[idm] Fwd: Matador Upcoming Releases

From Pietro
Sent Tue, May 30th 2000, 23:22

Some press notes that will/should please
some of you. 2000 looks to be a solid year
for Matador --Pole/Jega/BoC being my top
three. Check out www.matador.recs.com
for more..

>*J U N E*
>20        POLE 3    =20
>Another installment in the brilliant recording career of=20
>German vinyl-cutter Stefan Betke, whose records are among the=20
>most acclaimed electronic releases of recent years.   Built=20
>around abstract, irregular rhythms emitted by defective=20
>equipment (i.e. "noise"), Betke adds dub bass, frugal=20
>melodies, echoes, and loops and crafts gorgeous soundscapes=20
>as fleshy as they are cerebral.  On 3, he flirts with=20
>percussion and almost gets funky.

>25        JIMI TENOR Out Of Nowhere    =20
>Jimi Tenor--pop star, Tenorwear proprietor, toast of=20
>Barcelona--has been called "the Elton John of Jazz" and "the=20
>Barry White of Finland," and has been compared to Sun Ra,=20
>Curtis Mayfield, Tom Waits, and Gary Glitter  in the same=20
>breath.  His 5th solo album is a major work, employing a 55-
>piece orchestra for a drum machine & sample-free product,=20
>though it=92s as freewheeling and mischievous as Jimi himself.

>*A U G U S T*
>15        COUCH Fantasy    =20
>The first domestic release for this remarkable album,=20
>released last year on the German label Kitty-Yo (Tarwater,=20
>Tied and Tickled Trio).  Couch are an instrumental Munich=20
>band with definite krautrock and after-rock vibes, but a=20
>genuinely distinctive sound; it=92s one of the most likeable=20
>records we=92ve put out in a long time.  NME says:  "Fantasy is=20
>Couch=92s 3rd album of elegant, electronically-enhanced analog=20
>instrumentals, taking us on a journey of warmth & depth=20
>without the utterance of a word." Look for a new Couch CD on=20
>Matador in early =9101.
>
>29        THE WISDOM OF HARRY House Of Binary   =20
>Words like "cinematic" and "minimalist" have been used to=20
>describe prior recordings by Pete Astor's The Wisdom Of=20
>Harry, but if you put them together all you have is a movie=20
>theatre without air conditioning. On House Of Binary, Astor=20
>combines his moody lyrical bent with even moodier music=20
>(think The The), but please=97there's nothing =91experimental=92=20
>about a band that nails it every time.

>*S E P T E M B E R*
>12        JEGA Geometry    =20
>This followup to 1998=92s Spectrum (released on Matador last=20
>year) is another wild conglomeration of styles, drum =91n=92 bass=20
>to jazz to ambient to jungle to funk to hardcore=85and back. =20
>Comparisons to fellow sonic extremists might happen if Dylan=20
>Nathan (aka Jega) stopped long enough to invite them.

>COMING SOON--NON PHIXION, PIZZICATO FIVE, MOUNT FLORIDA,=20
>LESSER, BOARDS OF CANADA, CAT POWER & MORE!!

Pietro.
//np-- Oval --Ovalprocess.
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