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a r t i s t : MCMS
t i t l e : 1997-2000
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Last Visible Dog (LVD005/20/61)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : December/2005
t r a c k s : 27
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 305,1 MB
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Ripper's note: Disc 1, Track 3 has no title and so has been
tagged as 'Untitled'. Disc 2, Tracks 4 and 11 are titled ? and
?? respectively, and so are tagged as 'Untitled'. Please see
the booklet scans for information on recording details and
personnel and also for the 'hilarious' liner notes.
Formed in the cultural pothole of Lincoln, Nebraska, by Matt
Silcock, Steve Rolfsmeier and Last Visible Dog label head Chris
Moon, MCMS were krautrock-inspired noiseniks who released a
small pile of recordings in the late-'90s. This set collects
the majority of the group's catalogue, offering a comprehensive
study of these Midwestern experimentalists' varied, yet
fascinating body of work.
The first disc contains the entirety of the group's third
release, 1998's MCMS 3, and selections from their first two
discs, '97's Factory in Heaven and '98's Festum Asinorum. The
three tracks from Factory are unremarkable compositions that
pit Rolfmeier's paint-can percussion against tugging waves of
noise and Silcock's sax skronks. By the time of MCMS 3, the
group had settled into more of a groove - literally - spitting
out shards of dissonance amidst post-kraut clatter.
Disc Two, containing the 1999 MCMS album, is a far more mature
and adventurous work. The acoustic guitar, flute and percussion
that appears on "Prelude to the MCMS Album of Love", "?" and
"We Love, You Love, Me Love" shows their sound meandering into
free-folk territory remarkably similar to the kind being
practiced by the current crop of earthen psych experimenters.
Even the brutal material is sharper and more focused; "Dean
Thompson, Killer of the Living" is a vicious stomp where all
sounds, save for an insistent rattle, are forged into a searing
drone.s
The group's most interesting material appears on the final
disc. Featuring pieces of the group's split recording with
Yermo - The Womb That Gives Birth to Itself and the epic Great
Golden Hive Of the Invisible, the work here is a prime
distillation of the previous releases. The 30-minute Womb, is
filled with eerily beautiful, slow motion droning and
thunderous thuds. Golden Hive adds some electronic fuckery and
tripped-out guitar, most notably on the six-string and keys
duet "Flicker and Fade On The Planet Where You Are."
Silcock's hilarious tongue-in-cheek liner notes are an added
plus, a good read that simultaneously pokes fun at the group
while reciting the history of "the greatest Nebraska band of
all time."
By Ethan Covey
http://www.dustedmagazine.com
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Disc 1
01-Lemmy Kilmeister Getting Kicked Out Of Hawkwind [02:01]
02-MCMS vs. Brain Damage [05:53]
03-Untitled [01:34]
04-For The Love of Lucy, Wherever I May Find It [10:42]
05-Deloit vs. Mingo [09:03]
06-A Late Night Drive To Seward [07:21]
07-Invocation Of My Demon Brother [10:18]
08-BR [02:59]
09-Tunnel Kitchen [02:40]
10-Empty Street Blues [07:51]
11-A City On A Hill Cannot Be Hidden [07:09]
Disc 2
01-Prelude To The MCMS Album Of Love [03:27]
02-Dean Thompson, Killer Of The Living [12:45]
03-Bruce Has Gone To The Great Bong In The Sky [03:51]
04-Untitled [02:40]
05-The One Broken Into Two [05:28]
06-It's Raining Rye-Loaves And Cookies [08:53]
07-We Love, You Love, Me Love [04:03]
08-The Midwest Center For Marsupial Simulation [08:16]
09-Bleak Beach Blues [06:41]
10-Thee Two Broken Into One [06:00]
11-Untitled [01:23]
12-Theme Of Love [07:58]
Disc 3
01-The Womb That Gives Birth To Itself [31:41]
02-The Great Golden Hive Of The Invisible I [18:07]
03-The Great Golden Hive Of The Invisible II [11:35]
04-Flicker And Fade On The Planet Where You Are [09:03]
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