{"product_id":"mantasy-1","title":"Mantasy","description":"Released in 2004, Touch -- Michael Mayer's first production album -- was pieced together, closer to a compilation than a single statement. Portions of it were rushed. Mantasy, made during the course of seven months, is more unified and reflects the Kompakt leader's infatuation with a broad range of film music. After the twinkling melancholia of \"Sully,\" the album makes like the early portion of a Mayer DJ set, with alternately clumpy and jumpy rhythms -- inhibited yet somewhat cartoonish -- fostering a sense of anticipation. \"Mantasy\" itself, stern and chugging yet spacious, comes off like a Moroder-ik version of his 2003 single \"Privat.\" Although it starts with the kind of chipper mallet work made for television-style \"breaking news flashes,\" \"Voigt Kampff Test\" is comparatively brute, anchored in deep, rippling bass worthy of an acid house monster. Most surprising is \"Rudi Was a Punk,\" named after Mayer's uncle; while there's some electric guitar in the mix, the track gambols along with yet more mallet work along with baritone sax-like blurts that could have been swiped from a Morphine record. At the other end, the track that is closest to straightforward is the closing \"Good Times,\" a house throwback with clicking synthetic percussion, rolling piano, and disco strings. The only cut with a vocal -- WhoMadeWho's Jeppe Kjellberg does the simple\/effective honors -- it breaks the album's somewhat isolated feel, but then some of the most memorable soundtracks are all instrumental and contemplative, save for that one big song with a vocal. Going into this with no expectations should prove to be beneficial. ~ Andy Kellman","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49484886442271,"sku":"880319072239","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/b2d0f81cc9e335b62251cbdd820389d4.jpg?v=1777851820","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/mantasy-1","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}