Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker (1997)
Type: Album
Listened to: Digitally

a while ago i was browsing through the comments on an upload of the soundtrack for Mario Artist: Polygon Studio and i saw someone compare one of the songs to an album called Autoditacker by Mouse on Mars. i'm personally very fond of the Polygon Studio soundtrack and i was kind of craving something else like it at the time, so i decided to give it a shot. and man, i was totally blown away by this. i've really opened myself up to a lot of different types of electronic as of the past year or so, and this instantly clicked for me. the sort of soft, pulsing beats of its opening track, Sui Shop, instantly captured me, and the atmosphere of tracks like Juju kept me hungry for more. Twift Shoeblade has these really punchy drums throughout the whole track, and its sort of crunchy lead synth is something i simply cannot get enough of, it sounds sort of like something a futuristic skateboarder would listen to and i'm all for it. Tamagnocchi has this bouncing synth sound that i always bob my head to each time it comes up in the song, and it also has a lot of soft, plucky guitars in it that work really well for the vibe its going for. Dark fx is the first really different track, having more of a focus on strange vocal samples, and that's something i always really dig in my electronic. there's this sort of humming sound that comes in around 1:13 that i really enjoy, and it works super well as a backing track. Scat is a really bouncy track that sorta makes you wanna get up and move around, and i often listen to it when i'm doing housework or other such chores. Tux & Damask has more of those punchy drums i talked about in Twift Shoeblade, as well as some panning synths that sort of juxtapose them. Sehnsud is the most atmospheric track on the album by far, and for me personally it paints a picture of an electronic swamp or something. X flies, besides being a really funny name for a song, also has more of those humming, groaning synths, as well as some tappy drums that i really like. Schnick Schnack Melt Made has more weird vocal samples like Dark fx did, as well as more of that "electronic swamp" feeling i got from Sehnsud. and for the last track, Maggots hell wings, the drums come in at full force and are now more typical break samples that work well with the warbling electronic synths. overall, definitely one of my favorite electronic albums ive ever heard. thanks, random youtube comment, for introducing me to this, cuz it rocks.