From zimbo Sent Fri, Jan 29th 1999, 03:23
From zimbo Sent Fri, Jan 29th 1999, 03:23
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, sfwd_prod wrote: > > 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... you folks into quasi objects will love the 7" split with piano magic.. good fun! chris.