John Maus

Alternative pop musician John Maus will perform in Riga on November 13 at the "Tu jau zini Kur" concert hall. (Tallinas iela 10-3) the American alternative pop musician John Maus will perform. The concert is organized by the association "Skaņu mežs", and tickets can be purchased at www.bilesuserviss.lv. The price of the first fifty tickets is 22 EUR. Start of the event: 20:00. John Maus creates satirical, irreverent synthpop with unmistakable references to eighties pop culture. Mauss is a PhD candidate in political philosophy and has also studied music composition. The most striking feature of his music is an unmediated emotional pathos, which is hard not to feel, even though many of his songs have done everything to make it impossible to take them seriously. The newspaper "The New York Times" has called Maus a "peculiar pop star", and the music criticism portal "Pitchfork" - a "stupendous intellectual". Finally, the media "NASTY Magazine" writes the following: "Clearly, the phrase 'cult musician' has been overused. But for John Mouse, you can't help but use it." On the other hand, the media "Slant Magazine", which described Maus's work as inaccessible and extremely pretentious, finally admits: "It's really shitty music." The website "Drowned in Sound" compared Maus's singing to "defecation through the mouth", and somewhere in the middle of this glossy publicity marathon, he was also recognized as "surprisingly more annoying than even the singer Ariel Pink". It is perhaps Maus's reckless balancing act between talent and sloppiness, as well as frivolity and depth, that convinces the positive critics and devoted fans. Although there are echoes of his interest in philosophy and music history in Maus's music, it is precisely the most nonsensical pieces that paradoxically appeal to listeners the most. It is safe to say that the less Maus tries to convince the audience that he is special, the more he succeeds. The aforementioned publication "The New York Times" writes as follows: "The songs that Maus creates are a kind of fantasy about the synthpop of the eighties, which tends to border on parodies. Dozens of artists in the so-called "chillave" or "glo-fi" subgenres are just as fascinated by the era's drum machines, icy-sounding synthesizer chords, and doom-filled, shrill vocals as Mauss. But Maus differs from them because he can hear Gregorian chants in "new wave" music." In published interviews, Mauss is often described as an impulsive, feverish speaker full of ideas. In a conversation with Sam Richards, a journalist from "The Guardian", he said the following words, which probably explain the consistently absurd mood of his music: "We live in a world where the circulation of information is faster and wider than ever. But all this circulation provides is nonsense. We just play with our smartphones, send messages back and forth, and say absolutely nothing with them.” John Mouse's live performances have been described as 'infamous', 'wild' and 'exalted', while his communication with fans - as graceful and generous. Ticket information The first fifty tickets can be purchased at the ticket office and on the website for 22 EUR. Their price will subsequently rise to 26 EUR. Finally, tickets will cost 30 EUR at the entrance.

Entrance tickets for this event are available in different price groups. Price groups do not differ in terms of content and quality. Please buy the cheapest tickets first. You can attend the event: there is no age limit
Language of the event: English
Free entry: up to 7 years of age
Duration of the event: ~2h
Entrance to the event: from 19:00
Place for a person with a disability in a wheelchair: no
Discount for a person with a disability in a wheelchair: no

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