Mau + Rockets
MAU, a Danish trio, was formed in the tender year of 2004 and moved to Portugal that very same year. They’ve got two albums under their belt and are releasing a third in January next year.
MAU takes a slightly childish approach to their sound, the sound is jumpy and high-pitched, and when I say “childish” I mean in the sense of Does It Offend You, Yeah, Foals, Hadouken! and Late Of The Pier. I have nothing against mixing genres, like the before-mentioned bands do, but it has a limit. Innovative doesn’t necessarily mean mixing shit up.
Alas, MAU doesn’t thread on them lines. They combine their influences in a neat way, the brutally honest pop-chords with the electro-pump, it’s cool. But I would like MAU to get more evil or darker, then it would be right up my alley.
Here’s two different mixes from Rockets which I liked a lot.
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MAU – Toboggan (Rockets Extended Dub)
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