Deep Space Banjo🪕 - Ambient Spacefolk Chillwave

[@Evil0tto]

“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

[@allysonsimmons7953]

I read that in a western accent and it made it a million times better

[@drowningpooralice5505]

This juxtaposition is nuts. I never would've thought of space and banjos. It makes sense from an American perspective. It's the final frontier after all.

[@casem8723]

I highly recommend the game Outer Wilds by Mobius, its whole OST is based around this style. And it's one of the best games I've ever played.

[@lohcantfail]

Along with Outer Wilds, Hardspace Shipbreakers has a synth/banjo mix, but it's less ... hrm. atmospheric.

[@benkelly7182]

You can see the space Wild West style in the Mandalorian series too

[@lohcantfail]

Outer Wilds & Hardspace shipbreakers as well@@benkelly7182

[@HoudiniGenie]

BRO IS SPITTIN FACTS

[@skyclad1989]

never thought "deep space banjo" would be one of my go to listens and yet here we are

[@_JoeMomma]

same boat as you

[@Rgmenkera]

yeah , wtf . why does it make me feel so calm

[@samdawson7560]

Met a man in college. All he brought to live in the dorm was a duffle bag, kettle, and custom steel banjo. Never met a man so musically gifted since.

[@pinkdragonliver]

what a coincidence, thats also what I brought with me when I moved to Texas for grad school (minus the kettle)

[@smoss9813]

The Hitchhikers guide to the universe proved a banjo is the perfect instrument for space

[@ineffablemars]

I was about to comment this

[@Gamxin]

Galaxy*

[@junoantaresofficial]

That was the Eagles too, perfect combo.

[@colangelog09]

Journey of the sorcerer!

[@KyleKatarn145]

This is filling the hole that Outer Wilds has left in my music tastes.

[@Anna-mv9ew]

❤

[@ember_angeldust]

Oh, to wake up under the stars, near a campfire with marshmallows and a friend to talk with only to discover you basically have 22 minutes to save (litterally) everything you know. Such a wonderful feeling!

[@ghosty7210]

hey i know exactly what this is.. i haven’t finished it yet but i will

[@adventurika1903]

@@ghosty7210 I know too! I won't finish it though even though it is amazing, because it's simply too scary haha.

[@BillCasey-r7c]

You know you can make it up the hill. You know that both the laser grid and the pressure mines you have seen before. Your leg pneumatics are good. Your sealant is good. You have a decoder for the system infantry defense. You'd rather live, but are prepared to die( death is serene, but getting there bites azz). Your banjo is tuned, your needler is ready, and the people you love, know it. Let's do this thing, beloved.

[@kelcieford7236]

@@ghosty7210 what is it?

[@ashleycat4]

​@@kelcieford7236Outer Wilds

[@mattermilk6667]

I am thoroughly convinced that the organ and the banjo are the instruments of the stars-the organ to capture the majesty of space and the banjo to accompany the vagabond that wonders it

[@ashproductions]

2 of my absolute favorite instruments. Coincidence??

[@gh0stpuppi333]

Yo what the fuck dawg that was beautiful

[@polarbear2684]

Somewhere in the multiverse, this echoes down the corridors of the Serenity. Wash is at the helm, Preacher's learned to play the banjo. River dances to the rhythm, Simon's had time to find a love of music and computers and mixes the two while Inara plays the dulcimer. Captain and Zoe watch on, smiling over cups of coffee. Kaylee curses and replaces yet another part while Jayne sleeps in a hammock in the cargo bay. Wheel keeps on turnin...

[@AGKalevala]

Keep flying 🤎

[@timblighton6216]

No power in the ‘verse can stop them.

[@hectoralvarado3173]

Well looks like it time to don my brown coat and binge watch firefly and finish with Serenity again. not looking forward to the empty feeling afterwards, wishing it could have run its full story properly

[@gyphinix1658]

@@hectoralvarado3173 Serenity sure was a good send off tho.

[@jamesmills2041]

Yessssssssss

[@sbilldmilk]

this has outer wilds written all over it and i love it

[@jacknagel9387]

The channel's name is Timber Zeal...no way that's a coincidence.

[@RolaiEckolo]

Still the greatest menu music of all time

[@Mrmz44]

Gives off a mix of Treasure planet and outer wilds vibes. Love it

[@IggyTthunders]

Kinduh reminds me of over the garden wall

[@Dan-zc3ou]

Also The outer worlds for me

[@abmackay]

Firefly...

