Deru laptoping live. Photo: pinkpucca, via Flickr. (CC)

Even in the post-Sun Ra era, artists still care about space.

Deru, aka Los Angeles-based IDM electronicator Benjamin Wynn, is playing Yuri’s Night Bay Area coming off of an injury — a repetitive stress injury. (Seriously.) And little wonder: laptop artists have some serious keying and mousing to do under the best of circumstances, and Deru pushes his computer to self-described cyborg-like technological detail.

Deru is just the kind of person you want to be grooving out to while celebrating Gagarin’s spin through outer space. So we’re delighted he’s given us a 45-minute set into which we can voyage. Enjoy! (And if you throw a virtual party with these mixes, send some photos / Second Life screen grabs.)

Just remember to give your wrists a break from computing now and then - at least until the robotic arm implant is ready.

Download Deru’s Free Mix