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From:
Howard Shih
To:
Arthur Purvis
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Date:
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 18:09:03 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Matmost "The West"
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On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Arthur Purvis wrote:
quoted 6 lines Goddamn incredible - one of the most "original" things I've heard in a> 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