Mosquito Control Music releases their fifth single, “We Came to Play,” from Ep “Side 2,” continuing the nostalgic journey of 80’s and 90’s dance club music combining breakbeat and rock. This song draws from 80’s electro artists like Kraftwerk and Afrika Bambaataa who helped pioneer early Hip Hop embracing the first drum machines and vocal modulation, especially the robot voice. In similar fashion, “We Came to Play,” uses the Roland VT-4 analog vocoder to conjure up the character voice of the “Mosquito” culminating in yet another MCM anthem! This new persona is then manifested through the eyes of children marooned on an island giving into savagery and tribalism in the new music video, featuring scenes from the 1963 adventure-thriller; “Lord of the Flies.”
“We Came to Play,’ follows in the recent success of MCM’s fourth single, “In this Paradox,” which spent 11- weeks on Groovers’ Top 100 charts reaching #24 on the US and #36 on Global. “In this Paradox” pulls from 90’s electro rock and big beat bands like The Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers delivering MCM’s distinct approach of using all guitars instead of keyboards to achieve a vintage vibe with the riffs and bass lines capturing the raw sounds of the era. The foundational element, made of syncopated drum loops from the iconic Roland TR-808, remains digital showcasing their signature 808 bass drum and trademark percussion samples. The music video carries on the paradoxical theme with a classic yet futuristic take on the 1951 Sci-fi thriller “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
The conception of MCM began in 2023, when co-producers, Tim Ganard and Bruce Bouillet were listening to a playlist from 1989 with mixed artists like Egyptian Lover, New Order and The Cult; and set out to create their own brand of high-energy music that melded the spirit of these styles in a new way. Shortly after, Mosquito Control Music emerged as a heavy dance rock project inspired by the all-night clubs of the 80’s when turntables reigned supreme. Deep in the Southern Louisiana swamps, that club was the “Famous Kingfish” which opened every Saturday night at 2am playing Freestyle, EBM, Industrial, Goth and Breakbeat until the Sunday morning sunrise.
In 2024, Mosquito Control released their first single, “Electric Shock!” receiving over 20k streams on Spotify, as well as high praise from the indie press. The breakout music video technique, dubbed “Vintage Movie Collage,” featured the 1930’s Sci-fi horror’s “Frankenstein” and “Bride of Frankenstein” introducing a new means of storytelling by recycling public domain films. The follow up singles, “The Pendulum” and “Negative Space” concluded MCM’s first Ep, “Side 1” with music videos highlighting the 1960’s cult classics “Carnival of Souls” and “The Last Man on Earth.”
MCM begs the question daily, how does Rock music evolve and remain relevant? Does it need to get heavier, more extreme, more electronic, more experimental…maybe all the above? We believe the answer lies with knowing our past before reshaping our future. If history has shown us anything, it’s that styles come and go, but they can always be reimagined and fused in a fresh way, and that is the driving force behind Mosquito Control Music.
In 1994, while managing a Public Storage facility in Van Nuys. CA, Tim Ganard met Bruce Bouilliet building his first recording studio. At that time, Bruce was placing aside his own bands, Racer-X and The Scream to focus on his engineering skills. Over the next few years, Bruce produced and recorded many local artists including Tim’s band “Wingnut Supreme” landing them an indie deal in 1995 with T.O.N. Records Hollywood. His band toured the US via William Morris Agency in support of their single “Status Quo,” playing with Sick of it All, Unsane, Bloodlet and Speedealer as well as showcasing SXSW in 1997.
In 1999, Wingnut Supreme disbanded, leaving the duo to start a new project, “American Murder,” signing with Elektra Records in 2001 just after the 911 terrorist attacks. “American Murder” respectfully changed their name to “Epidemic” coproducing their debut LP with Rick Parashar at legendary, London Bridge Studios in Seattle, WA. A Famous Publishing deal followed as their self-titled album reached #11 on CMJ’s Loud Rock Charts and their single “Walk Away,” reached #34 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Charts. “Walk Away” was also placed on EA Sports Madden NFL 2003 while the band toured the US and Canada with Nickelback, Jerry Cantrell, Seether and Breaking Benjamin. The band stayed on the road through 2003 playing festivals with bands like Rob Zombie, P.O.D., Hatebreed and Kittie, before writing and producing a new album “Dilemma,” which was never released.
During the next 20 years, Bruce went on to write and release several solo albums and formed the Bottomdwellerz who collaborated with George Clinton for their single “Lap of Luxury.” Bouillet toured with Paul Gilbert and Racer-X on G3 tour and won a Grammy for his work with Bob Kulick recording, and mixing Motörhead's cover of "Whiplash". Meanwhile, Ganard founded “The Mudbug Brass Band” in 2011, performing New Orleans Jazz and Funk for a decade in Southern Cali, charting twice on the Roots Music Report. In 2023, Bruce and Tim finally reconnected and M.C.M. was born.
The Kingfish Experience!
it is 1:00am on a Saturday night in Southern Louisiana and you’re excited for the bars to close. Why is that? You’re going fishing! Not just any type of fishing…Kingfishin’! The year is 1989, and you might be on the strip or coming in from out of town, but as you leave the city lights of Lafayette towards Breaux Bridge, the excitement quickly builds. Soon, you turn on to Lake Martin Road and for most it looks like nothing is out this way except swamps. All of a sudden, cars appear on the side of the road and like out of a movie, it opens to a packed parking lot. In the distance is the Kingfish sign on a huge warehouse and you turn in to barely find a spot. You hear the thumping of the music inside as you jump out of the car and hurry to the line at the door. It’s past 2:00am now and the bars are closed, but you can bring in an ice chest of whatever you need, alcohol included! You pay the $20 cover and walk in to an immediate rush! You hear something like “Welcome, My name is Gino” and you say, I love this song! You find a spot on the rail or the dance floor and start moving to “Din Daa Daa” and “Blue Monday”. An hour passes like the blink of an eye and right on cue the DJ drops “New York, New York, New York!! You scream and your head starts spinning. This time, you don’t have to say you love this song, because everybody loves this song! Now you are rolling and get lost in “Rigormortis”, and then SU-GAR, Desire, SU-GAR! The minutes turn into hours while “Security” and “Computer Music” zone you out and you hope this never ends! At that point, you turn to someone for the time and right then, “Wild Flower”, erupts! The heavier songs arrive like “Headhunter” and “Join in the Chant” and you dig in even harder! You ride it out for another hour or so until “Fascination street” starts your descent. The pace slows to a grind and finally Morrissey sings…”I am the son, I am the heir,” but you prophetically hear “I am the sun, I am the air” and that’s when you notice the break of dawn through the window. Everyone crawls out into the parking lot sunrise and wishes it was next Saturday already. WOW! What a trip!
