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Mouse on Mars, ‘Parastrophics’

‘Parastrophics’

By Michael Brodeur

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 28, 2012

Between ‘94 and ‘04, the German duo of Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma were on a hot streak, releasing eight adventurous albums as Mouse on Mars; effortlessly hybridizing dance music, avant-pop, and experimental electronics; and, along the way, unwittingly charting the parameters of IDM - a subgenre that seemed to have a backhand embedded right into its name (“This is intelligent dance music, you dolts.’’).

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