 Mungolian Jetset presents "Schlungs"
Mungolian Jetset
is back with a debut, cheekily masked as their third effort, but
seriously, this is their first album of totally original compositions. Here is the undiluted Mung, neatly naked wrapped behind a pair of strobostatic glasses , like a mature and experienced buxom page3 wench from a 25th century comic book. Infamous
for their epic translations, collaborations and remixes for artists
such as Lindstrøm, Mari Boine, Nils Petter Molvaer and others, they have
already firmly developed their own unique sound, that is equally
progressively disco and psychedelically intoxicating, as it is
hilariously cheesy but imbued with a mysteriously deep resonance from
some far-off planet`s core. Rather than delivering another
full-on take of the epic entertainments that have become the staple of
their reputation ( or notoriety, depending on who's talking ), they have
now taken more scoops of melody, poptastic whimsy and lighter shades of
oddness, to hybridize with their already mutated sound. The result is "Schlungs", a series of 8 separate entities united by their sheer MUNGNESS. The epicness remains, but now sits alongside pieces that
are more direct, mainlining the exuberant folly that is the sound of
Mung; however, this is Mung directly into the frontal lobe….. Lyrically,
"Schlungs" involves tales of fatal alien abductions and ghosts of
murderous (but snazzily-dressed) transvestites, as well as confessions
of dark and illusory multimedia desires and dispatches from the
borderline state of the all-consuming hyperrealism of the Internet. Characters
from the fringes of reality with odd-sounding yet somehow familiar
names wander through the streets of Mungville, and usually break into
ecstatic dance before their end is met. This is what would have happened
if William Burroughs had been given a backdrop of disco instead of
bebop. Instead of The Naked Lunch, this is The Naked 7-11 Hotdog. The
musical scope remains Mung-laden, but with an extra meta-weave of pop
to it, perhaps more as in pop culture, or even pop art (if you want to
be clever about it). There are drunken synths and obscure samplings of
the psychedelic past, bleeping and squeaking through a jungle of tree
frogs. Contemporary choirs sits alongside funky guitars, ethereal
soundscapes and chipmunged vocals ( as well as guest vocals by
Dominique Leone and Carsten Loly ) but there are also hummable hooks,
sexy, sassy urban beats, and tunes you can chew your bubblegum to. Well, even tunes you can sing-along to. It`s
not really karaoke, more like harakaraoke, and though the music is even
sweet n sourly nostalgic at times, it is always viewed through the
schlunglishly bespectacled left-eye of the Mung. Tracklisting. 1.2011 - A Space Woodysey 2.Moon Jocks n Prog Rocks 3.Shelton`s On A Bender 4.Bella Lanay 5.Ties n Downs 6.We Are The Shining 7.Moonstruck 8.Smoke n Mirrors
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