Long Play: Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse on Mars - "Spatial, No Problem" Listening Event [UPSTAIRS]
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About This Event
A Long Play listening event upstairs at Public Records presents Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mouse on Mars, titled "Spatial, No Problem." Perry's pioneering dub production and studio techniques, alongside Mouse on Mars's mix of IDM, dub, krautrock and analog synthesis, frame the evening as an examination of studio-centered approaches to rhythm and sonic texture.
About Spatial, No Problem
At Public Records, *Spatial, No Problem* appears as a Long Play listening session that stages a dialogue between Lee “Scratch” Perry’s dub-era studio logic and Mouse on Mars’s electronic practice. The program treats spatial sound as a compositional tool, tracing how delay, collage, and analog synthesis reshape a room’s perception of rhythm. If this marks a New York presentation of the pairing, it lands as a small piece of local premiere history within the city’s ongoing listening-culture revival. One clear point emerges: the “performance” is the mix itself.
About the Artists
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee “Scratch” Perry was a Jamaican producer, songwriter, and vocalist whose work helped define dub through radical studio editing, tape manipulation, and effects-driven remixing. His catalog moves through reggae, rocksteady, ska, and later crossovers with artists ranging from Bob Marley and the Wailers to the Clash and the Beastie Boys.
Mouse on Mars
Mouse on Mars is the German electronic duo of Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, active since the early 1990s. Their work moves between IDM, dub, krautrock, and glitch, shaped by analog synthesis, dense modulation, and occasional live instrumentation alongside electronics.