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{{Short description|German electronic music duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Mouse on Mars
| image           = Mouse On Mars 2007.jpg
| caption         = Mouse on Mars live (2007)
| image_size      = 250
| background      = group_or_band
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Düsseldorf]], Germany
| instrument      =
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Electronic music|Electronic]]|[[intelligent dance music|IDM]]|[[ambient music|ambient]]|[[experimental music|experimental]]|[[Glitch (music)|glitch]]}}
| occupation      =
| years_active    = 1993–present
| label           = [[Too Pure Records|Too Pure]]<br/>[[Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac]]<br/>[[Thrill Jockey]]<br/>[[Sonig]]<br/>[[Domino Recording Company|Domino]]<br/>[[Monkeytown Records|Monkeytown]]
| associated_acts = Lithops<br>[[Microstoria]]<br>[[Oval (band)|Oval]]<br>Noisemashinetapes <br> [[Von Südenfed]]
| website         = [http://www.mouseonmars.de/ www.mouseonmars.de]
| current_members = Jan St. Werner<br/>Andi Toma
| past_members    =
}}

'''Mouse on Mars''' is a German [[electronic music]] duo formed in 1993 by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma. Their music is a blend of electronic genres including [[intelligent dance music|IDM]], [[Dub music|dub]], [[krautrock]], [[breakbeat]] and [[Ambient music|ambient]], featuring heavy use of organic [[analog synth]] and cross-frequency modulation.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.higher-frequency.com/e_interview/mouse_on_mars/index.htm
| title=Mouse On Mars Interview
| author=Laura Brown (ArcTokyo)
| date=2004-08-27
| publisher=higher-frequency.com}}</ref> Their music also features live instrumentation including [[String instrument|strings]], [[Horn (instrument)|horns]], [[Drum kit|drums]], [[bass guitar|bass]], and [[guitar]].

==History==
St. Werner, from [[Cologne]], and Toma, from [[Düsseldorf]], are childhood friends who were born on the same day and in the same hospital.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.amoshapp.com/film.html
| title=The films of a mishap
| publisher=Amoshapp.com
| access-date=2013-02-13}}</ref> They both experimented with electronic music in the mid 1990s. On earlier recordings, their music was primarily krautrock, dub, techno and ambient, and did not feature vocals, but more recent recordings increasingly include vocals from featured guest artists, many of whom have toured with the duo.

Their first album, ''[[Vulvaland]]'', was released in 1994 on the [[United Kingdom|British]] record label [[Too Pure]]. Sean Cooper of ''[[AllMusic]]'' stated that it is "a wibbly, barely digital match of ambient texturology with experimental strains of techno, dub, and Krautrock."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vulvaland-mw0000644499|title=Vulvaland - Mouse on Mars {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-03-07}}</ref> Their second album, ''[[Iaora Tahiti]]'', has a much more playful feel and encompasses a wider variety of electronic dance genres. Over the years, their sound has increased in warmth, playfulness and what the duo term "fantastic analysis". Their sixth album ''[[Niun Niggung]]'' (released on [[Domino Recording Company|Domino Records]] in 2000), showed live instruments becoming more prominent. ''[[Idiology]]'', their seventh album, continued this practice, and on their eighth album, ''[[Radical Connector]]'', they took more of an accessible "pop" approach; both also increasingly included vocals, primarily from touring drummer Dodo NKishi.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.junkmedia.org/index.php/photos/cud/junkmail.html?i=1322
 |title       = An interview with Mouse on Mars
 |author      = Lee Henderson
 |publisher   = Junkmedia
 |date        = 2004-11-29
 |access-date  = 2013-02-13
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121031040210/http://www.junkmedia.org/index.php/photos/cud/junkmail.html?i=1322
 |archive-date = 2012-10-31
}}</ref>

Mouse on Mars regularly perform live as a three-piece, with Toma & St. Werner augmented by drummer Dodo NKishi. In 2005, they released their first live album, titled ''[[Live 04]]''.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/mouse-on-mars-051206.shtml
| title=Live from Cologne, It's Mouse on Mars
| last=Ohanesian
| first=Liz
| date=2005-12-06
| publisher=[[PopMatters]]
| access-date=2013-02-13}}</ref>

The band released their tenth full album, ''[[Parastrophics]]'', almost six years later, in February 2012. It was their first album to be released under [[Modeselektor]]'s Monkeytown record label. Following this another six years later, the band reunited with [[Thrill Jockey]] to release ''[[Dimensional People]]'' in April 2018.

St. Werner has released solo work under his own name, and as Lithops and Noisemashinetapes.
<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.chickenhed.us/noisemashinetapes
| title=The Noisemashinetapes Archive
| author=Noisemashinetapes by Jan St. Werner
| publisher=Chickenhed.us
| access-date=2013-02-13}}</ref> St. Werner also partners with Markus Popp of [[Oval (band)|Oval]] for [[Microstoria]]. St. Werner has also collaborated with the renowned visual artist [[Rosa Barba]].
While releasing albums on British indie labels, Mouse on Mars started their own label, Sonig, on which they release their own work and that of other German artists. They have also produced a number of EPs and have recorded music for film soundtracks as well as [[remix]]ing the work of other musicians.

