Parastrophics
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Parastrophics |
| type | studio |
| artist | Mouse on Mars |
| cover | Mouse_on_Mars_-_Parastrophics.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | 2007–2011 |
| studio | St. Martin Tonstudio, Düsseldorf; Paraverse 4, Berlin |
| genre | IDM, wonky |
| length | |
| label | Monkeytown |
| producer | Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma |
| prev_title | Varcharz |
| prev_year | 2006 |
| next_title | WOW |
| next_year | 2012 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Parastrophics |
| type | studio |
| single1 | They Know Your Name |
| single1date | 2012 |
| :: |
| name = Parastrophics | type = studio | artist = Mouse on Mars | cover = Mouse_on_Mars_-_Parastrophics.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 2007–2011 | studio = St. Martin Tonstudio, Düsseldorf; Paraverse 4, Berlin | genre = IDM, wonky | length = | label = Monkeytown | producer = Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma | prev_title = Varcharz | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = WOW | next_year = 2012 | misc = {{Singles | name = Parastrophics | type = studio | single1 = They Know Your Name | single1date = 2012 Parastrophics is a studio album by German electronica duo Mouse on Mars. It was released by Monkeytown Records in 2012.
Critical reception
| MC = 74/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Clash | rev2score = 8/10 | rev3 = Pitchfork | rev3score = 8.2/10 | rev4 = PopMatters | rev4score = | rev5 = Resident Advisor | rev5score = 3.5/5 | rev6 = Rolling Stone | rev6score = | rev7 = The Skinny | rev7score = | rev8 = Spin | rev8score = 7/10 At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Parastrophics received an average score of 74% based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Heather Phares of AllMusic called it "an album that's a rebirth and a welcome return for one of electronic music's most restlessly creative acts." Matthew Perpetua of Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, describing it as "a surreal pop record that gleefully warps the tones and inflections of modern radio tunes into funhouse mirror abstractions."
PopMatters placed it at number 4 on the "Best Electronic Music of 2012" list, as well as number 10 on the "Top 10 Pleasant Surprise Albums of 2012" list.
Track listing
| title1 = The Beach Stop | length1 = 3:23 | title2 = Chordblocker, Cinnamon Toasted | length2 = 3:12 | title3 = Metrotopy | length3 = 3:45 | title4 = Wienuss | length4 = 3:42 | title5 = They Know Your Name | length5 = 3:54 | title6 = Syncropticians | length6 = 5:53 | title7 = Cricket | length7 = 2:13 | title8 = iMatch | length8 = 4:53 | title9 = Polaroyced | length9 = 3:12 | title10 = Gearknot Cherry | length10 = 2:59 | title11 = Bruised to Imwimper | length11 = 0:43 | title12 = Baku Hipster | length12 = 3:07 | title13 = Seaqz | length13 = 5:18
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Jan St. Werner – writing, lyrics (5)
- Andi Toma – writing, lyrics (5)
- Dodo Nkishi – lyrics (3, 5)
- Ya Tosiba – lyrics, vocals (12)
- Esther Grimaldi – vocals (1)
- Steven Jo – vocals (2)
References
References
- "Parastrophics by Mouse on Mars". [[CBS Interactive]].
- Phares, Heather. "Mouse on Mars - Parastrophics". [[AllMusic]].
- Bennett, Matthew. (February 20, 2012). "Mouse On Mars - Parastrophics". [[Clash (magazine).
- Richardson, Mark. (February 24, 2012). "Mouse on Mars: Parastrophics". [[Pitchfork (website).
- Linds, Jonathan. (March 4, 2012). "Mouse on Mars: Parastrophics". [[PopMatters]].
- Clarke, Paul. (March 1, 2012). "Mouse On Mars - Parastrophics". [[Resident Advisor]].
- Perpetua, Matthew. (March 26, 2012). "Parastrophics".
- Wiseman, Sam. (February 28, 2012). "Mouse on Mars – Parastrophics". [[The Skinny (magazine).
- Weingarten, Christopher R.. (March 4, 2012). "Mouse on Mars, 'Parastrophics' (Monkeytown)". [[Spin (magazine).
- (December 10, 2012). "The Best Electronic Music of 2012 (page 2)". [[PopMatters]].
- (December 17, 2012). "The Top 10 Pleasant Surprise Albums of 2012 (page 1)". [[PopMatters]].
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