On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, M Mercer wrote:
quoted 2 lines "for felix" maintains the same level of outlandish strangeness (and beauty)> "for felix" maintains the same level of outlandish strangeness (and beauty)
> as most of "the west".
I wouldn't necessarily compare _Cut_ with _The West_, other than the fact
that they are both concept albums which come across as genre studies (and,
incidentally, great as well). Well, I take that back- both of them
demonstrate how Matmos can make conceptualism work for them (as opposed to
being a gimmick or straitjacket- I wish that Firework Edition and Aube
records had somewhere near the same success rate). Has anybody delved into
the fact that the very studio trickery being used to create _Cut_ mirrors
the practice of plastic surgery (who is the better doctor, the wielder of
Britney Spears' scalpel or the poor sod who has to nip and tuck her vocal
"nuances")? It's a nice touch that adds depth to the meaning of the
album's title (or vice versa).
If "For Felix" is a revelation, you should track down stuff by some of the
conceptual art musicians and just plain out-there improvisors who have
fashioned a post-Fluxus tradition out of similar-minded musical practices-
people like the Het Apollohuis folk (Paul Panhuysen's now-defunct Dutch
art space- check out the _Echo II_ compilation on their own label), Limpe
Fuchs & Anima (improvisational weirdness that grew like huitlacoche off of
the corn cob of free improv) or even the "cracked everyday electronics" of
Voice Crack.
And speaking of Fluxus, the Joe Jones CD on ? Records is baaaaadass, like
a solar-powered automaton of post-AMM scrapings.
-rob
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