By thematically mixing elements of the Soviet and U.S. space-race with an overt Krautrock style, NYC band Vostok manage to take the listener to that ambiguous place where discovery is on the horizon rather than stuck in the tragedy-laden past. In a way, by couching the whole thing in retro German sound-scapes, Vostok invoke the cultural middle ground from a time when post-Nazi Germans had little voice and badly needed to re-invent themselves. With their spaced-out debut EP, “Intercosmos,” the band leaves the emotional weight to the listener’s imagination, suggesting that alternate histories are within reach if we simply change our own present. Forget trying to be “smart”… be transcendent for a change and catch Vostok this Saturday (09/20) at the Boiler Gallery in Williamsburg, where they perform a live soundtrack to artist Ati Maier’s mind-bending video installation of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. A DIY-meets-Pink Floyd moment, if there ever was one.-Brian Chidester