Thirsty Ear
2006
Sexotica
About This Album
Sexotica is Sex Mob's homage to Martin Denny and the sound of Exotica, but don't go in expecting a Quiet Village. Instead, it seems like the idea was to create their own very personal soundworld, much the way Denny did, but using different tools and sounds. In many ways, it's just another step in a logical progression for Sex Mob. They've never been afraid of using studio tricks; previous releases were co-produced by Scotty Hard who added some of his own sonic treatments, but this time out the entire album is a full-on collaboration between the production team of Good and Evil (Danny Blume and Christian Castagno) and the band, where the music and production are practically equal players. The tunes were recorded live in the studio (first or second takes), with Kenny Wollesen overdubbing various percussion. Then the tapes were simply handed over to Blume and Castagno to do what they wanted, keeping in mind leader Steven Bernstein's admonition to divide the sound about equally between the band tracks and the production. It's a trippy and sometimes confusing mix of organic instrumentation and production techniques that often makes it difficult to figure out who's doing what.
Track List (try tracks 2,6 and 8)

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