ABOUT THIS ITEM

Mungolian Jetset are back with a debut, cheekily masked as their third effort, but seriously, this is their first album of totally original compositions. Here is the undiluted Mung, neatly naked wrapped behind a pair of strobostatic glasses.

Infamous for their epic translations, collaborations and remixes for artists such as Lindstrøm, Mari Boine, Nils Petter Molvaer and others, they have already firmly developed their own unique sound, that is equally progressively disco and psychedelically intoxicating, as it is hilariously cheesy but imbued with a mysteriously deep resonance from some far-off planet's core. Rather than delivering another full-on take of the epic entertainments that have become the staple of their reputation, they have now taken more scoops of melody, poptastic whimsy and lighter shades of oddness to hybridize with their already mutated sound. The result is "Schlungs", a series of eight separate entities united by their sheer MUNGNESS.

The musical scope remains Mung-laden, but with an extra meta-weave of pop to it, perhaps more as in pop culture, or even pop art (if you want to be clever about it). There are drunken synths and obscure samplings of the psychedelic past, bleeping and squeaking through a jungle of tree frogs. Contemporary choirs sits alongside funky guitars, ethereal soundscapes and chipmunged vocals but there are also hummable hooks, sexy, sassy urban beats, and tunes you can chew your bubblegum to. Well, even tunes you can sing-along to. It's not really karaoke, more like harakaraoke, and though the music is even sweet n sourly nostalgic at times, it is always viewed through the schlunglishly bespectacled left-eye of the Mung.

01. 2010 - A Space Woodysey
02. Moon Jocks N Prog Rocks
03. Shelton's On A Bender
04. Bella Lanay
05. Ties N Downs
06. We Are The Shining
07. Moonstruck
08. Smoke N Mirrors