Postphonic Star Exploration
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| Postphonic Star Exploration | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | Zero Return 1994 | |||
| Genre | Surf rock | |||
| Label | Sympathy for the Record Industry | |||
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Postphonic Star Exploration is one of many EPs Man or Astro-man? released in 1995. It is a 5" record (smaller than the standard 7") and was released on black vinyl and clear green vinyl through Sympathy for the Record Industry.
Critical reception
[edit]The album featured what the reviewer for Maximum Rocknroll called "two songs in that rich vein of [Man or Astro-man?] sci-fi surf." However, the reviewer, "Dr Dante," added that it was "pretty safely missable," because the a-side original—the b-side is a cover—was "no doubt bound for LP inclusion" and because a reader "probably can't play 5-inchers on [their] turntable."[1]
German zine Bierfront was more positive calling the short album "fine and small" (feine und kleine) and describing a-side "Polaris" as "an authentic two-minute cyberspace journey."[2]
Track listing
[edit]- Alpha: "Polaris"
- Beta: "War of the Satellites"
Personnel
[edit]- Captain Zeno
- Birdstuff
- Star Crunch
- CoCo the Electronic Monkey Wizard
References
[edit]- ^ Dr Dante (July 1995). "Man or Astroman? - "Postphonic Star Exploration" 5"". Maximum Rocknroll (146): n.p. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
- ^ "Schrumpfende Liliputaner Tonträger und Compacte Silberfishce". Bierfront (1995/3): 10. 1995. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
Glasklare Ventures-Gitarren und Raumschiff-Orion-Psych-Effekte garantieren im Song "Polaris" für eine authentische, zweiminütige Cyber- Space-Reise der Sorte "Happy Outer-Space Holidays". B-Seite: "War of the Satellites": Wie der Titel schon andeutet, etwas wilder, etwas mehr Link Wray Style R'n'R-Ge-Bieme. Feine und kleine 5 INCH auf Sympathy For The Record Industry/Fire Engine.
