Mouse On Mars - Rost Pocks '2003/2004

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[4:22] 01. Mouse On Mars - Frosch
[4:24] 02. Mouse On Mars - Bib (Single Edit)
[6:32] 03. Mouse On Mars - Maus Mobil
[4:23] 04. Mouse On Mars - Saturday Night World Wide Fieber (Dj Crack Mix)
[6:01] 05. Mouse On Mars - Schnick-Schnack
[5:04] 06. Mouse On Mars - Schlecktron (Double Mix)
[3:40] 07. Mouse On Mars - Lazergum
[6:31] 08. Mouse On Mars - Saturday Night World Live Filter (Dj Fruit Mix)
[3:43] 09. Mouse On Mars - Twift
[3:21] 10. Mouse On Mars - Cache Coeur Naif
[2:41] 11. Mouse On Mars - Rototon
[8:16] 12. Mouse On Mars - Schnee Bud
[4:05] 13. Mouse On Mars - Amiga Home
[4:51] 14. Mouse On Mars - 7000
[9:03] 15. Mouse On Mars - Froschroom



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ALBUM DESCRIPTION
Coming out of electronicas left field, Mouse on Mars released three albums and
five EPs for the British hyper-indie Too Pure between 1994 and 1997. The duo
would later kick-start an abstract electronic community based in Köln, but
during these years Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma were simply two creative German
lads using the same instruments as many dance producers but conjuring radically
different, wildly creative music from them. It all began in 1992, when Jan
Werner, one half of Mouse on Mars, sent a tape to the duos favorite British
label, the home of Stereolab and Seefeel, enclosing a polite note that read in
part, You may not like what were doing, but thanks for releasing those records.
Even after the group refused to change their name (over the protests of label
co-founder Paul Cox), Too Pure couldnt help but release the first fruits of
their work, a pair of 1994-1995 singles (Frosch, Bib) and albums (Vulvaland,
Iaora Tahiti) that suddenly made a raft of electronic productions nearly
obsolete. Mouse on Mars tracks were dense where much electronica had been spare
and skeletal, with dozens of clever, imaginative ideas -- multiple percussion
lines, acid effects, distortion -- bouncing around the mix on each track. From
1997, productions spearheaded by the singles Twift and Cache Couer Naif (the
latter with vocals from Stereolabs Laetitia Sadier) included all of MoMs
previous innovations, but added a surprising sense of melody that hooked
American listeners and echoed contemporary work by Stereolab itself. For the
nonfanatical, Rost Pocks: The EP Collection collects most of the duos nonalbum
work for Too Pure, and throws in a bonus: Maus Mobil, which originally appeared
on a volume in the Trance Europe Express series.
© John Bush /TiVo


ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
Total length: 01:16:42
Main artist: Mouse On Mars
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Too Pure
Genre: Leftfield, Breakbeat, IDM, Techno
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(c) 2003 Too Pure Records Ltd



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