another via 36 15 MOOG. Audio here. Anyone know what was used to create the sounds in this one?"Composed and conducted by Art Mineo, 'Man in Space with Sounds' served as the soundtrack to the futuristic "Bubbleator" exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
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The Bubbleator was a large, bubble-shaped hydraulic elevator with transparent acrylic glass walls. These transparent walls gave the illusion of looking through an actual 'soap bubble' by refracting light to obtain a rainbow-like effect for the riders inside.
It moved 2.5 million people (150 passengers at a time) through displays promising an easier life ahead (The World of Tomorrow). The 'House of Tomorrow' might include disposable dishes, automatic windows, and changeable color schemes. Gyrocopters might zip and whiz you to the 'Office of Tomorrow', which might have miniature micro-mail, machines to transmit correspondence, and machines that communicated with each other.
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'Man In Space With Sounds' was the soundtrack heard on this 21 minute tour of the future.
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Welcome to tomorrow....."
I'd love to hear what this sounds like. I recognized the cover as the surf band Man or Astroman changed it a bit and used it for their Project Infinity cover.
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Oops, saw the link to the audio. Downloading now . . .
ReplyDeleteI actually have this on vinyl. It's a fun listen. No idea of the synth used. For some reason I think Louis and Bebe Barron had something to do with it, but I don't know why I think that and could be completely wrong.
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