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Track Listing
1. Mine Is in Yours
2. Wipe That Sound
3. Spaceship
4. Send Me Shivers
5. Blood Comes
6. End, The
7. Detected Beats
8. All the Old Powers
9. Evoke an Object
| Details | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Mouse On Mars: Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma.
After an unprecedented long gap between albums, the usually prolific German electronica duo Mouse on Mars showed some notable advances with RADICAL CONNECTOR. The 2004 release features Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma edging ever further toward straight-ahead pop-song formats while still retaining a decidedly unconventional edge. With its chiming guitars and sunny layers of vocal harmony, "Mine Is in Yours" could be the Beach Boys as realized by Air, and "Wipe That Sound" suggests early Prince filtered through a postmodern, European cut-and-paste sensibility. Hip-hop is evoked on "All the Old Powers," albeit a brand of hip-hop that's as conversant with the Residents as with the Wu-Tang Clan. Ultimately, RADICAL CONNECTOR is a consistently surprising melange of pop hooks, dance beats, avant-garde production touches, quirky IDM, and atmospheric synth washes, marking Mouse on Mars as simultaneously uncompromising and accessible--a rare accomplishment in any style.
Industry Reviews
CONNECTOR burns far more methodically than its predecessors. For the first time, the group's music prompts some honest-to-god dancefloor euphoria...
[A] fitful and languishing affair whose best moments will have you yearning for more...
4 stars out of 5 - With tongues-in-cheek but feet defiantly on the dancefloor, RADICAL CONNECTOR ratchets up the accessibility quotient significantly.
Sexy robot vocals slip and slide all over juicy squeals, raindrop plops, and jungle-thick beats... - Grade: B+
3 stars out of 5 - [T]he beats slip and skitter just enough to suggest a new genre: arena glitch.
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