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.
All in all nothing like the Disc stuff, by the way, although I've found
"Brave2Ep" has moments of real beauty and engaging listening (I've got to
give the one with KK Null another spin and haven't heard the other) - for
those who haven't heard any Disc, it ups the ante on Oval about ten-fold in
terms of CD mangling/manipulation. - not to get into a big theoretical
debate but it seems like, compared to Disc, Popp is using the digital
manipulations as a means towards an end, whereas with Disc, it is the end.
Sony's going to strangle them if they ever see that logo.
And apologies for totally omitting Omnibot in my description of the split
"UnAmerican Activity" EP with Kid606 - probably because I haven't hear of
him (could someone fill me in?) and thought it was just some weird shit
they wrote on the spine.
Looking at the CD surface itself, it seems like Omnibot has the first five
tracks and "kid" the remainder.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: daniel@eliteware.com [SMTP:daniel@eliteware.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 10:53 PM
To: Sean McGonagle
Cc: 'idm@hyperreal.org'
Subject: Re: (idm) Matmos
quasi objects is just strange. I find the concept behind the album
interesting though. However, the first CD and the west are much better.
That isn't to say quasi objects is bad. It is just experimental and odd.
-daniel
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Sean McGonagle wrote:
quoted 1 line Wondering if someone could compare their first release with
> Wondering if someone could compare their first release with quoted 13 lines for me...
> for me...
>
> I'm looking into buying "Quasi-Objects" . . .but is it very similar?
> Harsher? More melodic?
>
> .... and I've heard their recent release under the moniker "Disc"....
> that's just plain silly.
>
> take care,
> sean.
>
> np: Thurston Moore :: "RooT"
>