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Back to the Mono Kero! / Feather Float
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The Village Voice
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September 11, 2001
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Japan's Atom-Heart Mothers and Their Packages
CUCUMBER-SCUM TAPELOOP
EX-GIRL
Back to the Mono Kero!
Ipecac
OOIOO
Feather Float
Birdman
My four favorite instruments featured on Back to the Mono Kero!, Japanese lady trio eX-Girl's fourth album: digital president, asshole box, slide geisha, and scum tape from garbage. OK, maybe that last one isn't actually an instrument. In fact, the whole list might be a joke. But Hoppy Kamikaya, who produced the album and cowrote every track except the cover of M's "Pop Muzik," supposedly makes music with this exotica. Could "digital president" refer to behind-the-- boards expertise? "Asshole box" to studio direction? "Scum tape from garbage" to ...
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