"Futura Slut" at George's Meat and Produce for Action Research 20
"Manic Mantis" at 1982"Baby Rat are a collaboration between several dudes, 2 of which can be considered core members (Josh and Ian). Their sound can be described to be somewhat of a mindfuck. What that means is that these young dudes play a style that can only be referred to as Futura Funk. Imagine listening to classic Mega Man tunes played live by a vintage Moog synthesizer and a minimalist drum kit, and every so often, a heady bass guitar and dual keyboard attack. Some of these jams are nothing but static explorations into something far greater than what the group members are capapble of. Other jams sound like Turkish disco with no-wave sensibilities. Thus far the group has not been able to work out ideas into actual songs, mainly because they lack the knowledge or the desire to compose song parts and/or mechanized structure. They improvise and constantly revise ideas until they can read each others baby rat brains. These dudes come from various musical backgrounds and would like their sound to have more than one dimension. So far, they are making progress."-C.H.
