Bluedot Volume1

MISSION CONTROL HIGHLIGHTS
Hosted by the UK Space Agency, Mission Control is a celebration
of UK’s achievements in the space sector in what is an important
year, as Tim Peake became the first British astronaut to travel to the
International Space Station. Panelists, keynote speakers and special
guests will come together to discuss this milestone in British space
exploration through a series of talks and workshops.
The BBC had exclusive access to Tim Peake as he prepared for his
mission to the International Space Station. This involved following
Tim’s two-year training programme that took him across the world, to
Moscow, Houston, Cologne and Baikonur. Supplemented by Tim’s own
video diary, the result was a Horizon Special that revealed just what it
took to be an astronaut. Producer Simon Winchcombe will introduce a
special screening of the programme at bluedot, discussing how the
show was made and taking questions from the audience.
After dark, Mission Control becomes a playground for some the more
intriguing elements on the bluedot bill, with a variety of DJ sets and
cosmic musical deviations.
DJ YODA GOES TO THE SCI-FI MOVIES
DJ Yoda is a hip hop DJ and producer like no other. Globally respected
for his turntablism, he performed at Banksy’s Dismaland and was firstchoice
guest mixer on Dr Dre’s inaugural Beats 1 show. He is also
able to chop and splice movies with the same dextrous style that he
repurposes samples. Especially for bluedot, DJ Yoda will boldly go
where no DJ has gone before and cut and paste his way through visual
and audio samples of classic and cult science fiction films.
HELLO MOON, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Music producers Jim Spencer and David Tolan joined forces with
astrophysicist Tim O’Brien to remix sounds from space – including
signals from spacecraft at the dawn of the space age and the death
throes of an exploding star – to create a unique record released on the
O Genesis label. The title echoes the recording of a voice bounced off
the Moon, made more than 50 years ago at Jodrell Bank. They will talk
about how the track was created, before it is played, accompanied by
visuals from Dan Tombs.
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