Frankfurt: Telephonics

Frankfurt: Telephonics Artist: Mars Accelerator
Label: Rx. Remedy
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 603196001129
EAN: 0603196001129
ASIN: B0000069P4


Release Date: 1998-03-10

Frankfurt: Telephonics


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Tracks:

  1. Spites Are Looming
  2. Starlxt
  3. 1040M
  4. Your Friends In Multimedia
  5. Jupiter Fell Into A Lapse
  6. Captains (Then Spies)
  7. Id Et Mien
  8. Zeroes And Ones
  9. Mezzanine Faction
  10. Mr Tom Blood Poetry
  11. Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Mars have flipped it.......2004-09-26

Hey guys... i've been a fan for ages you know, but hey all the top things must stop after having so much momentum you know. yeah well i'm afraid that this one sucks fellas, but they are still alive, my god thats ok they can still make more better ones in the future. The planet is out of balance... lets accelerate mars back up again!! yeah. peace and bye bye

5 out of 5 stars absolutely amazing.......2003-07-03

I love this album. The music is not an easy listen and is simply overwhelming when I first heard the cd. There is so much going on here - densly packed - multiple change ups and start/ stop tempos - new turns around after each chorus - complex arrangements - fabulous, rich production. My love for this cd after many years in my collection not dwindled. The three member band's live shows feature blistering sets of frenetic space/math rock with glorious abandon. My only complaint - why has it been five years since this release and still no new material?

4 out of 5 stars epitome of math rock.......1999-07-23

I don't know what in the world the other review listed here was all about...that guy's nuts. But Mars Accelerator's most recent effort is certainly out there. PLENTY of lo-fi type studio trickery and effects (a veritable contradiction, but it somehow makes sense) make this album a real mindwarper, especially if enjoyed through headphones. If you can actually discern any of the lyrics, or work your way through the (incomplete) lyrics sheet you'll be quite rewarded. This guy seems as if he read an astrophysics book, a dictionary, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead all in one sitting, then managed to throw them all together while cooking dinner on mind-altering psychotropics. Very weird album, but there is certainly an underlying pop sensibility (I hate to use that cliche, but there is some truth to it.). Or at least a thorough knowledge of what makes a catchy song. Mars Accelerator is obviously from the Pacific Northwest, which I guess is a good thing. Hope this otherwise outstanding and truly different album is not lumped in with all the other math rock hogwash coming from up there.

5 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. On the Pull ~ Looker
  2. Mo' Ritmo
  3. Bolder Than Paradise ~ Shannon McNally
  4. Room Temperature: Live ~ Peter Hammill
  5. Couldn't Get It Right ~ Climax Blues Band
  6. Raunio ~ Circle
  7. Gnostic Songs ~ George Elliott
  8. Halo ~ Current 93
  9. The Best of the Polecats ~ The Polecats
  10. Mi Media Naranja ~ Labradford

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Sextet ~ Spider Saloff

Wishes You a Cookin Christmas ~ New England Jazz Ensemble

Legacy ~ Ronnie Scott

The Complete Songs ~ Lars Erstrand

Oboe/Flute ~ Howard Rumsey & the Lighthouse All-Stars

USG Presents African Blues: Color in Rhythm Stimulate Mind Freedom ~ Various Artists

Auf Der Reise: Best of Zollner ~ Die Zollner

Etoiles de la Chanson ~ Carlos Gardel

Mayonakamade ~ Koji Moriyama