Mice Parade, Ramda - 1h 13m 53s

Tracks & Durations

1. Ramda Flies With Magic Eyes	6:45
2. Distant	4:09
3. Galileo	6:15
4. The Good Red Road	4:53
5. Warpshire	4:38
6. Gulliver's Travels	4:04
7. The Lonely Lounge Piano Player's Lost In His Little World	8:30
8. The One To Look For	5:30
9. (attempt)	1:56
10. More Music for Mallets, Voices & Organ (and other stuff)	3:15
11. Logic (Parts 1 & 2)	7:12
12. Headphoneland In The School Of Old	4:11
13. Imagine Winooski	3:35
14. Ramda's Untriumphant Return	0:52
15. Logic (Part 3)	7:58

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Review

Mice Parade is the brainchild of Adam Pierce, who is one-fourth of the Dylan Group, an ensemble that rotates between two drumsets, bass, guitar, trumpet, and mallet instruments (like vibraphone, marimba and xylophone). In his one-man-band alter-ego, Pierce employs a similar array of instruments, but the studio-bound nature of his musical process somehow makes it seem closer to "electronica" than "post-rock" (for those who have a clearly defined notion of the difference--it often seems to come down to how many live instruments versus synthesizers are used). Preamble aside, Ramda is the second full-length release from Mice Parade and it's stunning--15 tracks of melodic, rhythmically propulsive electro-acoustic instrumental music that is consistently inventive in its use of sounds and arrangements. The opening track takes a rhythmic base of trap kit and tabla drums, adds a staccato circular pattern of keyboard hits that wouldn't be out of place on a techno record, and builds up interlocking short melodic phrases over the next six minutes using vibes, electric bass, synths, and violins. The cumulative effect is like a short Steve Reich piece with a groove. The next couple of tracks revolve around a harp-like instrument and rapid finger-style guitar arpeggios. The melodic material is static with variations arising from radical shifts in mixing and signal processing--basically the same approach to composing as dub reggae. One other track merits a special mention as one that'll have your less musically adventurous friends scratching their heads. "The Lonely Lounge Piano Player" takes an oddly beautiful piano piece reminiscent of mid-'70s Robert Wyatt and adds a simple drum pattern and some electronics. But halfway through, the tape speed starts randomly slowing down, as if someone is simply pressing a hand against the playback reel, and the result is strange but captivating, which pretty much sums up the whole record. --Bob Bannister

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