[@chelmano0]

Aaaah! The underrated "Outer Worlds"

[@ryder8646]

@@abmackay the only man of culture in this thread

[@creaturefeaturecosplay]

Ever since Trigun, space westerns have held a special place in my heart, and this just grew that place even bigger!

[@TheDurektor]

I run a DnD in Space campaign, and these are the exact vibes I'm looking for! Thanks for sharing your talent!

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

Happy to hear it!

[@rustybeskar4664]

Hope your characters bring a bath towel

[@Evija3000]

Sounds amazing :)

[@a.t3415]

So Spelljammer?

[@xCheddarB0b42x]

_Don't Panic_

[@AmbientDawn]

A definite Firefly vibe to this. Banjos will be a living link to Earth-that-was.

[@miavira2000]

I never thought a Banjo and Deep Space ambience would EVER mix but they mix surprisingly well and I love it. Super relaxing and wild sounding, makes me want to go exploring.

[@NuriAlcoMovies]

Try "Outer Wilds", or at least listen to the soundtrack. Thank me later.

[@NieroDraegon]

It IS the frontier

[@rast29]

ever hear journey of the sorcerer by the eagles? it's the theme to the hitchikers guide to the galaxy.

[@JÆK.02]

Cowboy. Bebop.

[@lewislabuff8862]

I think Twilight zone did a few episodes where the West was as lonesome, as cruel and unforgiving as a voyage into deep space.

[@casssmith4215]

...God, the more I listen, the more I feel like this is /home/. I miss my great-uncle and grandpa playing banjo by the firepit on a chilly autumn night, with the whole swathe of the Milky Way overhead for us all to see, since we were deep enough in the valleys to be in a dark zone. Out in the deep, deep countryside, down the old roads leading to the old farm...with the stars flying high, high above, and the memories soft in the darkness. Two old pilots remembering the skies out on the old airstrip... Thank you

[@Iggy1328]

This made me smile, in a old “I feel like that was the life I should of had kinda way”

[@NicoFromTheWaves]

Not in a hundred years would I have thought I’d be sitting on my patio with a coffee listening to space banjo… but here we are and i love it

[@DurzoBlunts]

All i can picture is a guy chilling on the bridge of a starship flying through deep space playing his banjo.

[@yaboistryker3750]

American folk culture and deep space has gotta be my favorite combo of all time

[@jromero9795]

There'll be a time yet when the plucking of a banjo echoes across the solar waves just as surely as they carry across the holler winds of Appalachia

[@yaboistryker3750]

@@jromero9795 I'll make sure of it if we start colonizing the solar system in my lifetime. That frontier spirit will live on into eternity my brother, sure as the sun rises.

[@jongalonja9233]

For all the people enjoy this music and vibe, I HIGHLY recommend the game Outer Wilds (not The Outer Worlds). The music scratches much the same itch and it complements the story incredibly well. The only thing I'll add is that if you do go play it do so as blind as possible. Discovery is the whole point of the game, so spoilers can very quickly ruin the experience.

[@aaronvond]

Makes me think of Firefly & Serenity

[@scottstiefel2061]

I was wondering how far I'd have to look to see someone mention them

[@Or_else_it_gets_the_hose_again]

I only scrolled through the comments to see if someone would say it.

[@jameslowery320]

Best soundtrack ever. Those fiddles

[@marvinboyce8120]

Came here to make a Firefly comment!

[@dalemeier8910]

Nothing in the 'Verse can stop the signal...

[@otavioluna6433]

Outer Wilds Core right here

[@savi_kay]

all the comments talking about firefly bring me so much joy

[@StraitjacketFitness]

Same here. Your comment says what I am feeling. So far I have found comments discussing: -Firefly -The Outer Wilds -(And one each for) •Hardspace Shipbreakers (and) •Treasure Planet

[@Travelers_chosen_damaged]

Same

[@laressplinter9507]

I love the way he looks at the planet. It's kind of like when you realize you left your stove running too late.

[@Cloakingpower]

Somewhere out there, the leylines are strummed like strings. The ethereal reverberations echoing through the darkest depths where space is so deep, it's no longer blackness, but rather pinks, blues and greens.

