quoted 12 lines . Lithops: Turbino 7" (Static Caravan Records)> . Lithops: Turbino 7" (Static Caravan Records)
> This is the sickly limited ep by Mouse on Mars member
> Jan St Werner under his Lithops guise. Two tracks on
> this clear-vinyl 7" both in the ambient experimental style.
> The a-side starts with a looped synth line then slowly
> builds with a squelchy baseline, muted percussion,
> a heavily filtered guitar melody with a bit of reverb
> giving this track a very dubby Mouse on Mars
> Vulvaland-era sound. The b-side features a beatless
> looped melody with random distorted noises throughout
> the entire track. This is my first Lithops record but if
> they're all this good then it certainly won't be my last.
Yeah, both of those Lithops LPs are impeccable, a bit more out-there
rhythmically than MoM but all in all, the same fuzzy/creaky/twisty effects
that get me every time. The new MoM LP seems to be a smidge disappointing,
though -- I've just listened to one side so far, and it didn't really make
an impression.
On a side note, I've always thought it was cool that jazz artists could
record so much quality material in a short span of time (my two favorite
Jimmy Smith LPs were recorded on the same day [!]), so it's nice to see the
same thing coming from MoM; a bit like Mike Paradinas during 1996-97, minus
the cheese/quease factor...
.John.
BTW: Why do I just know that the Lithops CD release is going to have the
tracks from the seven-inch? Oh well, I haven't been burned lately...