At 6:41 PM 10/9/95, Jon Drukman wrote:
quoted 2 lines mouse on mars - "iaora tahiti"
>mouse on mars - "iaora tahiti"
>american/too pure 9 43056quoted 1 line the whole thing is surprisingly catchy.
>the whole thing is surprisingly catchy.
Yeah, I find myself quite fond of "saturday night worldcup fieber",
which sounds something like the little dolls from "It's A Small World"
might do, given synthesizers and a few micrograms.
quoted 7 lines one of the things i really like about mouse on mars is what i can only
>one of the things i really like about mouse on mars is what i can only
>describe as their "vagueness." melodies are more often *suggested* by
>noises that seem to float in at the threshold of your hearing, or a few
>notes of a tune are played by one sound, then there's a gap, and another
>sound finishes a phrase. your brain fills in the gap. they put the weird
>"extra" noises up front and hide the meat of the track in the back. very
>cool technique, and one that rewards close listening.
Yep, I think this might be the closest you'll come to a "signature" Too
Pure Records sound -- Stereolab and Laika do the same sort of thing.
I love this label because their output sidesteps the genre blinders
that seem to hamstring so many others.
on now: _iaora tahiti_
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