Музыка и песни Maus, John / Maus, John

Record Label: Upset The Rhyth Style: Independent

Record Label: Upset The Rhyth Style: Independent

Off-kilter compilation from Ariel Pink and Animal Collective keys-man. Remastered rarities, demos and previously unreleased tracks are generally the preserve of the socially ostracised. Don’t own a stained raincoat and a couple of Can bootlegs? Don’t care. We make an exception for cult hero and part time-Ariel Pink and Animal Collective keys-man John Maus though, and this 11 year-spanning compilation captures Bobby Conn’s brother from a Philip Oakey-loving mother perfectly. At times he croons and coos as if he’s stumbling blind around a broken synth-strewn cave (‘Angel Of The Night’), and his piano, drum machine and guitar-bashing occasionally sounds like a particularly traumatic bout of musical therapy. But every so often he’ll make off-kilter disco so gorgeous that it’s worth weathering the anxiety-inducing anti-melody; ‘North Star’, ‘Bennington’, ‘All Aboard’, ‘Fish With Broken Dreams’ and ‘The Law’ all shimmering unease, making Maus the greatest lounge act Twin Peaks’ Great Northern Hotel never had. Style: Electronic

John Maus lives and works in Austin, Minnesota. Although first drawn to our attention as a core member of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and keyboard player with Animal Collective's Panda Bear, Maus has proved himself an extraordinary musician with a disti Record Label: Upset The Rhyth Style: Independent

Record Label: Upset The Rhyth Style: Independent

Record Label: Upset The Rhyth Style: Independent