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Mouse on Mars is a duo from
Germany (
Jan St. Werner, from
Düsseldorf, and
Andi Toma, from
Köln) who have been making
electronic music since
1993. Their music is a sometimes quirky blend of
techno,
trance,
disco, and
ambient with a heavy dollop of
analog synth sounds. Their music also utilises live conventional
rock instruments such as
drums,
bass and
guitar.
History
Their first album,
Vulvaland, was released in 1994 on the
British record label
Too Pure. This is considered their "straightest" and most focused album, mixing ambient and techno. Their second album,
Iaora Tahiti, has a much more playful feel and encompasses a wider variety of electronic dance genres.
Over the years, their sound has increased in warmth and playfulness. On their fourth album
Niun Niggung (released on
Domino Records in 2000), the live instruments start to become more prominent.
Idiology, their fifth album, has continued this trend while their sixth album
Radical Connector, has a more "pop" feel. Both of these albums also increasingly include vocals, primarily by touring drummer Dodo Nkishi. Their sound seems to have taken a large veer away from the stylistics of their last two efforts on their newest album
Varcharz which has a firmly experimental electronic foundation. The term
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SQL. The abbreviation means "variable character (field)".
Mouse on Mars regularly perform live as a three-piece, with Toma & St. Werner augmented by drummer Dodo Nkishi. In 2005, they released their first live album, titled
Live 04.
Mouse on Mars collaborated in the studio and toured with
Stereolab in the mid 1990s - the results can be heard on Stereolab's
Dots and Loops album and the associated
Miss Modular single, and Mouse on Mars'
Cache Cœur Naïf EP. Around the same time, they co-produced an album called
Time Pie for ex-
Kraftwerk drummer
Wolfgang Flür's new project,
Yamo.
St. Werner has released solo work under the name
Lithops and partners with Markus Popp of
Oval for
Microstoria.
While releasing albums on British indie labels, Mouse on Mars started their own label, Sonig, on which they release their own work and that of other German artists. They have also produced a number of EPs and have recorded music for film soundtracks as well as
remixing the work of other musicians.
Mouse on Mars have collaborated with
Mark E. Smith of
The Fall in a band called
Von Südenfed in 2007. Their album is called
"Tromatic Reflexxions".
Discography
Albums
Compilations
1994 Trance Europe Express - Volume 3 cd02 track 01:-Mouse On Mars Maus Mobil (6:30)
1998 "1001" on In Memoriam Gilles Deleuze on the label Mille Plateaux
2003 Rost Pocks: The EP Collection
2006 silver monk time - a tribute to the monks (29 bands cover the MONKS) label play loud! productions
Singles / EPs
1994 Frosch
1995 Bib
1995 Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber
1997 Cache Coeur Naif
1997 Twift
1999 Pickly Dred Rhizzoms
1999 Distroia
1999 Diskdusk
2001 Actionist Respoke
2002 Do It
2002 Agit Itter It
2005 Wipe That SoundFurther Information
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