[@BillCasey-r7c]

I want to have a mind that works like your visual cortex. May the smoke of nebulae coordinate above your loved ones hearts ,may your artists pen infer and confer their harmonic light. And may a stranger's blessing ride with you, and yours.😊

[@Thepher6]

I nearly spit my drink laughing reading the title... ... but then I got nostalgic for my days and weeks spent wandering the deep black in Elite

[@robertcole3247]

*"Take me out to the black Tell 'em I ain't coming back Burn the land, boil the sea You can't take the sky from me"*

[@blutgeist13]

Sometimes I get a little wigged out by how spot-on my algorithm is, and how personal my digital footprint has become. This time though, I'm so happy it knew I needed space banjo before I knew.

[@bandiceet]

It can be scary, can't it?

[@zkafel]

As a banjo player, and a person who has made ambient music...and a listener of both things, this is incredible. Bravo!

[@spinejackel]

this sounds like remembering the good old days, but also longing for a hopeful future

[@AAS-wl3vq]

Your Spotify playlist should be these long sets rather than the short 5 mins. Really relaxing stuff. From the Appalachian Mountains, thankee

[@billmilligan7272]

I'm really unclear why this appeared in my recommended but I LOVE IT. Following on Spotify!

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

Happy you like it!

[@oranganewton]

Now I get to binge Firefly again! Danke

[@ClassicRockMan70]

Sitting in my backyard, crickets chirping, cool fresh September air, with this mix in the background, just peace...

[@Uzixk]

Now that's the way to enjoy life.

[@jackbelmont4389]

But you also have your Lazer musket and solar powered robot dogs for when a Cthulhu creature decides to prey on your space cattle

[@edvingjervaldsaeter3659]

Real Outer Wilds vibes, nice, very nice, let's just hope no nearby star goes super nova

[@vasalbur]

My D&D character is a slime boi that came from space. He was raised on a farm, playing his banjo with his pa. This music fits him so well.

[@ryanlathotep]

The comments seem to sum it up nicely, but I have to leave a comment as well to express my appreciation. This is so unexpectedly beautiful, and I can't help but get reminded of my time playing The Outer Wilds. Thank you for this.

[@EldritchGrimoire]

Saw this pop up on my feed and was like "color me intrigued". Definitely not disappointed

[@lanparty6370]

Thumbnail and title immediately made me think of Deep Rock Galactic This music would go great with the game. ROCK AND STONE TO THE BONE!!

[@Private-Potato]

I feel like writing a space western story while listening to this.

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

Well if you do, please share!

[@knightofthenine5142]

A completely untapped but absolutely awesome genre. Need more space cowboys.

[@schwarzesonne6529]

There is a book for a role playing game that helps you write the story as you go by posing questions to you or giving prompts for ideas I play the fantasy version the space would be perfect for playing/writing a space western story to make it more entertaining Edit realize I didn't list the book it's called ironsworn starforged

[@minavanderleest9493]

Best sci fy series hands down. Stay shiny

[@orangefilm99]

Reminds me of Fire fly tv show. Good job

[@averyeml]

Idk what I was expecting but it is space, it is banjos, and it’s incredible

[@My_fandom_corner]

This is so Firefly omg

[@captain26]

Firefly vibes. This is shiny.

[@TrentCantrell]

This is great. Its so easy to imagine a colony ship years from any safe port. Someone has pulled out a banjo because real sound you can feel is more comforting than an electronic link.

[@TheBaca219]

Banjos might actually be something space settler will use considering they can be made with metal. This and wood being hard to come by in space. Same reason why metal guitars were popular in early US.

[@adramateus]

This.. Give so much Firefly vibes!

[@santokawine6468]

Very profound but at the same time earthy.

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

This is the balance I'm aiming for. Thank you🙏🧑‍🚀

[@szczurrat2402]

Deep space... the only acceptable place to play banjo. Coincidentally the best place. Outer Wilds vibes going on here. :)

[@SM-cs2my]

"deep space banjo" is a golden ratio of words

[@2ndamendmentgirl102]

Finally, some inspiring tunes that fit my EVE travels.

[@kent5627]

I love all the Outer Wilds and Firefly comments, but I’m glad I finally found this. ✌️

[@VoidWhisper_VT]

I started it, sat back in my chair, little did I know, I woke up about a minute before the end of the video haha

[@JeremyMyersmusic]

Wow what a cool surprise! I expected bluegrass three finger roll stuff... not clawhammer... Jack of Diamonds is the name of the tune. Jack of Diamonds Jack of diamonds I've known you from old. You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold. Play Clawhammer (Drop thumb) style too. Often when I am just relaxing I'll play tunes like this just to meditate out to it. This was nice to have the background with it.

