Niun Niggung

Amazon.com's Best of 2000
It's all too easy to assume that bands wielding multiple laptops can suffer from too much book learnin'. Not so with Mouse on Mars. The German band's sixth full-length, Niun Niggung, is like a child's playroom with electronic toys run amuck. Percolating beats ascend to the surface only to pop like soap bubbles, while tacked-together melodies are as likely to disintegrate midsong as they are to wobble to the conclusion. Intelligent? Yes. Dance music? Maybe. --S. Duda

Product Description
Domestic release of German electronica act's 1999 album with 3 tracks not on the import 'Mykologics', 'Dispthek' and 'Tensual'. 1999 release. Standard jewel case.

Niun Niggung

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Average customer rating: The Maturation Of A Sound HOOKED ON MOUSE ON MARS!!!! BY FAR THEIR BEST!! liquid filtered funky jazz tekno bliZZ Fresh ideas while maintaining their distinct sound.

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Tracks:

1. Download Sofist
2. Yippie
3. Mykologics
4. Gogonal
5. Diskdusk
6. Pinwheel Herman
7. Dispothek
8. Albion Rose
9. Tensual
10. Distroia
11. Booosc
12. Mompou
13. Wald F.X.

Amazon.com's Best of 2000

It's all too easy to assume that bands wielding multiple laptops can suffer from too much book learnin'. Not so with Mouse on Mars. The German band's sixth full-length, Niun Niggung, is like a child's playroom with electronic toys run amuck. Percolating beats ascend to the surface only to pop like soap bubbles, while tacked-together melodies are as likely to disintegrate midsong as they are to wobble to the conclusion. Intelligent? Yes. Dance music? Maybe. --S. Duda

Amazon.com

The opening track, "Download Sofist," starts with pretty, meandering acoustic guitars and adds oddly beautiful brass melodies that are gradually overwhelmed by dissonant electronic sounds. The result is so fascinating that it's tempting to listen to it several times in a row. The rest of the CD is not quite that revelatory, but it sustains a consistently high level of interest. Although live instruments are used throughout, the overall sound is very electronic--often, the effect is of machines talking to each other in a highly rhythmic but esoteric language. In this way, Mouse on Mars are reminiscent of Autechre, but the music is sunnier in tone with a lot of herky-jerky upbeat rhythms that, combined with the horns, sometimes sound like synthetic ska. However, the use of slightly humorous elements and unexpected juxtapositions never approaches the level of wackiness for its own sake. Part of the CD's appeal is that you never know when an Indian-film soundtrack string-section sample will pop up or when another surprisingly wistful melody will appear atop a gurgling drainpipe percussion track. --Bob Bannister

Album Description

Domestic release of German electronica act's 1999 album with 3 tracks not on the import 'Mykologics', 'Dispthek' and 'Tensual'. 1999 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

The Maturation Of A Sound.......2006-07-15

Getting right to the point, I consider this MoM's best album by miles. I don't understand unfavorable comparisons to Iaora Tahiti, though at the same time I can pretty much understand anything else comparing unfavorably to that particular gem. Niggung, however, seems to me to be precisely *that* sound, after years of evolution. The compositions are denser and hit closer to home. While Iaora Tahiti was earth-shattering for me in 1995, Niun Niggung ends up sounding even smarter in the end. It is so much deeper in its subtlety... and statements by others that it is less polished baffle me. Perhaps the sounds aren't quite as "crisp" as they used to be, but I feel this is the result of more polish, more texture. I can only hope MoM gets back to making this kind of music again after their latest couple of misadventures. For the uninitiated, this is headphone music, which will, for the thoroughly initiated, turn into road trip/majestic sunrise music. Give it a chance. If you like experimental-yet-somehow-harmonious electronica, it'll stick eventually.

HOOKED ON MOUSE ON MARS!!!!.......2005-12-13

I've gotten so addicted to Mouse on Mars in a short period of time. They have a certain ja nais se quai and allure that I have yet to figure out. Oftentimes their music is listenable and other times I'm like--"Arrgh!!! Turn it off!!!!" Nevertheless, the more and more I listen to these guys the more and more I can appreciate the playful wibbly-wabbly sounds they crank out. Mouse on Mars gives you pure creativity in every form! On the oddly titled "Niun Niggung", these guys distort and reassemble electronica, funk, ambient, drum n' bass and jazz music into stuff you've never heard of before. Whether or not you like a lot of their music, you'll walk away with the notion that what you just heard was strangely beautiful and truly different.

BY FAR THEIR BEST!!.......2002-02-02

This is absolutely mOUSE oN mAR'S best and most wonderfully playful release to date.

