Mouse on Mars They announce a new album with the deceased Lee “Scratch” Perry titled “Spatial, No Problem”available from June 5.
After the death of Lee “Scratch” Perryan avalanche of recordings appeared that were presented as the “last” or “definitive” project of the Jamaican icon. However, his last official recording project took him to Berlin, Germany, where he knocked on the door of electronic music pioneers Mouse on Mars (also known as Jan St. Werner and Andi Tom). The resulting album, “Spatial, No Problem”will go on sale next June 5.
Along with the announcement of the album, the first single from the album, “Rockcurry,” was recently released. This song is the opening song “Spatial, No Problem” and reflects the stage of Perry in Berlin, where he was attracted by the sound universe of his “German professors” in their “German laboratory”.
The video for “Rockcurry”, directed by Studio Sparksuses photos from the recording sessions, drawings and found objects assembled into a collage to create a vibrant and energetic ode to Lee “Scratch” Perry and at the same time Mouse on Mars happened in the studio.
In the Berlin studio, Lee “Scratch” Perry unleashed an immediate and ritual creative process, filling the space with symbols, words and sounds while improvising between whispers and songs, all recorded by Mouse on Mars in a session as intuitive as it is playful. From that meeting came “Spatial, No Problem”a title inspired by his response to spatial audio and reflection of a work that fuses cultures and genres towards the future.
The collaboration, almost predestined, embodies a free and cosmic sound exploration that transcends languages and structures. The project will culminate with an immersive installation of the June 5 to 13 in it Barbican Center London, where the album will be presented in spatial audio format within the exhibition “Project A Black Planet”.
