DAS POLYPHONE RAUSCHENAlbum Release : June 30th, available on Cd, Vinyl and mp3
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MOSH MOSH (engl.)
"Das polyphone Rauschen" (The Polyphonic Swoosh) Mosh Mosh are Isabel Reiß and Viola Thiele. Following their slickly titled “Mosh Mosh” EP (Echokammer/Munich), they now twist pop-feminism into another dimension with their debut album “Das polyphone Rauschen” (Wired Records), a cross between pop and feminism as a constant exchange of ideas and frictions. Mosh Mosh deliver cracking sounds and heavy basslines, as well as driving trash beats. Again and again they let New Wave affinities vanish inside electronic dub chambers. With “Das polyphone Rauschen” (on which you can find three swinging and shaking remixes as extra topping) they furthermore establish new rules of play in the field of 'concept albums' - The queer/glam duo's programmed polyphony (or multi-perspective if you like). Famous/infamous electro-acts such as Hitlmeyer Inc., Knarf Rellöm Trinity, Miss le Bomb (ex-Queen of Japan), Heidi Mortenson, Lesbians on Ecstasy (Mystique), Bird Berlin (also The Audience) and G. Rizo, spark their visions into the Mosh Mosh universe. Motto: “There, where the possibilities sway, swings the polyphonic noise.” More is more. And Mosh Mosh are never satisfied with less. Dance the difference and waste your ego! Mosh Mosh, cross-field utopians that they are, are also dissecting realists. Maybe that's why Missy Elliot has the same dance moves as “Lady Mosh”, aka Viola Thiele. At least that's how it's whimsically and proudly proclaimed in „Lovely and Nice“, where Isabel Reiss, aka Posh Mosh, turns up half dead but still managing to adjure the very important "profit of distinction" in her record collection. This deep-housey as well as elegant song, swinging and floating in the direction of dub, is also available in another version: the Lesbians On Ecstasy/Mystique-remix, which has mutated the number into an unrecognisable Baile/Ghetto Funk bass monster, of which the words "Freak Out" are the final ones uttered. The unbelievable Gena Rowlands homage, "Gena Rowlands me", is a track that due to lines like "You just look like I do, when I’m sleeping", makes it painfully clear that pop 'fandom' and feminism always make a great couple. The love song to a pony ("Pony's Perm") could be declared an archetypal Mosh Mosh song, where apart from its extremely sexy, familiar sixties groove (we won't tell you what the sample is) the song poses questions about the politicisation of hairdos (golden pearls in tail-perm rules). Mosh Mosh's love of animals arises again in the analytical reflections about otters on heat (also known as 'half-world otters') on "Love Otter". Psyched-electronic underwater sounds and hectic bubble-blowing lines deliver an antagonistic water battle on the hotly discussed topic of 'chilling like an otter', or not as the case may be. On the other hand, the fulminant style-mix of "Im Keller“ (In the cellar) doesn't bring up even the slightest nostalgic memories, the inbuilt New Wave embellishment crumbling away as soon as it meets a cheeky fun-punk choir. Lady Mosh and Posh Mosh don't describe themselves as a diva-esque duo for nothing. Its true that at the start of their stage show, one could mistake them for two, fine ladies who are about to go to a 'Gala' dinner. The truth of the matter is that there is little left of this impression after every Mosh Mosh live show. The divas become stage divers and are not scared of ecstatic and extravagant 'stage acrobatics'. In brief: Mosh Mosh seem to be most at home when they are in tatters. And it is only thus that the codes of 'ladylike behaviour' can be redefined.
MOSH MOSH (dt.)
"Das polyphone Rauschen"
Mosh Mosh sind Isabel Reiß und Viola Thiele. Nach ihrer schlicht "Mosh Mosh" betitelten EP (Echokammer/München) schrauben sie nun mit ihrem Debütalbum "Das polyphone Rauschen" (Wired Records) Popfeminismus in neue Dimensionen. Sie durchqueren Pop und Feminismus als steten Austausch von Ideen und Reibungen. Mosh Mosh lieben krachige Sounds und schwere Basslinien ebenso wie treibende Trash-Beats und lassen dabei immer wieder scheinbare New Wave-Affinitäten in elektronischen Dub-Kammern verschwinden.
Fast schon Mosh Mosh-typisch könnte auch das Liebeslied an ein Pony ("Pony's Perm") genannt werden, wo es zu einem äusserst sexy daherkommenden Sixties-Groove (wir verraten das Sample an dieser Stelle nicht) auch um Fragen der Politizität von Frisuren geht (goldene Perlen in Schweifdauerwelle rules). Beim "Love Otter" geht es weiter im Mosh Mosh-Tierleben mit analytischen Reflexionen über rollige Otter (darunter auch der so genannte "Halbweltotter"). Psychodelectronische Unterwasser-Sounds und hektische Bläser-Sätze liefern sich hier eine antagonistische Wasserschlacht zum Streitthema Chillen wie ein Otter, oder doch nicht. Und der fulminante Stilmix von „Im Keller” treibt die eingebauten New Wave-Versatzstücke so vor sich her, dass sie von selber zerbröseln und Nostalgieanflüge durch die punkige Chorusline sofort verschreckt werden.
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