tromatic reflexxions is the debut album by von sudenfed, the trio formed by andi thoma & jan st werner from mouse on mars & the falls legendary frontman mark e smith. this album combines the genre-smashing attack of early-millennia club music with mark e smiths free-associating visionary wordplay. on flooded, the stuttering, garage-inflected beats and the sub-bass that comes warping out of them fit marks furious / triumphant vocal like they grew up together. its typical of the way tromatic reflexxions sounds like the work of a group unlike the results of all too many producer-singer collaborations, where the vocals sound like phoned-in afterthoughts to fill a voice shaped blank. but as tromatic reflexxions unfolds, the word group becomes inadequate. this isnt a standard set-up with musician a on instrument a and musician b on instrument b. the riffs and rhythms come together from so many different places, with synths, samplers and sequencers all firing off. its not a band; its a free-flowing collectivist dance generator a futurist sound system. on domino
