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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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