Plays

RECOMMENDED! The one stipulation of the recording process for Plays was that no instrument was allowed to be electrified. No electricity would be used at all (except of course, to operate the recording gear). The idea was to create the most anti-electronic electronic album, free of any synthetic sounds (no electric guitar, let alone synths or drum machines), opting for an earthiness and soulful charm.

The result is just that. Plays swells with human warmth. Strings, brass, and woodwinds form a veil of lush and vivid melodies over top of Mr. Mommy’s brand of jolting and meticulous electronics. Since the composing stage was done primarily after the recording process, Plays has a jarring cut n’ paste feel to it, as if it where a remix album of phantom songs, composed and then scientifically dissected and rearranged into newer more exciting forms. Balancing the precise and disciplined characteristics are moments in which the velvet curtains of structure pull back to reveal the original free-improv recordings, illustrating the vast talent of all the musicians lucidly.