Whereas iaora tahiti was dark and dreamy ambient and autoditacker was cold computer precision, niun nugging is bubbly and poppy, warm and fun. niun nugging does sound like a child's playroom fun of toys gone berserk. Check out the frenetic clambering of steel drums and the fat warped `bouncing ball' snare of diskdusk. I feel like I'm in a weird MoM style Jamaican paradise.

The ska-reggae influence, although present in almost all of MoM's releases, is heavily evident on niun nugging and is used to good effect. This due in part to the brass section that shows up on many tracks. yippie and mykologics are two such tracks mixing the accessible with the experimental. You may find yourself doing that weird two step ska dance move as you listen to these tracks.

dispothek starts with a childishly simple melody that blips and blops its way into a drifty downtempo groove. It takes you along on a wonderful journey that you don't want to end. Press repeat!

pinwheel herman has a wonderfully familar meldoy that pops up a minute into the track, threading its way about for a couple of minutes and then disappearing.

wald fx is a perfect close, crisp, cool and absolutely precise. A laidback oh-so-cool beat and of the course the melody. MoM are the masters of creating the perfect melody. Even the harsh, punk synths of distroia come together in a wonderfully melodic way.

I'm constantly amazed by some of the sounds that pop up throughout this disc. Some sounds are like bubbly puddles of water thickened by mud, others are like squeezing out the last drops of ketchup from a squeeze bottle. Their music seems so familiar that it instantly feels as if you've heard it before.

By far their best. Not necessarily a good starting point for the uninitiated but a wonderfully playful and charming release from MoM. Not quite sure what to make of the cover art though, it that a comb and hairbrush with stray hairs stuck in it???? See what I mean by playful.

liquid filtered funky jazz tekno bliZZ.......2001-08-19

MOM's Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma. have done it again. This was a little bit of change for the two,..introducing the "jazz" vibe. I was surprised to hear the horns when I first bought this CD..but eventually it really grew on me!! These guys never cease to amaze me, their technical knowledge plus thier free form theory in muzak brings the ultimate combination to anything they do. And they do it well. I really like the mode they were in with Lithops(Uni Umit)and MOM Instrumentals..but this album was a nice addition to their amazing dizKograPhEEE! Check out anything they have something to do with, FX Randomize, Lithops, Oval, Microstaria..youll be amazed!

Fresh ideas while maintaining their distinct sound........2001-01-09

Mouse on Mars still kick out some fresh ideas, but it doesn't take long into this release to realize it could only be the great sounds from Mouse on Mars. They have thrown in some horns on Niun Niggung, but they don't overstay their welcome. The overall sound is less polished, less crisp, and more bassy are slightly muffled. This is not a good thing as they are known for their crisp production. You still get your funky boogie tracks a la 'Gogonal' and the fun 'Yippie', and what you also get for the first time is moody horn-bred instrumentals which are nowhere else in Mouse on Mars' catalog. An interesting release, and deserving of attention (after all it is Mouse on Mars), but they've done better (see Iaora Tahiti) and it's not the place to start for these intelligent music creators.

Average customer rating:

Niun Niggung Mouse On Mars Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003WG33 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Download Sofist
2. Yippie
3. Mykologics
4. Gogonal
5. Diskdusk
6. Pinwheel Herman
7. Dispothek
8. Albion Rose
9. Tensual
10. Distroia
11. Booosc
12. Mompou
13. Wald F.X.

Album Description

Japanese edition of the cult German electronica outfit's 1999 album with one bonus track 'Wald F.X' & exclusive cover art. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Different Tracks Than the Euro Pressing and One Additional Track. Also features Completely Different Artwork and a Fold Out Poster for the Cover.

Average customer rating: dON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER

Niun Niggung Mouse on Mars Manufacturer: Domin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000025ABP Release Date: 1999-08-23

Tracks:

1. Download Sofist
2. Yippie
3. Mykologics
4. Gogonal
5. Diskdusk
6. Pinwheel Herman
7. Dispothek
8. Albion Rose
9. Tensual
10. Distroia
11. Booosc
12. Mompou
13. Wald F.X.

Customer Reviews:

dON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.......1999-11-10

I want to like this cd, I really do, but as many times as i listen to it just seems like i can't quite enjoy it. I think their first 2 albums were masterpieces but this newest album really lacks the early dub sound or playfulness. There just seems to much "House" fiddly synth stuff. The only track i really enjoy are the download sofist and disrtroia(the single which i enjoyed very much.)But please check out other MoM items and maybe even this one would be your cup of tea.

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