I already told you about my passion for this book collection with their delicious metallic sleeve covers.
Now let’s talk about music. I own a few records from the Prospective 21st century french label. It’s a collection of avant-garde contemporary music works from the 60’s and 70’s, with obscure composers alongside famous names : Iannis Xenakis, Ivo Malec, Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry (Futurama’s title song for the most uneducated of you). It’s repertory goes from concrète and experimental stuff to electronic music.

Now I guess you’re just wondering what it sounds like. Here it is:

I couldn’t find any digital release of this collection. And the records are going amazingly pricey on eBay.

Tags: 21st century, electronic, experimental, french, music, Prospective 21, space.

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.

This clip is raw from Camera E-8 on the launch umbilical tower/mobile launch program of Apollo 11, July 16, 1969. This is an HD transfer from the 16mm original.
The camera is running at 500 fps, making the total clip of over 8 minutes represent just 30 seconds of actual time. Narration is provided by Mark Gray (me), Executive Producer for Spacecraft Films.

Tags: space, video.

NASA Space Colony project from the 1970’s.

Tags: 1970, art, experimental architecture, nasa, space.