"In November of 2001 my band Figurine went on a short tour of Germany with Lali Puna. Our label there, Monika, set us up with a driver to get from show to show. She only brought three or four tapes to listen to on the drives, mostly techno. I'd never paid much attention to dancefloor oriented electronic music, but listening to the same tapes over and over again (especially Kompakt's pop-leaning Total 3 and some 7"s on Parfum) while driving through Germany made a giant impression on me.
So this record was supposed to be an extra melodic, minimal techno record with some sparse vocals, but my technopop tendencies got the best of me, the songs slowly filled up, and this is what I ended up with. It's called Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake because that's what I kept chanting to the beat while I worked on the tracks.
John Tejada (Palette Recordings) helped me along the way, adding sounds to some of the songs, helping write and arrange a few and then mixing everything in the end. Sonya Westcott (Arthur and Yu) sang with me on "55566688833", Morgan Nagler (Whispertown 2000) contributed some lyrics and vocals to „Pretend It's A Race And I'm On Your Side", Erlend Oye (Kings of Convenience, Whitest Boy Alive) sang some words written by designer/animator/poet Geoff McFetridge on "All The Way To China" and Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service) sang with me on „You Again". I think that's all you need to know before you listen to the record, hope you like it!
With Love, James Figurine "

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Wycieczka szefa zespołu Figurine w świat elektroniki.



James Figurine to pseudnim artystyczny amerykańskiego artysty Jimmy Tamborello (DNTEL, Postal Service), którego używa tylko w swoim zespole Figurine, który kilka lat temu nagrał płytę dla berlińskiego labelu Monika.

"Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake" to album electro w całkowicie nowym znaczeniu tego słowa, na którym avant-popowe melodie łączą się z minimal-techno i poszukującą elektroniką.

W nagrywaniu pomagali min. John Tejada (Palette Recordings), który także zmiksował całą płytę, Sonya Westcott (Arthur And Yu), śpiewająca w utworze „55566688833", Morgan Nagler (Whispertown 2000), który użyczył swoich tekstów oraz Erlend Řye (Kings Of Convenience) i Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley).



a oto, co sam James figurine ma do powiedzenia o tej płycie:



"In November of 2001 my band Figurine went on a short tour of Germany with Lali Puna. Our label there, Monika, set us up with a driver to get from show to show. She only brought three or four tapes to listen to on the drives, mostly techno. I'd never paid much attention to dancefloor oriented electronic music, but listening to the same tapes over and over again (especially Kompakt's pop-leaning Total 3 and some 7"s on Parfum) while driving through Germany made a giant impression on me.

So this record was supposed to be an extra melodic, minimal techno record with some sparse vocals, but my technopop tendencies got the best of me, the songs slowly filled up, and this is what I ended up with. It's called Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake because that's what I kept chanting to the beat while I worked on the tracks.

John Tejada (Palette Recordings) helped me along the way, adding sounds to some of the songs, helping write and arrange a few and then mixing everything in the end. Sonya Westcott (Arthur.......
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