Re: (idm) Matmost "The West"

From Howard Shih
Sent Tue, Jul 20th 1999, 23:09

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Arthur Purvis wrote:

> Goddamn incredible - one of the most "original" things I've heard in a
> while.  Matmos take lots of live steel guitar (occasionally slide), bass,
> violin, drums etc and tweak and twist it all into something entirely...
> other.  Almost like a western movie soundtrack, but really so far...  so
> many sounds and noises I can't even go into it.  The blend of
> electronics/acoustics is totally seamless - look into it.

Agreed! You should also try and catch 'em + LSR while they're still on
tour. I caught their live in-store improv at Mondo Kim's the other night
and it had some pretty fine moments like when Martin of Matmos started
rubbing a contact mike over his hair... Forgot to ask what the hell they
were running on their laptop G3 though.

Howie