August 26, 2004 | Posted by Blair at 1:21 PM

bubble 'n squeak

Without a Bark

"At A Loss" by the Presets -- the Presets are a twosome from Sydney, Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes - the band started as a home-studio project, and have turned out a nice EP called Blow Up on modular records. i picked this song from it because its kind of mellow, but still has the funky, quirky electro-rock sound found on the rest of the EP. note the slippery/slinky bassline that rolls through the song, and nice synths that float over the top near the end of the song - buy it here.

yer MOM

"Lasergum" by Mouse on Mars -- you surely know Mouse on Mars, the amazing German duo who's twisted, complex and funny take on techno and downtempo electronics has been greatly appreciated for over a decade now. this particular song comes from a rather random compilation from the mid-late-90s called The Sound of (R)Evolution (i say random because it has MOM, Roni Size, Speedy J, Luke Slater, and Nicolette among others). however, MOM has a new CD, called Radical Connector (i think Flux posted the lead single, "Wipe That Sound," a month or so ago), but my personal favorites are Vulvaland and Autoitacker - do yourself a serious favor and buy them here.

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I've been a MoM fan since their earliest days. When I first saw them live a few years back, I remember being kind of shocked to see that much of the sound in their songs originated with analog instruments like guitar, bass, drums, etc. I always assumed that, other than the obvious sampled instrument sound, the rest of it was totally synthetic from start to finish.

They're coming to San Francisco in October with Ratatat and the Junior Boys...should be a good show.

Thx for the Presets track...I was curious about those guys. You are the selector!

Posted by: moerex at August 26, 2004 1:39 PM

I wanted to discover MoM, and wow, great song, and mad sounds... I likey.

Posted by: Mat at August 27, 2004 9:52 AM

Ps: I just found out now the whole of Domino records catalogue is on bleep.com, so it'll be great to discover MoM. Plus they have the latest Bjork. I love that site.

Posted by: Mat at August 28, 2004 12:01 PM
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