Mouse on Mars

No matter how twisted and chopped up their beats are, there has always been an underlying tunefulness about Mouse On Mars which keeps the whole disjointed affair together. That's certainly true this time out, even when the group is going for maximum dancefloor effect on tracks like "Wipe That Sound" and "Spaceship."

Mouse on Mars, otherwise known as Dusseldorf's own Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner,
balance between accessibility and the avant-garde, but on previous albums their machines
seemed stuck in fussbudget mode. With Radical Connector, the German duo has hitched its
busy beats to big-ass melodies. The irresistible "Wipe That Sound" stomps like vintage Daft
Punk, but the beats slip and skitter just enough to suggest a new genre: arena gli... More >