Spectrum of Infinite Scale

Man Or Astro-Man? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Touch & Go Records
• ASIN: B00004WH9K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,188 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #81 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists > Surf Guitar

Track Listings

1. Pathway to the Infinite

2. Song of the Two-Mile Linear Particle Accelerator, Stanford University,

3. Preparation Clont

4. Curious Constructs of Stem-Like Devices Which Now Prepare ...

5. Um Espectro Sem Escala

6. Many Pieces of Large Fuzzy Mammals Gathered Together at a Rave and ...

7. Very Subtle Elevators

8. Within One Universe There Are Millions

9. Spectrograph Reading of the Varying Phantom Frequencies of ...

10. A Simple Text File

11. Obligatory Part 2 Song in Which There Is No Present Existing Part ...

12. Multi-Variational Stimuli of Sub-Turgid Foci Covering Cross Evaluative

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a bit too far over the edge, June 6, 2001

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projekct_two "projekct_two" (southern Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spectrum of Infinite Scale (Audio CD)

this is by far my least favorite astro-album. MOAM started a gradual transition away from "space surf rock" toward more offbeat and noisy music with the "technetium" album, and may have gone a bit too far this time. "Technetium" is an amazing album, "EEVIAC" is good, but this one just goes too far into the "strange noises" for my tastes. i mean, really, there's a track that's nothing but the buzzing of a dot-matrix printer! there are very few tracks on this album that seem to be more than "organized noise".

but hey, they're free to experiment, and i'll be buying their next effort the day it comes out. but as it stands, I can't recommend this particular album even to seasoned MOAM fans, much less people looking for an introduction to the band. (for that, you need "Project Infinity" or "Experiment Zero")

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You could get lost in here, January 5, 2001

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Eric Chalres (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spectrum of Infinite Scale (Audio CD)

Honestly, it took me a while to catch up... I had been having fun with the old surf rock of Man or Astro Man for a while, listening to them when space was more a theme, and the music was just surf. When I skipped a few albums (missing the whole evolution) I was dismayed-- where was my surf rock?

And a lot of people never get past that... so, to them: too bad. Man or Astro Man already released their normal-ish surf bands with fifties movie camp, and I love those disks, and they're not going away. If that's what you want, listen to the old albums.

This band has stepped up into the business of creating universes between two speakers. It's not about guitar riffs anymore... it's about sound. There's lots of synths in here, lots of effects. Man or Astro Man has gone to the moon and the retro-heads are eating their dust and choking on the taste.

Our favorite Astromen have released an album that outpaces Radiohead in the sonic sculpture world. If you want the past, go buy a Ventures compilation. If you want the future, buy Spectrum of Infinite Scale.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Sci-Fi Wasabi For The Masses, November 6, 2000

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John Orfield (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spectrum of Infinite Scale (Audio CD)

Begin transmission//// Throughout most of the 90's, we kept hearing how innovative and creative artists like Trent Reznor and Beck where and how they were the future of music. They're decent, to be sure, but compared to Man Or Astro-Man?, they may as well be doing Styx covers. Ahh, yes, Man Or Astro-Man? -- still delivering their sci-fi wasabi instrumentals to earthlings from the far reaches of the galaxy. A Spectrum Of Infinte Scale is a unique departure point for the band. Almost completely gone are the vintage sci-fi movie samples and the harsh, screeching sonic aggression of 1999's Eeviac. The result: an even-keeled, almost mature sounding record, particularly compared to their earlier offerings like the sci-fi surf terror of Destroy All Astro-Men! A Spectrum of Infinite Scale is almost not as much fun (Bring back the samples!), but it's still a unique space warp experience. Come on, where else can you hear someone make music out of a dot matrix printer? And the song titles alone are making Man Or Astro-Man? CDs a must have. In the 80s, we chuckled at song titles from The Smiths. In the new millennium , there's Man Or Astro-Man? with "Obligatory Part 2 Song In Which There Is No Presently Existing Part 1, Nor The Plans To Make One" or... well, just look at the titles above yourself. So, if you're really into great, twisted, experimental instrumental music, or you're watching the Sci-Fi Channel right now, or you're a homesick visitor from another planet, you'll enjoy this album. End transmission/////////////