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Dave KeiferDave Keifer - The Cartoon Mouse Regards [foot093] (February 1, 2009)

A netlabel veteran Cagey House visited Bump Foot.

"Which is where things get tricky. The EP is in a new style for me. In the past, I've done what might be called dada-inspired electro-pop. The musical elements were fairly strange, but the forms that held them together were pretty simple - at its best (like The Window Hat, released on Dog-Eared) it was like the Ventures playing the Sun Ra songbook. The new stuff is odder. The forms are very fluid. Hardly a bar goes by without some major change in direction, and the only thing that staves off complete chaos is a consistency in tone and a maybe a few rhythmic or melodic ideas that get tossed around by the various instruments."

This artwork is product of a collaborative work of Jomino and xNoleet. It's a "DVD special edition" kind of thing.


This audio is part of the collection: Bump Foot

Artist/Composer: Dave Keifer
Date: 2009-02-01
Source: Bump Foot
Keywords: Electronic; Experimental

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

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Reviewer: gurdonark - - February 6, 2009
Subject: Experimental Melodic Electronica Joy
Dave Keifer's Bumpfoot release "The Cartoon Mouse Regards" comprises a series of short pieces constructed with a contemporary classical modernist's sense of chaotic creative juxtaposition married to the child-like exhiliration of electronica gone wonderfully toy-jazz-wild. Motifs rise and fall like so many buildings made of children's blocks, only to be re-assembled like string-art into fleeting yet innovative designs. Each tune is a wizard of odd misdirection, the netlabel electronica answer to "A Wizard/A True Star".

So many times "experimental" is a word used to describe aimless spins in the playgrounds of retread dissonance, illustrating that the sun lacks for something new like the cobbler's child lacks shoes. Here, though, the mood is playful,
spirited and alive. Melody conventions are flouted, but never quite snubbed. The instrumention remains spare, but never drab.

This work will appeal to those who enjoy Cagey House greats like "Swanko Backway" or "Soft Cover", but provide the added zest of tangy musical ideas let loose in a playground of instrumental dreams.

This is solid, idea-rich, fun-laden electronica--for the purpose who loves her or his music a bit complex--and entirely recklessly alert and in play. Dave Keifer takes off the Cagey House hat, and beneath it all he wears a wry and engaging smile.