Live04 [Enhanced] [Live]

Product Description
The songs on this Mouse on Mars' Live04 were taken from hundreds of hours of live material recorded during Mouse on Mars' various tours of the last year through the US, Japan and Europe. Included are live versions of "Frosch", "Wipe That Sound", "Disdusk", "Actionist Respoke" and others. In addition to the nine tracks, it has a Quicktime movie of a live performance of"Wipe That Sound" and the finished CD has a twenty page photo booklet. I think it sounds more like a greatest hits compilation than your average live album, but its even better because you can still feel the fantastic energy of a Mouse on Mars' live show when listening.

Tracks:

Mine Is In Yours
Diskdusk
All the Old Powers
Distroia
Twif
Gogonal
Wipe That Sound
Actionist Respoke
Frosch

Album Description

The songs on this Mouse on Mars' Live04 were taken from hundreds of hours of live material recorded during Mouse on Mars' various tours of the last year through the US, Japan and Europe. Included are live versions of "Frosch", "Wipe That Sound", "Disdusk", "Actionist Respoke" and others. In addition to the nine tracks, it has a Quicktime movie of a live performance of"Wipe That Sound" and the finished CD has a twenty page photo booklet. I think it sounds more like a greatest hits compilation than your average live album, but its even better because you can still feel the fantastic energy of a Mouse on Mars' live show when listening.

Customer Reviews:

Two german fellows and a crazy limbed drummer/singer create a racket.......2005-11-23

Even though I'm not one of those people who think that each one of their successive albums has gotten better, I have to give Mouse On Mars serious credit for not just doing the same thing over and over again. Up until last year, they were always one of those groups that I wanted to see live, simply because I wondered how they'd pull off their sound. Luckily for me, they amazingly enough played a show close to where I live and I was able to catch them in person. To say that I was impressed would easily be an understatement, and the way that the trio incorporated live instrumentation and electronics in a live setting is still something that I haven't seen anyone do better.

The show was so good that during a couple points I found myself telling a friend that I wished their studio recordings would capture some of the odd dynamics of their live performance (especially on tracks that the group performed from their most recent releases Idiology and Radical Connector. With Andi Toma rocking the bass, guitar, and electronics, Jan St. Werner on keyboards and electronics, and the centerpiece of Dodo Nkishi on drums and vocals (who with his crazy hair, frantic limbs, and guttural vocals seemed like the glue holding everything together), the live trio were probably one of the three best shows I saw all last year.

At any rate, the group finally decided to release a document of their live shows and I for one am glad. Live 04 isn't obviously nearly as good as seeing the group in person, but if does give a very good representation of the unique and sometimes quite crazy live show that they put on. For fans of the group who still haven't had the chance to see them live, the recording also offers a good deal of variety, including tracks from old albums as well as the new ones. The disc opens with the more poppy "Mine Is In Yours," they burst right into the hyper-dance funk of "DiskDusk" and onto "All The Old Powers," which pretty much destroys the album version of the same track by extending and dirtying it up. It's on this track that the true power of the group can be felt, as filtered vocal bits, electronic pings, feedback, live drums, bass, and grimey synths all mash together in a glorious, dense trip.

The vocals of Nkishi are definite highlights, but his spastic appendages add quick bursts of percussion add quick hits to classics like "Distroia," "Twift," and "Frosch" (which closes the album with almost nine minutes of squelched-out, extended dance marathon fun). "Wipe That Sound" is included both on the actual release and as a bonus video, so you can actually catch visuals (although they're not edited the best to truly see the trio reacting to one another) of Mouse On Mars in action. Despite being pulled from over 600 hours of live recordings, the tracks are all edited together nicely, and both begin and end with the sound of crowd noise (with bursts of cheering during tracks themselves), which helps the release keep a nice flow. Basically, if you get the chance, I can't recommend more that you see the group, but if you haven't been able to, this is the next best thing.

(from almost cool music reviews)

Excellent.......2005-10-19

Mouse on Mars live is a different experience than their studio albums. Together with their 3 piece line up they are able to create an energy unmatched by many of their contemporaries. This is a must have for any fans of the group. Contains live material from their 2004 tour and sets a new live standard for many musicians to be judged by.

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Live04
Mouse on Mars
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A38QYO
Release Date: 2005-09-05

Tracks:

Mine Is In Yours
Diskdusk
All The Old Powers
Distoria
Twift
Gogonal
Wipe That Sound
Actionist Respoke
Frosch

Album Description

Mouse On Mars release their first live document in their decade-plus career (save a limited-edition 7inch and a handful of ''quietly tolerated'' bootleg CD-Rs). The nine tracks on Live 04 were culled from about 600 hours of live material recorded on their 2004 jaunts through the US, Japan and Europe, and plays out like a greatest hits set: reaching back to the ambient techno-dub of 'Frosch' (off their 1994 debut Vulvaland), the prime glitch of 'Diskdusk' (from their 2000 Thrill Jockey headfunk Niun Niggung) and recent hits like the crowd pleasing 'Wipe That Sound' (off last year's commercial bid Radical Connector). Japanese pressing includes a bonus video of 'Wipe That Sound' and bonus track 'Frosch'. Victor. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Release of this 2005 Issue of Recordings from the German Electronica Trio Taped on their 2004 Tour.