Formica Blues

Artist: Mono
Label: Import [Generic]
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

EAN: 5027529003027
ASIN: B00000B9IF

Release Date: 1999-01-12

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Tracks:

Life In Mono
Silicone
Slimcea Girl
The Outsider
Disney Town
The Blind Man
High Life
Playboys
Penguin Freud
Hello Cleveland!
Slimcea Girl(Aloof Remix)
Silicone(Les Rythmes Digitales Remix)
Slimcea Girl(Fat Boy Vocal)
High Life(Next Century Short Dub)
Silicone(Mr Scruff Remix)
Life In Mono(Propellerheads-Sweat Band Mix)
Slimcea Girl(Sol Brothers London Dub Remix)
High Life(187 Lockdown Low Life Dub)
Life In Mono(Banana Republic Urban Dub)
High Life(Natural Born Chillers Vocal Mix)

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Customer Reviews:

I revolution that never took full form.......2007-01-22

Portishead, Olive, Esthero, Poe, Fionna Apple sound can be completely thought about with this album. Quite a bit off kilter than the others, but a contolled adventure. Mono has a varied sound enhanced by her voice.

There is much comparison but the contrast highlights all above. If drum and bass and some raw hip hop is your game this would be a great addition to your collection.

i'm sure noone will agree with me on this, but i don't care one bit..........2006-10-26

I happen to enjoy this album much more than I do Portishead's "Dummy". Funny how people mention this album/group being overrated: I see Portishead as being the overrated one... "Sour Times" was the only PH song i really liked, and that got played out FAST.

Not 5 star because I don't see it as a 'classic'... but I give it 4.5 - i think it comes close. Great sounds and styles at work here.

Amazing Despite de Mare's Lame Lyrics.......2006-08-15

The lushness and smooth, flowing sounds of this CD are what have kept me coming back to this CD for the past 10 years. Listening to them transports you back to 1965 and Bakelite telephones that never ring when you want a call from your man in his leisure suit and loafers. It's not quirky or chattering music, but it's so svelte and velvety in texture and rhythm that you just sit there and feel a contented sort of melancholy just to hear it.

Then, you hear a screeching banshee hiss her "s"s and whine in a nasal tone about how she can't find love and how her life is all messed up and her man is this and that. In about half the songs, it works, since you sort of close your eyes and imagine a nice 1960's drama set in a Londonian penthouse overlooking the Thames. Visions of avocado green and taupe carpet swirl in your head and you can get into that vibe...but on the other half of the songs with vocals, she's just plain irritating. You want to hear the complexities and little samples firing and there's this high-pitched keening going on. It's really hit-and-miss and de Mare's voice doesn't particularly add to the overall musicianship of the album, other than to render of slightly off-key notes that sort of fit the minor chords in some of the songs. The overall effect of her singing is to basically pigeonhole each song she sings as a wistful and brooding unrequited love/my-life-sucks paean so that there's no way you could play this at a party unless that was the mood you were going for. Hello Cleveland! is mysterious, deep, dark, intriguing and can be played anywhere and at anytime, but the vocals on the other tracks sort of limit the amount of playtime this CD can get outside of 1960's TV drama viewings.

I would say this is a definite buy since the music is good enough (you'll get relief from Siobahn's whining on Hello Cleveland! and if you get the Formica Blues single, a couple of those) to succeed in spite of Siobahn's best effort to blow the membrane out on her microphones and shatter the studio glass.

Mono hasn't been active since I was a college kid, but Marty Virgo's music is so good, I am not sure if he could have done anything afterwards that could even come close to this.

A MUST BUY.

Cool Album.......2006-08-04

Nice mix of electronics and other types of music. I find this CD very relaxing, I am glad I found it.

Soft Electronic.......2006-07-05

Formica Blues offers this electronic album where incorporates other genres producing a soothing mix that relaxes you in a long drive or at home to cut that edge of a busy day. I enjoy listening to it and consider it similar to Carmen Rizzo style. The music might have a bit of sad taste at times but equal amounts of happines can be found in it. Enjoy it.

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