Experiment Zero Explained
Experiment Zero is an album by the American band Man or Astro-man?[2] [3] It was released in 1996 by Touch and Go Records.[4]
Production
Produced by Steve Albini, the album was recorded in three days.[5]
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote that the band "deploys a manic punk velocity, and sprinkles its music with sine-wave oscillator noises and space-documentary sound bites; otherwise its material is fairly faceless."[6] The Austin American-Statesman concluded that, as "a celebration of robotic white-guy stiffness, this music has the soul of a Jetsons episode."[7]
Track listing
- "Stereo Phase Test"
- "Television Fission"
- "DNI"
- "Planet Collision"
- "Big Trak Attack"
- "9 Volt"
- "Evil Plans of Planet Spectra"
- "Anoxia"
- "Maximum Radiation Level"
- "King of the Monsters"
- "Cyborg Control"
- "Test Driver" (Takeshi Terauchi)
- "Television Man" (Talking Heads)
- "Z-X3"
- "Principles Unknown"
- "The Space Alphabet" - (Vinyl-only bonus track)
Notes and References
- Web site: Man Or Astroman? Bio. Epitaph Records. 2019-10-16. 2019-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921112642/http://epitaph.com/artists/man-or-astroman/bio. dead.
- Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Man or Astro-Man?. www.trouserpress.com.
- News: Wiechman . Lori . MAN OR ASTROMAN? WHAT (NOT WHO) IS IT? . The Augusta Chronicle . 15 Nov 1996 . Applause . 3.
- Book: Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture. Alex. DiBlasi. Victoria. Willis. August 14, 2014. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442229761. Google Books.
- News: Sperounes . Sandra . Aliens land in Edmonton!: Man or Astro-Man? actually manipulated by computer program . Edmonton Journal . 3 Nov 1999 . C4.
- News: Ratliff . Ben . Scrappy Surfers Cavort In Space Age Outfits . The New York Times . 16 Sep 1996 . C12.
- News: Wolfinsohn . Deborah J. . MAN OR ASTROMAN? 'EXPERIMENT ZERO' . Austin American-Statesman . 7 May 1996 . E8.
