"Hreinn Agustsson" <hreinn@neo.is> wrote:
quoted 2 lines But have you guys heard of another Icelandic band called MUM. If not
>But have you guys heard of another Icelandic band called MUM. If not
> >check them out. They have an autechre feel to them.
True, they definitely have some autechre back there (along with that
horrible Nancy Reagan of a fascistic menace, RDJ-- although their bouncing
ball, or bouncing hammer on a dulcimer, is friendlier than his), but I'd
hate to see autechre be the sole reference point for a description. They are
NOT by any means another autechre sound-a-like like Geiom, Syndrone,
Fizzarum, etc...(although I like those three just fine, on occasion). The
level of orchestration of different sounds/sections and seemingly live
instrumentation (not sure), plus the Julie-Cruise-style vox on the one track
and general childlike warmth all-around, place them in a slightly different
category, somewhere between IDM and vaguely twee instrumental indie-pop--
adding in as well some of the same cinematic feel that Broadcast can
occasionally get. Dig, I really, really like this band. I think I described
it to a friend once as "psychedelia for small children", although the
darker, melancholy undertones might be overwhelming for the tiniest of tots.
Of course, you'd think Forbidden Planet or The Black Hole would be that way
too, and I liked both of those when I was five. Anybody else remember being
a little overawed/ disturbed by the flaming, psychotropic Hell sequence
inside the hole?
Oh, and watch out that m?m don't get mistaken for the Austrian Mum on
Klein-- not a terrible piece of funk, but a much different bite of the
enchilada, no?
Best,
M.
"It is the pledges that this place makes to me, pledges that cannot be
redeemed, that will confuse me later."
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