Excepts from the interview at spaced.co.uk (under Features):
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Not content with producing one of the albums of the year so far, Matthew has
also been busy writing a musical manifesto, PCCOM (Personal Contract For the
Composition Of Music) that draws parallels with Dogma in cinema.
'It's a bit more liberating than Dogma,' says Matthew matter of factly. 'The
basic principles are that you are not allowed to use any sounds that have
been used before. So that eliminates drum machines and keyboard presets, you
have to generate your own sounds. The sampling of other people's music is
also strictly forbidden. When I start a new track I have to have new sounds
and these must come from my surrounding environment or wherever I take
inspiration from.'
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This may sound like a recipe for cacophony but do not fear - there is a
perfect logic to Matthew's madness. 'One of the songs on the album, You Saw
It All, features the vocals of part-time Leila collaborator, Luca Santucci.
It's about losing your sight and all the percussion that you hear is taken
from laser eye surgery recorded in San Francisco.'
On another track, Foreign Bodies Matthew has got people to send in sounds of
their own bodily functions to his website. 'It was great,' continues
Matthew. 'I didn't know what to expect but the results were amazing. People
cracking their necks and their knees and what have you. Martin from the band
Matmos sent in a sample of his blood going round his body...he's got really
funky blood. It's got a really amazing skip in it and what's so exciting is
that it is totally unique...totally unique.'
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