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 "For the first volume of our new “Techno” series, Mi Ami take a lateral step away from the visceral punch of their live show toward something almost purely electronic. Using Shackleton’s now-seminal “Blood On My Hands” as a source/jumping-off point, “Towers Fall” marries the band’s slowly unfolding polyrhythmic grooves and washes of oceanic bass to a long-form synth-and-drum machines workout. “Towers Fall (Cassette Mix)” — perhaps best seen as a dub-style ‘version’ rather than a traditional remix — revels in beats dirtier and more acid-tinged, but still indebted to the past twenty years of the dancefloor diaspora: Chicago house, Berlin minimal, U.K. dubstep — “techno”, however you define it." http://hossrecords.com/blog/
"Bands bereft of ambition, watch how Mi Ami continue taking it to the next level, and repent of your sinful ways. When you start down the path of creation, you shouldn’t dare settling for less, least the furious Gods decide to reincarnate you into a wingless insect in a garden full of hungry birds the next time you’re around. In their Towers Fall 12 in Hoss Records they homestead misty lands where the boundaries between dub techno ruminations, kosmische astrology, Ike Yard post punk blitzkrieg and acid house voodoo blur and meld into a lumbering colossus of flaming eyes and an attitude to boot. Whole landscapes are reshaped with the pulse of a rumbling bassline, rivers steered off their course following the mesmerising radiations of a synthetic piper, forests grow in the flicker of an eye to accommodate a tribe of little humans worshipping at the feet of a menacing totem, these are the heart-rending images that their primeval music summons, like sitting in the shoulder of God while he plays Populous in HD 3D total surround soundsystem styles. Now this is shock and awe, in slow motion."
http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk/wordpress/2009/07/16/step-by-step/
"Hoss is a newish label that are working with eclectic minded bands (Excepter, Lichens, WZT Hearts, Ecstatic Sunshine, Jason Forest, etc.) for limited edition vinyl releases where the artists are encouraged to really push and expand a side of their musical DNA in a way that they haven't before. So it makes perfect sense that they reeled in San Francisco's Mi Ami to launch their new "techno" series, which allows Mi Ami the opportunity to fully indulge in their love of techno and craft some serious dance floor burners. We hope Mi Ami keep exploring this side as they really understand how to weave an array of dance/electronic influences into such a fresh and eclectic sound. This is not the screamy/punky side of Mi Ami, instead Towers Fall finds the boys crafting a truly unique slice of electronica that somehow fuses the Berlin school, Chicago and Detroit house and even dubstep, without sounding stale, retro or rehashed. Each side of this 12" is about 10 minutes long, giving the tracks space to breathe and sprawl so nicely. Recommended." http://www.aquariusrecords.org/
purchase: http://www.dischord.com/release/hoss15 http://www.aquariusrecords.org http://hossrecords.com/store/index.html
http://www.insound.com/Mi_Ami_Towers_Fall_12inch/productmain/p/ins61954/
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