Mugwhump - Mutilator

Catalog: 
TT018
Released: 
05/Avg/2009
Style: 
IDM / Drum & Bass / Experimental / Ambient
FLAC download: 
https://netlabel.torrentech.org/downloads/TT018_-_Mugwhump_-_The_Mutilator.rar

1. Billy Idol

2. R'lyeh

3. Klinkerz

4. Divine Base

5. Squarial

6. Ich Bin Dein Lieblings Becher!

7. Beef Breakz

8. Carnauba

9. Beef Trax

10. Petal

11. Pop Loops

12. The Black Cat

13. Back Track

14. Stairlift To The Stars

15. Beeph

16. Petal Interlude
Author message: 

Well, I really don't have much of a philosophy, which I suppose sums up my approach to music-making. I've been through the mill with sequencers & midi and decided that It's something of a creative dead-end (for me). I like nothing more than starting from a single sound, expanding and warping it into something interesting then adding the next (& so on). I don't really see my work as "songs", to me it's more like a collage of noise.

Big influences :- William Burroughs, Negativland, People Like Us and all the other plunderphonic gods. Although my musical roots are in hip-hop/electro/acid/hardcore/jungle etc etc. My biggest musical mentor is the weed. Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to.

My main problem with making electronic music is that there are so many amazing records, so much history, that I feel kinda crushed by it all. This release was all about exorcising my music-tech demons, to unlearn the un-necessary & get back to something more immediate. I'm not trying to be the best at what I do, and don't want to wow the listener with my beat-mangling skills - I'll leave that to the big boys with more time on their hands!

All the music is made in Cool Edit Pro, no sequencers or samplers. Just pcm audio and a fuckofalot of plugins. I hope the listener enjoys, and has the patience to listen to the LP a few times before making their mind up.

Cheers... Paul

Review: 

Mugwhumps's "The Mutilator" album. Well, we love to expect the unexpected. Here we have an interesting, ever-changing piece of music, but still we can categorize it as IDMish Drum & Bass. Or Drum & Bassy IDM? Also, there is some Experimentish Ambient. Seems like great deal of inspiration was incorporated into this great release, and probably again, it's not for anyone's ear. This music is so rich and demands attention, and one may think that's the failure of it, but he is utterly and definitely wrong. One thing is sure - when/if this becomes mainstream, we can be sure conscious revolution already happened ;). But it's surely be after WWIII....