From Bob Bannister Sent Thu, Jan 28th 1999, 06:00
From Bob Bannister Sent Thu, Jan 28th 1999, 06:00
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. All in all nothing like the Disc stuff, by the way, although I've found "Brave2Ep" has moments of real beauty and engaging listening (I've got to give the one with KK Null another spin and haven't heard the other) - for those who haven't heard any Disc, it ups the ante on Oval about ten-fold in terms of CD mangling/manipulation. - not to get into a big theoretical debate but it seems like, compared to Disc, Popp is using the digital manipulations as a means towards an end, whereas with Disc, it is the end. Sony's going to strangle them if they ever see that logo. And apologies for totally omitting Omnibot in my description of the split "UnAmerican Activity" EP with Kid606 - probably because I haven't hear of him (could someone fill me in?) and thought it was just some weird shit they wrote on the spine. Looking at the CD surface itself, it seems like Omnibot has the first five tracks and "kid" the remainder. Bob -----Original Message----- From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [SMTP:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 10:53 PM To: Sean McGonagle Cc: 'xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx' Subject: Re: (idm) Matmos quasi objects is just strange. I find the concept behind the album interesting though. However, the first CD and the west are much better. That isn't to say quasi objects is bad. It is just experimental and odd. -daniel On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Sean McGonagle wrote: > Wondering if someone could compare their first release with "Quasi-Objects" > for me... > > I'm looking into buying "Quasi-Objects" . . .but is it very similar? > Harsher? More melodic? > > .... and I've heard their recent release under the moniker "Disc".... > that's just plain silly. > > take care, > sean. > > np: Thurston Moore :: "RooT" >