Afterplanesman is the third solo studio album by British avant-folk musician Nick Pynn, originally released in May 2004 by Roundhill Music, and re-released in November 2008.

[2] He also recorded collaboration albums with Richard Durrant in 1997 and Jane Bom-Bane in 2002, and began performing in "pick up bands" for stand up comedians such as Rich Hall and Stewart Lee, the latter of whom, when speaking about Afterplanesman, commented: "He's got all these different instruments that he's made himself, and dulcimers that he's salvaged, and things like a coconut that he's strung and he puts them all through loops and makes this music that's like folk music but too arty.

[5] Sarah Meador of Rambles has nonetheless conceded that "always there is poetry, and some interaction of voice and music that carries a piece beyond spoken word.

[4] Indeed, Musician magazine noted: "There are certainly surprises in store: violins, poetry, acoustic guitar and playing card sound effects on the surreal 'Joker Jack'.

"[6] The Sunday Times noted the album's usage of self made instruments and sampled vocals which "range across cultural, geographical and temporal boundaries.

"[6] Pynn himself plays the acoustic and electric guitar, 10-string bouzouki, lap dulcimer, wine glasses, oud, violin, mandocello, theremin, mandolin and pedalboard on the album.

Sampled vocals and self-made instruments range across cultural, geographical and temporal boundaries to delightful effect.