ocr: 1994's Mars Audiac Quartet was a tine record, but it struck more than a tew tans as being a retread of their masterpiece, '93's Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements. Though Emperor Tomato Ketchup contains everything their fans have come to expect by now-burbling synths, Laetitia Sadier's lush, obscure French vocals and their trademark staccato tempos enough new elements have been mixed in to prove that the band hasn't stopped mapping uncharted soundscapes. The strings on ybeles Reverie, the Jon Hassell-ish trumpet on Percolator" and the angry bursts of guitar on "The Noise of Carpe ...
