Postphonic Star Exploration
| 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
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
- Alpha: "Polaris"
- Beta: "War of the Satellites"
Personnel
- Captain Zeno
- Birdstuff
- Star Crunch
- CoCo the Electronic Monkey Wizard
References
- ^ 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.