Wah wah waaah waaaaah!

May 31, 2006 11:57 AM

Can anyone identify the song right after the UFO sequence in this video? If you know of similar music, please reccomend it.

And I'm familiar with the Tijuana Brass.

posted by phrontist to law & government (11 comments total)

Starts at 1:02
posted by phrontist at 11:57 AM on May 31, 2006

I don't know what it is except awesome. Staying tuned to see the answer.
posted by dazed_one at 12:12 PM on May 31, 2006

Well I don't know what it is, but to answer your second question, check out Finland's own surf band: Laika and the Cosmonauts. I love them when I'm in that kind of mood.
posted by The Bellman at 12:13 PM on May 31, 2006

Sounds very familiar, like typical Ninja Tune/DJ Food/Coldcut fayre. I have some of their stuff I haven't listened to in ages. I'll get back to you if I find anything for sure.
posted by nylon at 12:59 PM on May 31, 2006

No clue on that specific track, but for similar stylings, I'd recommend the album Kumquat by Kumquat (there is another kumquat, but I dunno what they sound like), On The Ropes by Mint Royale, and Bentley Rhythm Ace by Bentley Rhythm Ace.
posted by nomisxid at 1:22 PM on May 31, 2006

That song is pretty rad, and I'm sorry that I can't help out more than I think it was a theme song for a t.v. show. However, along the same vein is atomic moog 2000 from coldcut.

Aquasky/Karminsky experience has something about space travel (a line is sampled from an interview with an astronaut "what the sky looks like/what the stars look like/do they twinkle when you get out of the atmosphere or are they a steady light")

Check out the science fiction jazz series and you could probably dig up something decent.

Also somaFM has a station which plays downtempo, old spy movie/tv show theme songs which might fit the bill:
http://207.200.96.225:8010

its called "secret agent" if you need to do a shoutcast search.

If you do find the song, please let me know. I love this kind of stuff.
posted by kookywon at 2:24 PM on May 31, 2006

It's "The Planet Plan" by United Future Organization from their album "3rd Perspective". (The song actually starts at 0:45.)

I don't know about it being a TV theme song, but it was used in some of the promo spots for The Incredibles.
e.g., "Trailer #1" at
http://www.pixar.com/theater/trailers/incredibles/

Other albums you might like: "Trip Tease" by Tipsy, "Permutation" by Amon Tobin.

I second the "Secret Agent" recommendation. Also, check out LuxuriaMusic.com (though it can't possibly compare to the original Luxuria; ah, those were the days).
posted by celkins at 12:06 AM on June 1, 2006

Thanks for the reccomendations guys...

I'm still holding out for an ID. If I figure it out, I'll post here.
posted by phrontist at 5:47 AM on June 1, 2006

Celkins got it. It is "The Planet Plan".
posted by kookywon at 7:35 AM on June 1, 2006

On preview (several hours later): Thanks celkins!
posted by phrontist at 3:15 PM on June 1, 2006

The secret agent channel is perfect.
posted by phrontist at 5:09 PM on June 1, 2006