The First Patashnik, by The Soviet Space Dog Project

The First Patashnik

by The Soviet Space Dog Project

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Mike Shockley I particularly love the sense of urgency- this work really transports the listener

Nimrod Scott The flowing sounds magnify their pulse and become more urgent, more captivating as the piece flows toward its ending. This is a gorgeous piece of music in the classic tradition of “Berlin School”. Yet, it maintains Andy’s unique vision and becomes a dreamscape all its own.

Martin R This is a full 1-hour piece that could probably divided into at least 2 major sections. Very mature, intriguing sequences indeed, with relaxing melodic lines floating on top of them. Anyone who is into "classical Berlin School" type of electronic music will certainly appreciate and love this.

Frans Lemaire - MICADO Album by Album , Andy gives us heavenly sequences and atmospheres. It brings happiness in my life

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The First Patashnik 01:00:44

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First of all let me make note that this is my 100th solo Bandcamp release.

Now let me say just how pleased I am that it's also special for being a piece that Chuck Van Zyl asked me to create especially for broadcast on Star's End on 12th September 2021 and the name “The First Patashnik” refers right back to the origin of the name The Soviet Space Dog Project.

It was whilst listening to “Patashnik” by Biosphere and reading that the word Patashnik was intended by Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) to be slang for a cosmonaut who never returned from space (although this is debated and doesn’t appear to be a real Russian word). I started thinking about Laika, who was a stray mongrel dog picked up in Moscow that became the first living creature to go into orbit around the Earth, in 1957.

Unfortunately, Laika became a Patashnik as she died in the endeavour. The sad part is that she was never meant to return – and even sadder is that it eventually emerged that she had died from stress and overheating long before she ran out of oxygen.

This death caused a degree of controversy outside of the Soviet Union, and even some concern within it – in an environment where protest was not always easy. It all did have an effect and, consequently, future dog missions were designed so that the dogs would be recovered, So, just under three years later, two dogs, Belka and Strelka, became the first living creatures to orbit the Earth and return to Earth, in 1960.

I was quite inspired by this group of stray dogs, collected up and forced to undergo difficult and rigorous training, helping to set up the Soviet Space Programme. I became inspired by the concept of Laika being a Patashnik and this led me on a journey of discovery that made the time disappear and made me richer in knowledge at the end of it.

Those little dogs played such an important part in the Race into Space, something that itself underpinned the Cold War world of the 1960’s, when I was growing up.

This release features the full piece as delivered to Chuck, which does include some lengthy ambient sections at the start and finish to accommodate his station ID and programme notes. I wanted to give you everything, rather than cut it down to fade after the final section – if nothing else this gives you space to cool down a bit.

This has been mastered down to 24-bit, so you're getting the best quality I can give you.

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released September 12, 2021

Huge thanks to Tom Coppens for pulling out such excellent artwork at short notice.

Thanks also to Chuck Van Zyl for asking me to create this piece of music especially for Star's End.

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The Soviet Space Dog Project is being manned by Andy Bloyce, a Londoner who has been listening to Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream for over 40 years.
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