{"id":135,"date":"2005-06-05T09:31:23","date_gmt":"2005-06-05T12:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=135"},"modified":"2006-12-03T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2006-12-03T15:30:41","slug":"smells-like-a-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Smells like a shark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>o<a href=\".\/wp-content\/mulusmellslikeashark.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right;margin:3px\" src='.\/wp-content\/thumb-mulusmellslikeashark.jpg' alt='Mulu' \/><\/a>day&#8217;s &#8216;Past the bridge&#8217; soundsample comes from another band that apparently vanished after publishing their first album (more on that after): Mulu&#8217;s <a href=\".\/wp-content\/mulu-be-my.mp3\">&#8216;Pussycat&#8217;<\/a> (&#8216;Smells Like A Shark&#8217;, 1997, 400+K).\n<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t particularly remember why I bought Mulu&#8217;s CD, but part of it had to do that I actually liked the cover-art (illustrated above). It was also the time I &#8216;explored&#8217; listening to &#8220;drum &#8216;n bass&#8221; music, swaying from the path that was &#8216;typical 90s alternative rock&#8217; (notice the smart use of quotes) because it started it get on my nerves.\n<\/p>\n<p>The album can be categorized as a mix of drum &#8216;n bass\/techno (or trip-hop) with  lead vocals (sic) by Laura Campbell with music by synth <em>programmer<\/em> Alan Edmunds (Bjork). Campbell&#8217;s voice is not overly interesting (or rather unique) but makes an interesting mix with the music programming of Alan Edmunds. The result is dreamy, catchy but not overly remarkable: only 2 or 3 songs spring out and that&#8217;s it. Now, the cover art is a different question.\n<\/p>\n<p>BBCi lists a review of a small gig by Mulu, but it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/liverpool\/music\/2003\/11\/mulu\/review.shtml\">dates from 2003<\/a>. Which means that the band may have made it together for one gig and then (once again) magically disappeared. Probably a good thing but then, still a waste. Now, what did I say about the cover art again?\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"extra\"><small><strong>09\/16\/06:<\/strong> Aha. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iS9prYohRCM\">The video clip at YouTube<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>12\/03\/06:<\/strong> Myspace for <a href=\"http:\/\/profile.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#038;friendid=93383200\">Mulu<\/a><br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s &#8216;Past the bridge&#8217; soundsample comes from another band that apparently vanished after publishing their first album (more on that after): Mulu&#8217;s &#8216;Pussycat&#8217; (&#8216;Smells Like A Shark&#8217;, 1997, 400+K). I can&#8217;t particularly remember why I bought Mulu&#8217;s CD, but part &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=135\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}