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Man Or Astro-man
Man or Astro-man? is an American surf rock group that formed in Auburn, Alabama in the early 1990s and came to prominence over the following decade. Primarily instrumental, Man or Astro-man? blended the surf rock style of the early 1960s like that of Dick Dale and The Spotnicks with the new wave and punk rock sounds of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Man or Astro-man? was known for their anachronistic dedication to science fiction themes, audio samples, obscure electronic devices (such as theremins and tesla coils), and high-energy live performances. Their earlier albums like '' Is It ... Man or Astroman?'' and ''Destroy All Astromen!'' were known for their traditional surf rock instrumentation and sci-fi sound bite song introductions, but their later albums like '' EEVIAC...'' and '' A Spectrum of Infinite Scale'' were known for their use of synthesizers, printers (like the Apple ImageWriter II), and their more abstract, experimental sound. Their recordings were often peppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Spectrum Of Infinite Scale
''A Spectrum of Infinite Scale'' is a full-length album by Man or Astro-man?, released in 2000. It was released as a CD and a double 10" on clear yellow/red vinyl, on black vinyl, and on additional clear colors. The band plays an ImageWriter II on the eleventh song, "A Simple Text File." Critical reception AllMusic called the album "another very good collection of tight playing and propulsive instrumentals." ''Exclaim!'' wrote: "Being one of the only groups to deservedly make it out of the mid-'90s surf revival, these guys continue to add influences and create a new style of their own that all but leaves surf behind." ''Orlando Weekly'' wrote that "more than ever, the guitars are telling stories of adventure." Track listing # "Pathway to the Infinite" # "Song of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Two-Mile Linear Particle Accelerator" # "Preparation Clont" # "Curious Constructs of Stem-Like Devices Which Now Prepare Themselves to Be Thought of as Fingers" # "Um Espectro S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Teasley
Brian Teasley is an American musician, producer, writer, and entrepreneur from Alabama. He is a founding member of Man or Astro-man? (Birdstuff), and Servotron (Z4-OBX). Music career Performing Teasley is a founding member of Man or Astro-man? (Birdstuff), and Servotron (Z4-OBX). Brian has also recorded and performed with The Causey Way The Causey Way was an American Punk music, punk/New wave music, new wave group formed in 1997. History The underlying theme was that of a cult operating as a bandThe Causey Way The Causey Way was an American Punk music, punk/New wave music, new wave group formed in 1997. History The underlying theme was that of a cult operating as a bandThe Causey Way The Causey Way was an American Punk music, punk/New wave music, new wave group formed in 1997. History The underlying theme was that of a cult operating as a bandThe Causey Way The Causey Way was an American Punk music, punk/New wave music, new wave group formed in 1997. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EEVIAC Operational Index And Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices
''EEVIAC Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices'' is the 5th full-length studio album by Man or Astroman?. E.E.V.I.A.C. is an acronym and stands for "Embedded Electronic Variably Integrated Astro Console" (also known as the "EEVIAC Mainframe Supercomputer") and is a play on ENIAC ENIAC (; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. There were other computers that had these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one pac ..., which is sometimes hailed as the first modern computer. Man or Astroman? actually built a mockup of a supercomputer to have onstage for this album. Track listing # "Interstellar Hardrive" # "D:Contamination" # "U-235/PU-239" # "Domain of the Human Race" # "Theme from EEVIAC" # "A Reversal of Polarity" # "Fractionalized Reception of a Scrambled Transmission" # "Engines of Difference" # "Psychology of A.I. (Nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroy All Astromen!
''Destroy All Astromen!'' is a compilation album by the surf rock group Man or Astro-man?. Often cited as their second album, it is actually a compilation of tracks that appeared on 7"s recorded the previous year (1993). The first pressing was a limited red vinyl pressing of 200 copies. Track listing #"Reverb 10,000" #"Name of Numbers" #"Popcorn Crabula" #"A Mouthful of Exhaust" #"Of Sex and Demise" #"Joker's Wild" (The Ventures) #"Intoxica" (The Revels) #"Mystery Meat" #"The Heavies (Let's Surf the River of Blood)" (The Ventures) #"Madness in the Streets" #"Espanto del Futuro" #" Mystery Science Theater 3000 Love Theme" (Hodgson, Weinstein, Erikson) #"Landlocked" #"Bombora" (The Surfaris) #"Gargantua's Last Stand" #"You Can't Get Good Riblets in Space" #"Bermuda Triangle Shorts" #"Taco Wagon" (Dick Dale) #"The Vortex Beyond" #"Out of Limits"* (M. Gordon) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is It
''Is It?'' is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard, released on 16 June 2023 via Island Records. Background and recording The album was created before and after Howard suffered two transient ischaemic attacks in 2022. The strokes, which affected his memory and speech, influenced Howard's songwriting on the album. Created with DJ-producer Nathan Jenkins (aka Bullion), the album features a distinctly electronic leaning. Glitches and loops populate the mix alongside "radiant" guitar ripples. The album combines treated vocals and atmospheric drum machines, to "create the story" of Howard's experience. The opening track playfully recalls this experience. The interlude "Total Eclipse" features manipulated language to render the effect. The album was recorded at Le Manoir de Léon in Léon, Landes, France; and at Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England. Release The lead single from the album, "Couldn't Make It Up", was released on 20 April 2023, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesla Coil
A Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla in 1891. It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high-frequency alternating-current electricity. Tesla experimented with a number of different configurations consisting of two, or sometimes three, coupled resonant electric circuits. Tesla used these circuits to conduct innovative experiments in electrical lighting, phosphorescence, X-ray generation, high frequency, high-frequency alternating current phenomena, electrotherapy, and the wireless power transfer#Tesla, transmission of electrical energy without wires. Tesla coil circuits were used commercially in spark-gap transmitter, spark-gap radio transmitters for wireless telegraphy until the 1920s, and in medical equipment such as electrotherapy and violet ray devices. Today, their main usage is for entertainment and educational displays, although small coils are still used as leak detectors for high-vacuum systems. Originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theremins
The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas which sense the relative position of the thereminist's hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations. The theremin has been used in movie soundtracks such as Miklós Rózsa's '' Spellbound'' and '' The Lost Weekend'', Bernard Herrmann's ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'', and Justin Hurwitz's '' First Man'' as well as in theme songs for television shows such as the ITV drama '' Midsomer Murders'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sounds or entire bars of music, and may be layered, equalized, sped up or slowed down, repitched, looped, or otherwise manipulated. They are usually integrated using hardware ( samplers) or software such as digital audio workstations. A process similar to sampling originated in the 1940s with '' musique concrète'', experimental music created by splicing and looping tape. The mid-20th century saw the introduction of keyboard instruments that played sounds recorded on tape, such as the Mellotron. The term ''sampling'' was coined in the late 1970s by the creators of the Fairlight CMI, a synthesizer with the ability to record and play back short sounds. As technology improved, cheaper standalone samplers with more memory emerged, such as the E-mu Emulator, Akai S950 and Akai MPC. Sampling is a foundation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Science Fiction Themes
The following is a list of articles about recurring themes in science fiction. Overarching themes * First contact with aliens *Artificial intelligence **Machine rule/Cybernetic revolt/AI takeover *Extraterrestrials in fiction *End of humanity: Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction *The future **Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction: Apocalypses or worldwide disasters and new societies that develop after the event *History **Alternate history **Scientific prediction of the future (e.g. psychohistory) *Human fears: List of science fiction horror films *Language **Alien languages (e.g. Klingon, Huttese) **The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis (e.g. ''Babel 17'', ''The Languages of Pao'') **Universal translators (e.g. Babel fish) * Military/conflicts **Interstellar war **Weapons in science fiction * Parallel worlds or multiverse * * Philosophies and philosophical ideas * Political ideas * Religious ideas * Sex and sexuality ** LGBT themes **Gender ** Reproduction and pregnancy * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anachronism
An anachronism (from the Ancient Greek, Greek , 'against' and , 'time') is a chronology, chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of people, events, objects, language terms and customs from different time periods. The most common type of anachronism is an object misplaced in time, but it may be a verbal expression, a technology, a philosophical idea, a musical style, a material, a plant or animal, a custom, or anything else associated with a particular period that is placed outside its proper temporal domain. (An example of that would be films including non-avian dinosaurs and prehistoric human beings living side by side, but they were, in reality, millions of years apart.) An anachronism may be either intentional or unintentional. Intentional anachronisms may be introduced into a literary or artistic work to help a contemporary audience engage more readily with a historical period. Anachronism can also be used intentionally for purposes of rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Wave Music
New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many popular music styles of the era, including power pop, synth-pop, ska revival, and more specific forms of punk rock that were less abrasive. It may also be viewed as a more accessible counterpart of post-punk. Common characteristics of new wave music include a humorous or quirky pop approach, the use of electronic sounds, and a distinctive visual style in music videos and fashion. In the early 1980s, virtually every new pop/rock act – and particularly those that employed synthesizers – were tagged as "new wave". Although new wave shares punk's do-it-yourself philosophy, the artists were more influenced by the styles of the 1950s along with the lighter s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spotnicks
The Spotnicks were an instrumental rock group from Sweden that formed in 1961. They were known for wearing "space suit" costumes on stage and for their innovative electronic guitar sound. They released 43 albums and sold more than 18 million records. History The Spotnicks originated from a duo, "The Rebels" (1956), formed by Bo Starander (11 March 1942 – 3 May 2020 rhythm guitar, vocals), and Björn Thelin (27 June 1942 – 24 January 2017; bass guitar). They were joined by lead guitarist Bo Winberg (born in Gothenburg, Sweden; 27 March 1939 – 3 January 2020), and became "Rock-Teddy and the Blue Caps" in 1957 in Gothenburg. In 1958 they added Ove Johansson ( drums) (born 30 March 1940), changed their name to "The Frazers", and began playing regularly in local clubs. They signed a recording contract in 1961, and changed their name to "The Spotnicks", a play on the Russian satellite Sputnik as suggested by their manager, Roland Ferneborg. Starander was later k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
