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Folky Pop | Pop Crossover

10 tracks | 46 minutes

Released Nov 2002
on FWD

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These Austin, Tx. improv masters avoid the genre bin and mix big bass and drums with sensitive strings, sax attacks and soothing vocals.

Editorial review

Mastica is a trio consisting of drummer Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Mr. Mister, XTC), bassist/cellist/singer Gum B. (Poi Dog Pondering, Alejandro Escovedo), and a young reed player and singer named Monkey (Baboon Orchestra). The combined pedigrees of these musicians might lead you to expect something deeply weird, and you'd be right, but it's all weird in the best way: challenging and unpredictable, yet never willfully difficult. Mastelotto's drumming combines textural invention with meat-and-potatoes beats, while Monkey's various reed instruments alternately twine through the mix and create layers of atmosphere within each arrangement. Gum B.'s contributions aren't always easily distinguishable from the electronic sounds and manipulated samples that are stacked floor-to-ceiling on each track, but occasionally (as on the untitled hidden track at program's end) his gutbucket bass takes front and center, and at other times his cello will suddenly become clearly audible in the mix. Highlight tracks include the complex and lovely "Crescent Moon" as well as "Prison," which is built around samples from an old Alan Lomax field recording. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

from David Lynch @ The Austin Chronicle

On '99, local warehouse pop trio Mastica offers up an inviting selection of uniquely phrased, definitely not-Top 40 original music. The Austin three-piece is gumB on bass, cello, mandocello, and vox; munkE on bontempi, guitar, reeds, and vox; and p@ (Pat Mastelotto) on drums and knobs. If you haven't heard of the gumB / munkE husband-wife team, chances are you've heard Mastelotto's drums, either with King Crimson, or in one of his many hired-gun sessions with everyone from Patti LaBelle to XTC. Mastica's debut benefits from three things: cool songs, intrepid experimentation on atypical instruments, and a Tom Waits-like ruff sonic patina, like "Crescent Moon," which has a Morphinesque ride that ends with an impromptu implosion. In spite of pockets of overused melodies, gumB and munkE's singing delivers David Sylvian introspection and Veruca Salt extroversion.