BwGN AM Mixtape #17 – The one that makes first contact

On today's episode, we celebrate the (imagined) anniversary of first contact with a space-themed mixtape. We'll look back 20 years ago to when signals from a distant galaxy reached earth for the first time. Known as "The Message," these signals carried an invitation in the form of new scientific knowledge that has allowed humans to travel beyond our own solar system and into the unknown. Thank you for connecting your feed to BFF.FM.

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Playlist

  1. The Observable Universe by Kid Koala on Music To Draw To: Satellite (Arts & Cafts)
  2. Signals by Madeline Kenney on Signals EP (Company)
  3. Soft Sounds from Another Planet by Japanese Breakfast on Soft Sounds from Another Planet (Dead Oceans)
  4. To The Beat Of A Dying World by El Perro Del Mar on Pale Fire (The Control Group)
  5. Rocket by Working For A Nuclear Free City on Businessmen & Ghosts (Deaf, Dumb, & Blind)
  6. You're Not An Astronaut by The Most Serene Republic on Phages (Arts & Crafts)
  7. Lift Off by Cave In on Lift Off EP (Hydrahead)
  8. Killed the Lord, Left for the New World by This Will Destroy You on Tunnel Blanket (Suicide Squeeze)
  9. Silent Moon by Little Scream on Cult Following (Merge)
  10. Venus by Television on Marquee Moon (Elektra)
  11. Mercury by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlister on Planetarium (4AD)
  12. Sun Will Shine (Warmth Of The Sunship Version) by Akron/Family on Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free (Dead Oceans)
  13. Space Song by The Elevator Drops on People Mover (Time Bomb)
  14. Ursa Major Space Station by Catherine Wheel on Chrome (Mercury)
  15. Journey Through The Asteroid Belt by The Comet Is Coming on Channel The Spirits (Leaf Label)
  16. Belt of The Sun by Here Lies Man on Here Lies Man (Riding Easy)
  17. The Land Between Solar Systems by Múm on Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
  18. Adrift by Kid Koala, ft. Emilíana Torrini on Music To Draw To: Satellite (Arts & Crafts)
  19. Brightest Star by Ringo Deathstarr on Mauve (Sonic Unyon)
  20. The Astral Wave by The Physics House Band on Mercury Fountain (Small Pond)
  21. Voyager by The Album Leaf on Red Tour E.P. (self released)
  22. Break
  23. Structo by Man Or Astro-man? on Made from Technetium (Touch & Go)
  24. Last Transmission From The Lost Mission by Adem on Love and Other Planets (Domino)