On their debut album Paul Schneider and Stefan Jungmayer aka MUM defeat the laws of gravity as well as the frontiers of genres. Everything that fits into MUM's smart and swinging beats-zone, all they have learnt in years of experience - it's right in there. Selected snippets of sounds are processed through MUM's very own style-blender, polished up and reinserted into the groove-machine. From a universe built around Jazz, Funk, Hip Hop, Electro and anything else that strikes their fancy, MUM pull their ingredients and join them up to create their strangely hypnotic, danceable and modern-sounding tracks - velvety soundtracks for imaginary films that will conjur up pulsating micro-epics in your head. MUM's first full-length album marks a logical progression from secret undergrond hits like "Let The Peace Come On", "Duke Cut" and the Funk-inflicted reworkings of Klein Records labelmates like SOFA SURFERS, PLANET E and TOXIC LOUNGE. MUM's balanced mix of serious musicianship and the pure fun of jamming has been acknowledged by a range of international and Austrian labels who included MUM's tracks on various compilations. Even though they are white themselves, MUM's common musical denominator is black music, i.e. soul, funk and jazz. Their debut album seems to be travelling through a constantly transforming world of moods and emotions. Sexy tracks featuring melting female voices are combined with swinging party grooves and clunky, dynamic organ licks straight out of a beat club from the sixties. Hawaiian guitars are hovering airily above dark strings and clever song structures, while tender fragments of melodies collide with slamming bass and bone-dry beats. Their is an air of unburdened easy which will fill the dancefloors and transform any living-room into a dancehall, especially in tracks like CAUGHT LIKE A TROUT or ZERO GRAVITY. But just around the corner, cuts like LET THE PEACE COME ON, KRONOS and MISS DEFIED dive into deeper, darker places. Every single one of these mood swings is perfectly and elegantly orchestrated. Stories, short-films and documentaries made entirely out of sound, it's beats-communication for the advanced listener. There's no need to try and look beyond a clutter of clichés here - those who are looking for slick coolness and tasteful sugar-coatings are going to be thoroughly disappointed. Progressive, funky and unique, MUM join the international beats scene right at the front of the queue.