Folktronic was the first Momus album I bought, though none of the songs on it were among the first songs of yours I heard. I still prefer the demos of the last songs (those done with the non-electronic instruments) to those on the album. And there's something about Kahimi Karie's version of Pygmalism that makes it creepier (and more affecting) than yours.
Still, this is one of the more enjoyable Momus albums imvho. It is, by no means, my favorite of your albums (that honor is still The Philosophy of Momus), but it also has that special aspect of being the last album - so far and as I understand it - that you had complete control over the music aspect. Your next albums are all based around collaborations more than exploring a particular theme (not to say you don't have themes you wanted to base your work around; you discussed this in regards to Joemus, after all). Handing over the sonic background to your lyrics has greatly changed the feel of your work and I look forward to the time when you construct an album from top to bottom by yourself again.
To finish, the second album I found of yours was Ping Pong ... which is also very enjoyable if very silly and disjointed. For a while I felt that those two albums (and for a while just one album) was all I ever needed in regards to your music. That there was nothing else you could add. It took a long time to change this idea.
I'm currently reading Book of Jokes also. Have you ever read/heard of G. Legman and his books Rationale of the Dirty Joke and No Laughing Matter. It seems to do in a scholarly manner what you do with the Murderer and Molester characters. -Edge
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Date: 2009-11-18 07:04 am (UTC)Still, this is one of the more enjoyable Momus albums imvho. It is, by no means, my favorite of your albums (that honor is still The Philosophy of Momus), but it also has that special aspect of being the last album - so far and as I understand it - that you had complete control over the music aspect. Your next albums are all based around collaborations more than exploring a particular theme (not to say you don't have themes you wanted to base your work around; you discussed this in regards to Joemus, after all). Handing over the sonic background to your lyrics has greatly changed the feel of your work and I look forward to the time when you construct an album from top to bottom by yourself again.
To finish, the second album I found of yours was Ping Pong ... which is also very enjoyable if very silly and disjointed. For a while I felt that those two albums (and for a while just one album) was all I ever needed in regards to your music. That there was nothing else you could add. It took a long time to change this idea.
I'm currently reading Book of Jokes also. Have you ever read/heard of G. Legman and his books Rationale of the Dirty Joke and No Laughing Matter. It seems to do in a scholarly manner what you do with the Murderer and Molester characters.
-Edge