> From: brian david antonak <briguy@engin.umich.edu>
>
> Hey, if the guy that asked for "intelligent jungle" recommendations can
> get so much response
yeah, thanks everyone for the useful responses; i've got some good pointers
now. (i'll still be a bit frustrated until there's a plug or squarepusher cd
release, though.)
> Um, I really really like Mouse on Mars' tripped out, candy-coated dub and
> I was wondering if there are any other artists like this. I prefer
> _Iaora Tahiti_ to _V'Land_ and I especially love the parts where I catch
> that Can influence peeking through. Thanks in advance for any response,
> natch.
that's a tricky one, if you ask me, since `iaora tahiti' is uniquely
excellent -- i've not really come across any similar releases by unrelated
artists.
`init ding' is a collaboration between one member of mom and one member of
oval, using the alias microstoria; it's on too pure, and sounds like a
mixture of 2/3 mom and 1/3 oval. it isn't quite as kitschy or complex as
`iaora tahiti', though.
for stuff that's neither candy-coated nor can-influenced (but still
off-the-wall & dub/triphop-ish), there's fsol `isdn' and the chemical
brothers `exit planet dust'. the black dog `spanners' is complex, dubby in
parts and pretty wacky.
some good things have been said about tortoise `millions now living will
never die', but i've not heard it.
aside: my housemate was asking me about the ``krautrock'' genre, so i dug out
a tape i'd not listened to for going on 10 years. we listened about half of
moebius & plank's `rastakraut pasta' (1979) and a couple of tracks from
moebius & beerbohm's `strange music'; then we switched to `iaora tahiti'.
it was certainly interesting; i hadn't realized how strong the influences
were (experimental feel, strange effects, crispy percussion, strong
basslines), but i found the older stuff too linear/unchanging to be engaging
as other than an intellectual exercise. modern production techniques,
ambient influences & distortion are obviously a big part of what i like about
mom.
-- richard