Mongolia represents the solemn side of Wilson's musical schizophrenia. Originally the project was very dark and experimental, inspired by bands like This Heat and Joy Division. Wilson recorded an unreleased album in 2004 entitled “Disequilibrium” under the Mongolia moniker. The album, recorded entirely on cassette four-track, is murky, tense and apocalyptic, with dissonant guitars, radio noises and metallic polyrhythms that sound like they come from another dimension. Some tracks may be found on the Paper Hat site. The original project has been renamed War of Nerves. A follow-up album was half-finished and then scrapped due to technological breakdown.
The Mongolia moniker was set aside for a year and a half while Wilson focused on his many other projects, but re-emerged in 2005 with two new songs and an entirely revamped sound. Wilson recorded “Macquarie Island” and “Rainy Tangled Lanes,” which had a much more accessible and expansive pop sound, with bells, pianos and sound effects. Mongolia's primary influences include Brian Eno, Leonard Cohen, slowcore (Idaho, Bedhead, Low), Big Star and Magnetic Fields. More material was written while Wilson lived in Japan in the fall of 2006, and “Hey Sunflower” was recorded in the spring of 2007, adding another new element to the project's expanding palette of sounds – a Japanese koto. In May 2007, Mongolia played its first live set with Jade Stephens (bass) and Brian Hedgepeth (drums), both from Wilson's band Warm Erasers. Upon graduation from college in 2007, Wilson returned to his hometown of Dallas, TX and spent most of 2007 and early 2008 working on the first Exploding Schoolgirls album “Feast of Excited Insects.”
In 2008, the project transformed into a full band, adding Bradford Jackson (formerly of Land and Station) on drums, David Swift (formerly of Johnny Blackmouth) on guitar and vocals and part-time member Connor Stratman on guitar. Wilson plays bass and sings. Swift and Wilson had been playing together off and on for the past year, and Swift and Jackson attended the University of Texas at Dallas together and played in the band Soyuz Union. Stratman, a former student of Wilson's at a summer program many years ago, played with the band over the summer and plans to perform with the band whenever he's not in Illinois attending college. The band has spent the summer honing their spacious live sound and expanding their increasingly large repertoire of songs – which also includes songs from other Wilson projects. Hayley Young joined the band on violin and keyboard in October, and the band's sound continued to grow. The band has also commenced the recording of all new tracks, with plans to begin work on an album.
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TORTUGA BAR - STORM EP (VIERSIEBEN RECORDS/FINETUNES) OUT NOW!
This online EP release (5 Tracks & Artwork) is not just an appetizer for the album which follows on June 26 - among the album versions of "Storm" (feat. Evan Dando) and "Feel the Love" it contains a remix of "Storm", made by labelmates Monocular, the track "Cavallo Pazzo (Song For Mondo Fumatore To Sing)" feat. Werner Kureinski, former member of Aheads and "Do It Right", a nice version of the Daniel Johnston song performed by Tortuga Bar and Navel.
(VierSieben Records/ AL!VE/ Plastic Head UK ) out now!
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...filigree and athmospheric electrosounds, combined with the charismatic vocals of the singer Nic Koray, all in all creating an extraordinarily melancholic and thought-provoking music having no equal...
"Somewhere On The Line is the best debut album in the widened Trip-Hop-Genre since Goldfrapps legendary Felt Mountain" (Zillo Magazine 03/09)
We are very proud to announce, that Monocular s "Water Shape EP" is available at your favorite Online-Store now.
Containing the single "Water Shape" from the forthcoming album "Somewhere On The Line" (April 03, 2009 VierSieben Records/Alive) and three non-album tracks ("Consequence", "To Admire The Life", "Ravenclaw"), it is definitely a must have for all fans of filigree and athmospheric electrosounds.
Where bands like Lamb or Frou Frou left a gap in the late 90s and early 21st century, Monocular redefined the sound and set new standards in developing their complex music by connecting charismatic vocals with entrancing soundscapes.
Hey there Mongolia, thanks for the add! You are now on the new Clubstr Music Calendar - now the best music calendar in the DFW area. Fans can put in their zipcode and genre to find all the shows near them or go right to www. Clubstr. com/DallasTX. There's a version right on our myspace as well.
Upload a sample track, and people will hear your music right on the calendar!
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