Once upon a time, science opened up the door

80. Cerrone - "Supernature" (Atlantic, 1977)

The arpeggiated synths on this are very, very dope. I mean, everything on this is very, very dope. As far as early space disco classics, "Supernature" is up there with pretty much any of the Moroder classics. It has some odd moments, like the funky but not quite there right-channel solo that starts towards the end of its third minute, but there is so much here that works beautifully that when that triumphant riff comes in at 6:03 part of the thrill is kind of a "holy shit, how does this track have another gear to go into?"

Also, it's about nature getting its revenge on man.

Dancing w/o gravity

129. Lindstrøm - "I Feel Space" (Feedelity, 2005)

What's your favorite song by any of the acts performing today at the Pitchfork Music Festival, you ask? Well that's easy, kids, it's Hans=Peter Lindstrøm's now classic space disco anthem "I Feel Space". It's all obvious sci-fi signifiers + obvious balearic signifiers (the hand percussion bit, I mean, mostly) and it's just so beautiful at putting those together that it's still probably the easiest thing to play for people to demonstrate what I like about this kind of music. So let me play it for you, dear reader.