Funky Handicap

Mouse on Mars: "Frosch" (1994) from Vulvaland (Too Pure)

Mayer: Hmm.

Rainer Holz

DJ Pierre saved this man's life twice: Michael Mayer.

Rainer Holz

DJ Pierre saved this man's life twice: Michael Mayer.

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SW: It's German.

Mayer: Is that from Cologne? No one would play a bass drum like that in Cologne. The rhythmic boop-boop-boop—in Cologne it's always [makes steady 4/4 sound], it's not like this. It's a nice track.

SW: It's Mouse on Mars.

Mayer: This is Mouse on Mars?! From the new album?

SW: No, this is old.

Mayer: Seriously?!

SW: Yeah.

Mayer: [laughs] This might be the only techno track they did. No, that's not true, but . . . I'm looking forward to hearing the new album. I haven't had the time to listen to it yet. Mouse on Mars, they're such a unique, stand-alone system. You can't connect them to anything else. Every record is such a treasure of ideas, half Dusseldorf, half Cologne. Jan [St. Werner] is a very nice guy. It's a pity—in the mid-'90s we used to hang out so much more, in the Liquid Sky club. Now it's the A Musik [store/label] universe and the Kompakt universe. We drifted apart a little bit—always a pity. A Musik used to be around the corner from our shop, so it was always great to go there and check this obscure stuff. I haven't been to A Musik in about two years, I think. It's a shame. It's kind of near here, but a different part of the city. But that explains the bass drum [laughs].

SW: You said they wouldn't do it in Cologne?

Mayer: Yeah, it's Dusseldorf. It's a Dusseldorf bass drum [laughs].

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Michael Mayer plays Chop Suey at 8 p.m. Mon., March 7. $10 adv.