Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Mouse on Mars release album Spatial, No Problem.
The single ‘Rockcurry’ was releAsed earlier this year – watch the video here an installation Will be launching at London’s Barbican in June
Mouse on Mars (L: Jan St. Werner R: Andi Toma) and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, photo credit: Constantin Carstens
After the passing of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, a deluge of recordings appeared claiming to be the ‘last’ or ‘final’ project of the Jamaican icon. However, his last official album project took him to Berlin, Germany where he landed on the doorstop of electronic pioneers Mouse on Mars (aka Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma). The resulting album ‘Spatial, No Problem.’ is out now.
‘Rockcurry.’ The opening song from Spatial, No Problem., ‘Rockcurry’ is indicative of Perry’s time in Berlin, where he was drawn into the soundworld of his ‘German Professors’ in their ‘German laboratory,’ taking to the group’s blend of motorik rhythmic elements with free improvisation, digital glitches, dada poetry and the dubby ‘voodoo’ he always insisted haunted our machines. Whilst Perry was keen to not do a reggae album with Mouse on Mars, he was too much a part of reggae to disavow it, and the weight of that legacy is present in every track they recorded.
The video for ‘Rockcurry’, directed by Studio Sparks, uses photos from the recording sessions, drawings and found objects collaged together to create a vibrant and energetic ode to Lee “Scratch” Perry and Mouse on Mars’ time in the studio.
