The First of the Microbe Hunters

The First of the Microbe Hunters
EP by Stereolab
Released	16 May 2000 (US)
Genre	Post rock
Label	Elektra (US) Duophonic (UK)
Stereolab chronology
Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999) The First of the Microbe Hunters (2000) Sound-Dust (2001)

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The First of the Microbe Hunters (2000) is an EP (or "Mini-LP") by British post-rock band Stereolab. The title makes reference to the book Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif, in which the first chapter is dedicated to Dutch scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, "the first of the microbe hunters".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Outer Bongolia" – 9:29
2. "Intervals" – 4:38
3. "Barock-Plastik" – 3:00
4. "Nomus et Phusis" – 4:23
5. "I Feel the Air (of Another Planet)" – 8:13
6. "Household Names" – 3:42
7. "Retrograde Mirror Form" – 6:23

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. http://www.answers.com/topic/anton-van-leeuwenhoek

References

• "First of the Microbe Hunters". Stereolab. All Media Guide/All Music. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
• "the first of the microbe hunters". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Retrieved 2007-05-04.