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From:
Dave Walker
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Tue, 10 Oct 1995 08:14:39 -0400
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Re: mouse on mars
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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 43056
quoted 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_ -- dave walker, detroit art services _ marmoset@conch.aa.msen.com born freeke <A HREF="http://www.msen.com/~marmoset/">Dave Walker</A>