In 2018 with the release of the Dimensional People release, the band perform under the name of Dimensional People Ensemble, an ensemble of drums, horns, strings, vocals, and electronic instruments, played by robotics and humanoids.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mouse on Mars: Dimensional People (in Kooperation mit Elbphilharmonie Sommer) |url=https://www.kampnagel.de/en/program/dimensional-people/ |website=Kampnagel |access-date=24 November 2018 |last1=Hamburg |first1=Theater Kampnagel }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Technosphärenklänge #6: Concert and Performance |url=https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/veranstaltung/p_144051.php |website=Haus der Kulturen der Welt |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>

==Collaborations==
Mouse on Mars collaborated in the studio and toured with [[Stereolab]] in the mid 1990s – the results can be heard on Stereolab's ''[[Dots and Loops]]'' album and the associated ''[[Miss Modular]]'' single, and Mouse on Mars' ''[[Cache Cœur Naïf]]'' EP. St. Werner and [[Lætitia Sadier]] have also performed karaoke duets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amoshapp.com/chmo.mp3|title=Radio interview with Mouse on Mars and Laetitia of Stereolab|author=Mouse on Mars plus Amos Happ times Fabio divided by Laetitia Sadler regressed onto Raki Shangles|date=2012-08-05|publisher=amoshapp.com|format=[[MP3]]|access-date=2013-02-13}}</ref> 
 
The duo collaborated with [[Mark E. Smith]] of [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]], firstly on the Wipe That Sound EP in 2004, and then forming the band [[Von Südenfed]] in 2007. Their album is called ''[[Tromatic Reflexxions]]''.<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/album-of-the-week/mouse-on-mars-dimensional-people-lead-album-review/
| title=Carefully Selected Angles: Mouse On Mars' Dimensional People Lead Album Review
| date=12 April 2018
| publisher=[[The Quietus]]
| access-date=2018-04-12}}</ref>

A [[mini album]] was released November 2012, titled ''[[WOW (Mouse on Mars album)|WOW]]''. The album marked the duo's first recorded collaboration with the vocalist Dao Anh Khanh, producer Eric D. Clarke and the punk band, [[Las Kellies]].<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=17485
| title=RA News: Mouse on Mars prep mini-album, WOW
| publisher=[[Resident Advisor]]
| access-date=2013-02-13}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Vulvaland]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Iaora Tahiti]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Autoditacker]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Instrumentals (Mouse on Mars album)|Instrumentals]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Glam (album)|Glam]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Niun Niggung]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Idiology]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Radical Connector]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Varcharz]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Parastrophics]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Dimensional People]]'' (2018)
* ''[[AAI (album)|AAI]]'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherburne, Philip |date=March 1, 2021 |title=Mouse on Mars: ''AAI'' Album Review |work=Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mouse-on-mars-aai/ |access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>

===Live albums===
* 2005 ''[[Live 04]]''

===Mini albums===
* 2012 ''[[WOW (Mouse on Mars album)|WOW]]''

===Collaborations===
* 2007 ''[[Tromatic Reflexxions]]'' (with [[Mark E. Smith]] as Von Südenfed)

===Compilations===
*1994 ''Trance Europe Express – Volume 3 CD 2, track 01: Mouse On Mars – Maus Mobil (6:30)<ref>{{Discogs release|17824|Trance Europe Express 3}}</ref>
*1998 ''1001'' – On ''In Memoriam Gilles Deleuze'' on the label Mille Plateaux
*1998 ''[[Illuminati (The Pastels album)|Illuminati]]'' – a remix album of [[The Pastels]]
* 2003 ''Rost Pocks: The EP Collection''
* 2006 ''[[Silver Monk Time]]'' – a tribute to the monks (29 bands cover the MONKS)<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.playloud.org/silvermonktime.html
| title=7" single monks single
| publisher=play loud! productions}}</ref>
* 2014 ''[[21 Again]] (Collaborations)''

===Singles and EPs===
* 1994 ''Frosch''
* 1995 ''Bib''
* 1995 ''Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber''
* 1997 ''[[Cache Cœur Naïf]]'' (EP)
* 1997 ''Twift''
* 1999 ''[[Pickly Dred Rhizzoms]]'' (EP)
* 1999 ''Distroia''
* 1999 ''Diskdusk''
* 2001 ''Actionist Respoke''
* 2002 ''Agit Itter It''
* 2005 ''Wipe That Sound''
* 2012 ''They Know Your Name''
* 2014 ''Spezmodia''
* 2017 ''[[Synaptics (Mouse on Mars EP)|Synaptics]]'' EP

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mouseonmars.com/ Official Site]
* {{Discogs artist|Mouse On Mars}}
* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p144185}}
* [http://www.sonig.com/ic/page/20/44id/48/artists.html Mouse on Mars] at [[Sonig]] record label
* [http://www.paradical.de/ Paradical.de] – unofficial mouse on mars homepage with extensive discography
* Best Special Effects Winner [https://www.berlinmva.com/official-selection-2/winners-of-bmva-2013/  in Berlin Music Video Awards, 2013]
* [https://www.bandnext.com/bands-like/mouse-on-mars Mouse On Mars on BandNext]
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[[Category:Musical groups from Düsseldorf]]
[[Category:Domino Recording Company artists]]
[[Category:Ipecac Recordings artists]]
[[Category:Too Pure artists]]
[[Category:Rough Trade Records artists]]