Mulu - Filmstar

Mulu's FILMSTAR gets a remix workout. Ism turn in two of them, with the "Schizophrenic Banana Man" mix going for a acid hip-hop line and the "Mos Eisley Cantina" mix going straight to the dancefloor, with some timestretched plaintive calls planted inside. Sonus abstracts the track into some IDM blips and breaks -- quite impressive, even if the vocals take a back seat to the electronics going on in the fore. Andy Gray takes the track into hardhouse territory. A solid effort.

On their FILMSTAR EP, Mulu offer two new tracks alongside the single. While "Filmstar" isn't the strongest track on the album, it does display a rock quality that makes it appealing. "Devil's Torchlight," however, is a better track; it's a jazzy number, with torch song flourishes. "Mrs. Fame" is a lighter, acoustic guitar piece that brings to mind an Astrud Gilberto-type summery vibe. Nice.