[@Koutouhara]

Love it, space cowboy~

[@adriangarcia6184]

I've never listened to this kind of music. But it makes me think of a wide, expanse out on some planet that someone wandering space decided to settle down. It's just them. A small camp, and a fire, with them just playing to pass the time. It's really peaceful. Makes me sleepy.

[@tasmanianmagpie6056]

This makes me think of a lone, simple, space-dweller. Maybe they were part of an Earth corporation a long time ago (NASA, Space X, etc) but maybe they got left behind. Maybe they found a planet, lone and solitary in the vast depths of galaxy. Maybe they made a home out of spare parts and space trash and alien planet resources. Now, maybe they have a lovely home with plush carpet made from ??? (something soft and fluffy, that's for sure). There are drawings and photographs on the walls. There are half-assembled doodads scattered on every available surface. And the lights are strung up all over the walls and ceiling, which can be activated by a switch in every room *except for the front hall switch don't do that it knock the power out entirel--* ah well. The kitchen is stocked with cuisine from the planet, from trading, from the nearby space rest-stop. The front and backyard is a teeming garden, filled with flowers and edible vegetation alike. And maybe on most nights, our space-dweller pulls the draw string on the makeshift pull-down stairs and makes their way up to the roof. They sit criss-crossed on the roof of their house, looking at the busy sky that used to be completely foreign, but with time has now grown friendly and familiar. They marvel at the stars and planets and hues, marvel at how far they've come, marvel at how content they've been. Maybe they play their banjo, their constant companion. Maybe nobody hears their musical soliloquy. Or maybe the entire universe does.

[@tdhhellian7509]

I'm only here because I read this as "Dead Space Banjo" at first, and thought to myself "What a wild concept."

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

Lol actually I can kind of hear what that might sound like

[@francicscodiaz3840]

"No te preocupes por la distancia, deja fluir esos recuerdos, la brisa, los momentos, tú familia, tú mascota... Incluso esos aspectos tanto buenos como malos. Se extraña, verdad? Ese cielo azul, las nubes blancas, las montañas, los árboles, el agua, las plantas, carajo como extraño las plantas. No pensé que el verde se convertiría en uno de mis colores favoritos después de andar tanto tiempo entre las estrellas, por suerte traje conmigo unas semillas y tierra fértil, me han servido en está larga travesía pero aún con toda esta "carga" puedo decir que ví tantas cosas que no me hubiera imaginado incluso de niño. Según mi reloj deben ser las tres de la tarde, me imagino a mi mamá con mis hermanos haciendo sus cosas y yo lejos de todos surcando el interminable espació. Por ahí suelo salir de la nave y dejarme ir... esperando... Viendo... Tengo fé que llegaré y que cuando de las noticias a Tierra aún estén vivos para presenciarlo. Tengo que irme pero antes me quedaré un momento con mi Banjo mientras veo ese asteroide pasar al lado nuestro. Cambio y fuera".

[@AliasEliahus]

This reminds me a lot of outer wilds, not because it sounds similar or shares a genre or anything like that, but because it makes me feel my emotions on a profound level [its normally very difficult for me to feel things despite wanting to] and for that im grateful. consider me subbed.

[@jessep1885]

This showed up in my feed and I clicked it just to check it out…not knowing I was committing to 45 min. Very hard hit stop once you start with this track.

[@ashlivinlife3129]

Outer wilds has really changed how we really think of space music doesn’t it?

[@Lemuria1993]

It helped, but space has always felt like a new frontier to be wxplored and banjo music encapsulates that pretty well

[@goblintwo]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was the blueprint

[@rumo510]

Firefly had a bunch of western music in there.

[@warpstoneenjoyer8293]

And hardspace shipbreaker

[@acezu5099]

"FILK" music is a whole genre of space-folk that's been slept on for too long! Look it up and you'll find a lot of music like this with and without vocals ✨

[@jonathanw1019]

It's amazing how Journey of the Sorcerer, which this echos, (by the Eagles of all bands,) came so well to define the infinite.

