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Tales of a Reluctant Astronaut

by Man from M.A.R.S.

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Paul & Anita Higgins
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Starlog 081559 00:28
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Oblivion You Are The One 07:35
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Open the hatch climb inside Set the controls to overdrive Oblivion, Oblivion Oblivion you are the one Heading into heart of the sun Six, five, four, three, two, one Oblivion, Oblivion Oblivion, you are the sun Auto-pilot take me away With God’s will I do pray Now the clouds they make sense Now the clouds are peppermint Oblivion, Oblivion Oblivion, you are the one Oblivion, Oblivion Oblivion, here our lifetime has begun You are the one I’ve been looking for All my life I’ve been looking for you You are the one I’ve been looking for Open the door let me through Come inside let me feel your warm gentle mind opening wide Inside out and upside down We will meet on the other side Then will go further anyone has gone before Then will fly higher anyone has flown before Beyond the edge of infinity Our bodies will join into one Beyond the realm of ecstasy Souls will melt into the sun Standing here on my ship Guide me home master race Come along on my trip Truth unfolds out in space Come aboard Oblivion Come aboard everyone Oblivion, Oblivion Oblivion, you are the one You screwed up so long ago You screwed me up no it’s time to go Man is waiting at the door Man is waiting for some more Now is the time for you to act Now is the time to attack ‘Cuz all of man depends on you Waiting to see what you will do You are the one I’ve been looking for All my life I’ve been looking for you You are the one I’ve been looking for Open the door let me through Come inside let me feel your warm gentle mind opening wide Inside out and upside down We will meet on the other side Then will go further anyone has gone before Then will fly higher anyone has flown before Beyond the edge of infinity Our bodies will join into one Beyond the realm of ecstasy Souls will melt into the sun How do you like it so far? How do you like it so far from home? How do you like it so far? How do you like it so far from home? Will I ever see you again? You were my best friend Will I ever see you again Somewhere around the next bend? How do you like it so far? How do you like it so far from home? How do you like it so far? How do you like it so far from home? Will I touch desert sand On my home distant land Will I hold your sweet hand On my home ever again? How do you like it so far? How do you like it so far from home? How do you like it so far? How did I get so far from home?
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Ship's Log 122372 00:34
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Unit Activation 11:16
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Starlog 061577 00:31
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The Invisibles 06:08
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Stardate 051985 00:37
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Dance of the Vulcanoids 06:54
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Authorization Code 01:24
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Sword of Humanity 07:07
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11.
Spacewalk 00:33
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Twenty-five Light Years 07:18
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Captain's Log 00:32
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Reluctant Astronaut 08:27
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First Moment of Forever 07:39
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New Terra 00:52
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Review by Stuart Hamilton for Space Rock UK Magazine.
Nothing to do with the sixties comedy with Don Knotts and Leslie Nielsen (He’s an ASTRO-KNOTT turned ASTRONAUT in the Maddest Mix-up in Space History!!), this is out and out space rock from the mind of Jeff Hopp.
And you will be delighted to know that it’s a full blown psychedelic concept album about M.A.R.S., a mysterious organization called the Man and Robot Society whose chief agent is an expert in analog synthesis whose musical sound generators are the source of propulsion for the mighty starship ‘The Oblivion’. The part of the expert is played by the aforementioned Jeff Hopp.
In finest one man band tradition, Jeff takes care of lead guitar, bass guitar, analog and digital synths, theramin, vocoder, analog drum modules, sonic generators and also acts as alien communicator. And if this sounds to you like the finest confection this side of “It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous”, you would be 100% correct. For it is space rock of the highest, maddest order.
As The Man from M.A.R.S. sets up a swoosh and a swirl as on the utterly splendid ‘Dance of the Vulcanoids’, then the mix of Hawkwind, mid period Pink Floyd and a sprinkling of hippy Ozric’s tosh is absolutely beguiling. Things peak on the kling klang ‘Twenty-Five Light Years’, which is as good a slab of space rock as you will hear on any planet this year.

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released December 8, 2015

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Man from M.A.R.S. Tempe, Arizona

Man from M.A.R.S. crafts space rock music that has all the jam power you could want from rock and roll and all the trippy qualities you could hope for from music with a metaphysical-psychedelic twist. Man from M.A.R.S. is as cosmic as the name implies.

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