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offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-31 08:07 [#00721907]
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i just heard 'green grass of tunnel' and i liked it , i'd
love to hear more and get one/some of their albums

so which one would you recommend to start with or which one
is your fav?

thanks in advance :)


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-05-31 08:07 [#00721909]
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my mum doesn't have any albums out... I don't know what
you're talking about!


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-05-31 08:10 [#00721911]
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'finally we are no-one' or the icelandic version "loksins
erum við engin" which i own and u can?t get easily ;)


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-31 08:10 [#00721913]
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hehe that's rather quick :) i expected someone to make this
joke, but within the minute?


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-31 08:12 [#00721915]
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thanks , i'll try and find that icelandic one :)


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-05-31 08:12 [#00721916]
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you should do stand-up you funny man!! :)


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-05-31 08:14 [#00721920]
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lol... :)


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2003-05-31 08:19 [#00721924]
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Finally We Are No One
Múm's first album for Fat Cat — by no coincidence, the
label that also broke fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós — has
all the majestic synths, crackly drum-machine percussion,
sampled silence, and crystalline vocals you'd expect from
the country that produced Björk and Sigur Rós, though with
less focus on digital sound than the former and less
reliance on drama than the latter. Múm are very interested
in the music of sound, but Finally We Are No One never
sounds like a difficult record; if it's not the instruments
sounding naïve or folksy (in good ways), the lisping,
childlike vocals are bound to prompt adjectives like
adorable and precious. "Green Grass of Tunnel" has the sweet
melancholia, coloring-book hip-hop, and slowly shifting
chords of poptronica producers like ISAN or Boards of
Canada, and also trades on the wide-eyed fairy-tale
qualities of Björk. Apart from the hefty title, "Don't Be
Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed" approaches
mainstream appeal — briefly, and at several different
times — with a nice dance beat gradually replaced by a
beatbox breakdown, toy xylophone, and a nice trumpet melody.
Several individual passages of songs strike an evocative
chord, like the string quartet, piano, warm synthesizers,
and percussion rumblings of "K/Half Noise" combining to
recall the quieter portions of Tortoise's landmark "Djed."


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-05-31 08:20 [#00721926]
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smell memory (trabant remix)

got it thanx to albertobalsam :)


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-05-31 08:21 [#00721929]
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oh shit that's not an album, sorry

the track is sweet though


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2003-05-31 08:25 [#00721934]
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yeah, the green grass of tunnel is from 'finally we are no
one'
so that would be a good one to start with.

you can buy the icelandic version here
(under 'artists', then under 'mum', ya know)

but then be sure to get their first album
'yesterday was dramatic, today was ok',
the 'please smile my noise bleed' ep
and the 'remixed' album
they're all very nice.

theres also a single for the green grass of tunnel, that
comes on a little mini cd.. i'd recommend that too, but
theres only one other song on it, and its not really worth
it.


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-05-31 08:31 [#00721937]
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the múm remix album is also great. it has that trabant
remix (although it?s labelled as being a remix by 'traktor')
and remixes by Bix, µ-ziq (2rmxes), biogen, ilo, rupxin and
more


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-05-31 08:36 [#00721941]
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the second ruxpin remix is fuckingly good


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2003-05-31 09:09 [#00721966]
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yes, i love the second ruxpin mix

'please smile my noise bleed' has some really good remixes
on it as well.. i really like christian kleine's


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-31 09:46 [#00721993]
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wow i just heard 'awake on a train' and 'smell memory' i
think i'll get that "yesterday was a disaster///" first,
sounds great !

anyway thx all for the recommendations :)


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2003-05-31 09:50 [#00721994]
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oh yes, 'awake on a train' is great.
'ballad of broken birdie records' is the highlight of that
album though, methinks.


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-05-31 09:52 [#00721997]
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download 'we have a map of the piano', ?tis a great song on
'finally we are no one'


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2003-05-31 10:13 [#00722007]
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mum is very good stuff, I haven't got any of their albums
yet but I can tell you that they're both were getting
because ive heard a lot of the tracks.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-05-31 10:26 [#00722021]
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some stuff is grreat. some rreally borring


 

offline supreme from Antwerp (Belgium) on 2003-05-31 10:52 [#00722038]
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If you do a search..
I made a topic with a link to mp3's of a live set they did
in Paris.

and there's also some mp3's on their website, which is
http://www.noisedfisk.com/mumweb/

enjoy!



 

offline supreme from Antwerp (Belgium) on 2003-05-31 10:54 [#00722039]
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here is the topic.


 

offline MrGerbik from United States on 2003-05-31 12:33 [#00722166]
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Every release by Múm is wonderful, including the remix
albums. Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is Ok is their best
overall IMHO, but my fav tune by them is "We Have a Map of
the Piano" off of FInally We Are No One. That track just
kills me :)


 

offline sine707 from Frankfurt (Germany) on 2003-05-31 21:06 [#00722620]
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my recommendation is:
"i can't feel my hand anymore, it's allright, sleep still"
off finally we are one.
especially the phase between 2:19 and 3:19.
one of the best electronic moments in history in my opinion!


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-06-01 13:49 [#00723074]
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i only have ONE Cd.....'finally we are no one' and EVERY
song is a POEM!!! not a misstep anywhere IMO. i want more
MUM!!!!

i should get the icelandic verson because i'd love to hear
it in it's ORIGINAL language........


 


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