According to the Canadian Space Agency, David Saint-Jacques and his crewmates will enter the Soyuz two and half hours before launch and after the pre-launch checks are completed they will have about 40 minutes to themselves. So, what does an astronaut do when strapped into their seat in a rocket with time on their hands? Listen to music of course.
The list was compiled by music journalist Nicolas Tittley, a friend of Saint-Jacques.
Below is David Saint-Jacques’ “Before space” playlist:
- Sleep/Swim, múm
- Green Grass of Tunnel, múm
- Quarrel, Moses Sumney
- Music for 18 Musicians (Modular Version): Pulses, Steve Reich (Ensemble Signal)
- On the Ground, Richard Reed Parry
- Subterraneans (2017 Remastered Version), David Bowie
- Suspirium, Thom Yorke
- Rêver mieux, Daniel Bélanger
- Sunday Morning (Stereo Version), The Velvet Underground & Nico
- Nuit debout, Camille
- Distant Sky (feat. Else Torp), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Le départ, Alexandra Stréliski
- The Great Escape, Patrick Watson
- Ikajunga, Elisapie
- Sail to the Moon, Radiohead
- Flight from the City, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yuki Numata Resnick, Ben Russell, Clarice Jensen & Tarn Travers
- Blue Moon, Beck
- Faites monter, Alain Bashung
- Fade into You, Mazzy Star
- Higgs Boson Blues, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois, Sufjan Stevens
- Looking for Astronauts, The National
- New Star in the Sky, Air
- We’re Going Home, Clint Mansell
- Décollage, Air
- The Stars Our Destination, Stereolab
- Major Tom (Coming Home), Peter Schilling
- A Model of the Universe, Jóhann Jóhannsson