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After listening to Idiology, it comes as no surprise
to hear that Mouse on Mars’s creators, Andi Toma and Jan St.
Werner met at a death-metal concert. Idiology sounds
similar to having your entire record collection dropped into
a shredder and digitally reconstructed with the pieces overlapping.
The new album from Mouse on Mars takes an array of varied
sound and the writing skill of their guests and then transforms
it with schizophrenic software manipulation avoiding any classifiable
genres. The tracks twist and turn between the junkyard styled
mash of distorted drum programming, the fractured vocal samples,
an innovative deconstruction of acoustic instruments and ends
up sounding both down right funky and even takes a little
time to chill out in some of the tracks.
However like a death-metal record, the album isn’t just some
barrage of random noise; it is skillfully written and has
its tranquil moments as well. Each sound and all the writing
has its place and pleasurable purpose. In fact, Idiology
could almost be considered a pop record. The writing and the
more noisy elements all pounce along, sometimes at tremendous
speeds, and the twisted audiophilia atmosphere is a hell of
a lot more fun then the Microstoria material. Mouse on Mars
successfully blends together opposing musical forces and makes
really makes them work. This album deserves some well-earned
praise and is highly recommended for those who truly desire
something innovative.
-Justin Hardison
- Actionist respoke
- Subsequence
- Presence
- The Illking
- Catching Butterflies With Hands
- Doit
- First: Break
- Introduce
- Unity Concepts
- Paradical
- Fantastic Analysis
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