Richard Youngs & Simon Wickham-Smith, Kretinmuzak (CD)

Some of the later Richard Youngs & Simon Wickham-Smith records seemed to focus on a single aspect of their work. Pulse of the Rooster (my favorite R!!! & S!!! album) is their closest approximation of "pop" music, while Enedkeg has slowly evolving side-long tracks. Kretinmuzak dates from their early years (1993), when they seemed to want to fit everything on to one CD. There are some short chaotic bits alongside longer, more slowly evolving pieces. In general, it features more of their bizarre sound work and less of their melodic ideas. "Nice", while not particularly melodic, is one of their most memorable songs, with them chanting in unison about vegetables they'd like to eat.