[@Hokubean2]

Immediately put me back in the Serenity. Thank you

[@martlettoo]

This makes realize I've never really been on an adventure

[@Jobby1975]

Thank you. And thanks Algorithm. Love this.

[@ludwigvanbeethoven61]

Why does such a happy instrument like the Banjo resonate so harmonic with the brutal vastness of SPACE

[@CincySmokeSignals]

Randomly saw this and decided to give it a listen. Never in my lifetime did I think I'd hear or read.the words "deep space banjo" but, here I am and here indeed is also the deep space banjo.

[@stevenfreebairn2553]

You know that few seconds on Pirates of the Caribbean where you're floating by that shack before descending down the first waterfall, and there's that relaxing banjo playing and all seems right in the world? That's what this sounds like, but stretched out 45 minutes.

[@ashproductions]

YES.

[@jessthemullet]

I would never have thought to look for this in a million years, but here I am and I love it. It's vaguely firefly esque, as some have suggested, but it scratches an itch I didn't know my brain had. Nice background noise, that's not distracting.

[@Scotty.Bippin]

Finally, Banjo in Space. Thank you friend. Be well

[@scally9341]

If anyone's played Outer Wilds, this is pretty much what playing Outer Wilds *feels* like when you play it.

[@MrPablosek]

Reminds me so much of outer wilds. Brilliant music.

[@wwren]

I'm not sure why youtube thought I needed this, but it was right. I love it.

[@HGWaze]

Feel like YES discovered this aesthetic 40 years ago... Strong And You And I vibes here.

[@firexmyxlaser]

Love this video specifically for reading late at night and hanging out with incredibly chill vibes. Thanks so much for putting this all out there, and especially with a very chill visual too!

[@teydor]

Outer Wilds vibes, heck yes ✨

[@papanomidokoro]

We pray for one last landing On the globe that gave us birth; Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies And the cool, green hills of Earth. -- R.A. Heinlein. The Green Hills of Earth.

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@timothybland5449]

Rye whisky and vapor, a heady combinatiion, just heading up to the horsehead nebulsa, maybe gone a while

[@BensBrickDesigns]

Ever since the opening of Hitchhiker's I knew this could have been a thing.

[@thepublishinggame]

Was not familiar with this type of musical mashup until this showed up in my recommended feed. And I'm really glad it did! Great stuff!

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

Thank you!!

[@foundersolaris]

whoaaaa. this is some Firefly shit

[@Silverhailo21]

Holy moly, love everything about this

[@caitlin.hardee]

the space elements are giving Lord Huron in their Vide Noir era, nice combo with the sparse ethereal banjo

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

Thank you🙏

[@Slarty947]

Very Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy idea... what fun this is :)

[@jamesmills2041]

I have never found a sound so enjoyable, so relaxing and so encompassing on good speakers. thank you for this.

[@SpaceBanjoMusic]

That makes me happy. Thank you🙏

[@Kalypso9108]

Anything with deep space and banjo together I’m in. 👍🏽

[@whiskeyearned1543]

Surprisingly, Grimes has a song that fits this genre. The video is pretty epic too.

[@wumb0kurkkusalaatti609]

Giving me Star Craft 2 Terran Vibes somehow and i like it

[@yoMoonman]

I didn't think I needed this in my life. Thank You !

[@pecouillet3]

Somehow this has me contemplating home and the great reaches of the galaxy all at the same time. I am home and away.

[@zyonsimpson1211]

This is for all the Space Cowboys out there

[@rage_tv4493]

so long space cowboy

[@ValiareTheForsaken01]

@@rage_tv4493You're gonna carry that weight.

[@whicheveryouprefer]

Giving me Shep and Me vibes, and im here for it

[@whicheveryouprefer]

John Fahey vibes, also!

[@thedreamer6930]

Perfect for wondering the mysterious wastes of Kenshi.

[@jasonsterlingentertainment478]

This evoked the mental image of a landing on some distant world only to meet a Grey in a trucker hat and wife beater.

[@HouseWildercrest]

This gives wonderful vibes befitting The Outer Wilds. I love it.🥰

[@mostirrational]

Sounds like music you'd hear during the end credits of a deep and profound sci-fi film.

[@GrottescoTeatro]

The continuing soundtrack to Firefly.

[@michaelharvey5138]

As a banjo player this fascinated me…New worlds calling !…This is Brilliant !!…

[@tlucas7031]

Firefly vibes here