From s.f.w.d. Sent Fri, Jan 29th 1999, 02:23
From s.f.w.d. Sent Fri, Jan 29th 1999, 02:23
> Daniel's post woke me up to fact that you have the first and are wondering > about "Quasi-objects" - I had it backwards and was wondering how to express > that the first is not quite as unique sounding - so I'd say, go for it. > The first Matmos strikes me as (just a tiny bit) the kind of record of a > band reflecting their influences and finding their footing, whereas on the > second, they've more clearly found a "voice". > The "voice" is indeed a bit more experimental - I find it has a home-made > quality, not lo-fi, but bolstered by their habit of listing what household > items were used as sound sources, you really feel like you're in the room > watching some guy torture a balloon and loop it (into a funky beat!) with a > sampler. that ballon thing just tops them all. the west is excellent but there's no topping that track... xxxx@xxxxx.xxx icq_12645306 http://www.sonic.net/~brap/