From Sean Cooper Sent Sat, Oct 18th 1997, 18:52
From Sean Cooper Sent Sat, Oct 18th 1997, 18:52
re: the recent discussion of the newnew mouse on mars album, _instrumentals_: i was not much of a mouse on mars fan but for a few tracks here and there on each of their albums and the tune "maus mobile," off of one of the TEX volumes (and then they're wonderful remix of schlammpeitziger, released last year)...however, when i heard "subnubus," on the _folds and rhizomes for gilles deleuze_ compilation (on sub rosa), things changed. mind, i didn't then go back and start loving their other stuff--i could appreciate it more, since i'd grocked some of the group's musical ideas rendered in a style more appreciable by me, but that didn't change the basic fact that much of it was still too overtly "dancey." rather, i wanted a _whole album_ of music done in the style of "subnubus," all abstract and vauge and distant, but at the same time quite intricate and complex. the sort of record that responds to how much attention i want to give it by being enjoyable at any of a range of levels simultaneously (some of the mego records also do this for me, as does the orb, tetsu inoue, freeform's _heterarchy_, and anthony manning's _chromium nebulae_). _autoditacker_ was not that album (although it has some pretty amazing moments); _instrumentals_ is. as if they'd heard my prayers, "subnubus" appears here (vinyl, finally!), as does the MoM remix track off of the _folds and rhizomes_ sequel, _double articulation_ (another excellent track). that makes up a third of the album, so if you already have the two previously mentioned comps you might be a bit bummed...the rest is pure joy tho, occasionally upping the tempo but mostly just murking around in same obtuse drunken electronic haze, which suits me just fine...too short, but then most albums are too long... sc