Out of Orbit Recordings: Laika, Moan and Trentemøller Live Band
Laika (from Russian: Лайка, a breed of dog, literally: “Barker”) was a Russian space dog which became the first recorded living creature from Earth to enter orbit. At one time a stray wandering the streets of Moscow, she was selected from an animal shelter. Originally named Kudryavka (Russian: кудрявка), she was renamed Laika after her breed type. After undergoing training with two other dogs, she was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 and was launched into space on 3 November 1957.
Laika died a few hours after launch from stress and overheating, probably due to a malfunction in the thermal control system. The true cause of her death was not made public until decades after the flight. Although Laika could not survive the trip, the experiment proved that a living passenger could survive being launched into orbit and endure weightlessness. It paved the way for human spaceflight and provided scientists with some of the first data on how living organisms react to spaceflight environments.
For the 50th anniversary of the russian dog, Laika, Directors Niels Grabøl and Ulrik Crone dedicated their beautiful video for Danish DJ and producer Anders Trentemøller Moan to the Russian space dog. The song “Moan” by Trentemøller feat. Ane Trolle was a big hit in Denmark as well as a top 30 hit in the Belgium Singles Top 50 for 2007. Check the video:
Trentemøller and his live partner DJ. T.o.m. Bertelsen played more than 100 shows over the last 1 and a half years with their raving and energetic live sets mainly based on Trentemøller‘ s dancefloor singles. Trentemøller will play live in concert @ I Love Techno Festival 10.11.2007 in TBA, Belgium . In 2006, his debut album “The Last Resort“ on Poker Flat gathered a big haul in many many reader polls and scored the #1 album of the year in many magazines.
This year for the first time Trentemøller Live Band are performing tracks from the album „The Last Resort“ live on stage! The band members are: Henrik Vibskov on drums, Mikael Simpson (guitar/bass) and of course Trentemoller.
