Transhumanist music

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Transhumanism by Tommy '86

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

Juice Rap News: The Singularity (ft. Ray Kurzweil & Alex Jones)
Forever Young - Dorian Electra

Immortality is a popular theme.

Sexuality

Robotic and Cyborgs

The Man Machine - Kraftwerk

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

Electronic / Synth

Similarly, cyberpunk themed arrangements and inspire a great many variants of electronica.

Transhumanism

Futurism

Space

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

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