian Electra]]}} | ||
[[Immortality]] is a popular theme. | [[Immortality]] is a popular theme. | ||
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* [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.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 == | == Sexuality == | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2m70IjasQ The Picard Song Dance] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2m70IjasQ The Picard Song Dance] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man-Machine Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine] | * [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 == | == AI and computer music == | ||
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== Transhumanism == | == Transhumanism == | ||
| − | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3cQ9WX7S0|500|right|Upgrade - DAMIEN}} | + | {{#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] ) | * [[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] ) | * [[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=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=VGDhrH_uLUw Singularity - The Lisps] | ||
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* [[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> | * [[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=d1hJdq46wqE Singularity (Official Video)] [[Steve Aoki]] & Angger Dimas ft. My Name is Kay | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5PH1lK5gH4 Fear Factory - Anodized] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5PH1lK5gH4 Fear Factory - Anodized] | ||
| − | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA | + | * ''[[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 == | == Futurism == | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC1o9CjeefI Complex Numbers - We, 22nd Century. Electronic opera] | * [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=EH9meoWmAOM Coldplay - Talk] | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H81W04iTGFM Прекрасное далёко - Glorious Future, English/Russian subtitles] | ||
== Space == | == Space == | ||
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* [[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 | * [[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 == | == References == | ||
[[Category:YouTube]] | [[Category:YouTube]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 16 May 2022
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
- Faultline Shift - life extension album by Faultline Shift
Sexuality
- Sex robots - need we say more?
- King Missile - Detachable Penis (uncensored)
- Plug in Baby - Muse
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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525 ( Watch )
- Complex Numbers - We, 22nd Century. Electronic opera
- Coldplay - Talk
- Прекрасное далёко - Glorious Future, English/Russian subtitles
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