# The Mabuses

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**The Mabuses** is a band which formed in London in 1991 and released three albums to considerable critical acclaim[citation needed]. Led by the enigmatic Kim Fahy, the Mabuses offer music which mixes pop sensibilities with more esoteric concerns such as film and literature. The name "Mabuses" is a tribute to the [Fritz Lang](/source/Fritz_Lang) film trilogy about a master criminal called [Dr. Mabuse](/source/Dr._Mabuse). Lyrically and musically, their recordings can be described as modern [psychedelia](/source/Psychedelia).

"The Mabuses is supremely idealistic pop, cut according to the belief that the form should entice, baffle and ruffle rather than provide a readily assimilable template. Fahy's rhythmic/melodic charge is rooted in folk-derived Brit-pop, the kind that typified 1967's [psychedelic](/source/Psychedelic_music) headcharge, a.k.a. [Syd Barrett](/source/Syd_Barrett)'s Pink Floyd and the [Soft Machine](/source/Soft_Machine), with that nursery rhyme loopiness – whimsy and surrealism simultaneously, all strangeness, quirk and charm – where nothing is quite as it seems." (Martin Aston – College Music Journal)

In 2007, an album of new material entitled *Mabused!* was released.[1] It featured guitarist [John Valentine Carruthers](/source/John_Valentine_Carruthers) (previously of [Siouxsie and the Banshees](/source/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees)) who co-composed several songs with Fahy. *[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))* rated it 7.2 out of ten, saying "*Mabused* welcomes a brave new world".[2] [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) rated it four out of five stars, qualifying it as "compelling".[3]

## Discography

- 1991: *Mabuses* ([Rough Trade Records](/source/Rough_Trade_Records))
- 1994: *Melbourne Method* ([Rough Trade Records](/source/Rough_Trade_Records))
- 2007: *Mabused!* ([Magpie Records](/source/Magpie_Records))

## References

1. ["Stream The Mabuses' Mabused"](https://www.stereogum.com/6038/stream_the_mabuses_mabused/news/). Stereogum. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-07. ["Return of the Mabuses – WFMU's Beware of the Blog"](http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/09/return-of-the-m.html). Blog.wfmu.org. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

1. ["Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The Mabuses: Mabused"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080924153731/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45505-mabused). Pitchforkmedia.com. 2007-10-03. Archived from [the original](http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45505-mabused) on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

1. ["The Mabuses: Mabused"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mabused%21-mw0000485475). AllMusic. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

## External links

- [http://www.themabuses.com](http://www.themabuses.com)

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