posted 04-15-2015 08:42 AM               

Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's debut album is set for launch. Warner Music Canada announced Tuesday it would release the still-untitled record this fall.

Hadfield recorded the guitar and vocal tracks with an acoustic guitar and computer while in space. Robbie Lackritz then handled production for the album, which promises further instrumentation from "special guests."

posted 04-16-2015 01:12 PM               

Colonel Chris Hadfield To Release First "Off Planet" Album

Famed Astronaut Records WORLD'S FIRST Album In Space

Warner Music Canada is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the debut album by famed Canadian astronaut, Colonel Chris Hadfield. The guitar and vocal tracks were recorded in space -- a human first. The album's fall 2015 launch underscores the importance that music has always had to Col. Hadfield wherever he is, whether in space or at home on Earth.

"The serenity and grace I felt while orbiting our Earth, weightless by the window, gave a whole new place to write and perform music. I'm delighted to be able to share these completed works as a new way to help tell the stories of early space exploration," says Col. Hadfield

In 2013, Col. Hadfield spent five months aboard the International Space Station. In the evenings, following days full of scientific experiments, Col. Hadfield would pull out his acoustic guitar and power up his computer to record music and vocals for songs he'd written alone, as well as with his brother and his son. Once back on Earth, Juno Award winning producer Robbie Lackritz and a host of special guests added further instrumentation to the recordings.

"This is a very special opportunity for us to work with one of Canada's most inspirational figures," says Warner Music Canada President Steve Kane. "It takes an extraordinary individual to become an accomplished songwriter and astronaut. Colonel Hadfield is proof that music makes you smarter."

More details of Col. Hadfield's album release will be announced over the coming months.

posted 08-07-2015 10:23 AM               

"Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can," the album I recorded in space, out for pre-order today.

The first 500 CDs ordered will be autographed by Hadfield. He also has bundles available with a Space Sessions patch, t-shirt, vinyl record and/or hoodie.

posted 08-11-2015 03:00 PM               

Astronaut Chris Hadfield releasing 'Space Sessions' album recorded in orbit

In the first single off of Chris Hadfield's new music album, the first album to be primarily recorded in space, the Canadian astronaut croons, "Can't stand on my own two feet, I just float away, I took a ride in a hot, hot seat, now I'm ready to play, far away."

And play he does.

Hadfield, who is maybe best known (at least musically) for his zero-g rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," fills "Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can" with 11 original tracks that he wrote, sang and played guitar for, all while serving as a crew member aboard and commander of the International Space Station in 2013.

"Bit by bit, squeezed into all of the work that was going on up there, I recorded those songs," said Hadfield as part of a behind-the-music interview posted on his website. "They were changed by the place. A couple of them I wrote from scratch, inspired by being up there."

posted 08-16-2015 01:51 PM               

That's a sign I'd like to have. Plus a few of these CSA guitar picks. The flown ones, I mean.

Plus, in the following still from a CSA video:

...the posture of the astronaut seems to suggest that he is subjected to gravity, like he is hanging from the door frame...