Space Force is a quirky, vibrant collection of songs written and recorded by composer Philippe Treuille, a mosaic of musical vignettes inspired by travels across continents and encounters with diverse cultures. Sung in English, French, Latin, and Hausa, the pieces blend humor, storytelling, reflection, and global imagination, creating a song cycle that moves freely between the earthly and the surreal.

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Unlike Treuille’s large-scale works, Space Force embraces spontaneity and experimentation. Each song captures a fragment of experience: a moment of wonder in a distant landscape, an overheard phrase that sparks a melody, a cultural encounter that becomes a miniature universe of its own. The collection is intentionally eclectic, shifting styles and languages as effortlessly as one crosses borders.

 

The name “Space Force” reflects the project’s playful spirit, an artistic launch into unknown territory, powered not by rockets but by curiosity, open-heartedness, and the joyful strangeness of human experience. Yet beneath the humor lies a sincerity: the sense that travel invites us to slip out of our usual orbit and see ourselves, and others, with fresh eyes.

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The world-premiere recording of Space Force brings together musicians who share this adventurous sensibility, treating the work as a musical field journal, part travelogue, part cultural kaleidoscope, part cosmic postcard.

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As part of First Dimension Foundation’s commitment to supporting interdisciplinary and boundary-defying art, Space Force celebrates creativity in its most exploratory form. It reminds us that not every artistic journey needs to be monumental; sometimes the most surprising insights come from small, unexpected encounters—moments of levity, wonder, and delight that shift how we experience the world.