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album: mochipet combat (violent turd)
an awesome array of weaponry awaits you should you sign up to mochipets military program - subtitled 'combat' like on the old atari vcs console games. a 12-tracker which autocompletes in about 35 minutes, this is one brutal piece of art. the theme is easily summised by listing a couple of track titles ; "johnny cash vs cash money millionaires" and "aphex twin vs thompson twins" should certainly explain a lot. i think we're talking a bipolar v/vm down the disco with a blender and a shorter attention span than usual. choice moments for me are 'yes's' close-harmony ballads stapled to 'nomeansno's' energetic programming, and 'they might be giants' indie wailing being given a sharp kick up the proverbial with 'lyrical giants' west coast gangsterrappism. i suppose though, all too obviously the plat-de-resistance of the album is the thoroughly unique club jazz/swing version of 'come to daddy'. yes indeed. clicking your fingers in time before "i'll eat your soul..." is warmly lyricised by an uncredited male 'club-style' singer is amusing in itself. the fact that it's done so well is credit enough even if the rest of the track (aphex snippets mashed up beyond recognition) is a much more derivative v/vm technique. this is a wonderfully eclectic album, throwing pretty much everything short of t'pau or the fucking blazin' squad into the pot. let's hope mochipet doesn't stoop to that kind of level for round two (8.5) - reviewed by chris williams
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