This LP of warm, grubby
electronica was originally recorded as the soundtrack to an American film staring Tony "
Who's the Boss?" Danza, and finally saw general (if somewhat limited) release in 1998, after it became clear the film would never be completed. Despite the passage of time, however (most of these tracks date from 1993 and 1994),
Glam contains some of
Andi Toma and
Jan St. Werner's most compelling material to date, and listens like a sort of combined laboratory/proving ground for the dauby, impressionistic abstraction later pursued on the 1997
Mouse on Mars LP
Instrumentals and by
Werner's side project
Lithops. The least "genrefied" of
Mouse on Mars' already exceptionally itinerant discography,
Glam is also wonderfully diverse, mixing tracks containing clamorous, sometimes goofy rhythms with introspective cuts consisting of little more than patterned clicks and raspy, absorbing organ drones. ~ Sean Cooper
