The decade-old “Astronomia” has become the unlikely soundtrack to a pandemic. By Charlie Amter The coronavirus has spawned thousands of memes this spring, but perhaps none as ubiquitous as the “dancing coffin” crew from Ghana.
The six dancing pallbearers seen in the macabre yet humorous memes popularized by the pandemic, are soundtracked in nearly every video posted by a decade old track from Russian composer and artist Tony Igy (real name Anton Igumnov) called “Astronomia.” Now, suddenly, “Astronomia” has become the most memed electronic tune since Darude’s omnipresent (on the internet) “Sandstorm.” And like “Sandstorm,” the song is curiously cartoonish, but carefully composed — at once dated, yet somehow timeless.
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