Track Listing

1. It Seems
2. Plastic Minor
3. And Silver Light Poppped In His Eyes
4. Lunaire
5. This Is
6. Three Guitar Lessons
7. Office Furniture (After Evidence)
8. Electric Things No 5
9. Verber/Amplified Synapse
10. Nugent Sand
11. Schluss

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75028 in Music
• Released on: 1999-05-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

The accessible face of experimental electronica
An album with something for every fan of left-field electronica with tracks running from the inane (a track made from the amplified synapse of a crayfish?), through the strangely funky and almost danceable. Somehow my personal preference is actually the final third of the album, however, where several tracks blend together into a chilled out sequence of drone-based - yet still engaging - near ambient pieces. This kind of range and also the sheer inventiveness on display moves this album beyond the often monotone glitches, or beat-driven one-dimensionality of much of the electronic scene. At times the bizarre sounds pouring from the speakers may make you wonder if imagination perhaps has its limits. Such doubts will vanish, however, as unlike many 'experimental' artists, Matmos are brilliant at sculpting their ideas into readily palatable forms that actually make it fun to listen to. More importantly it's all recorded with a definite sense of delight. The duo seem to taking real pleasure from the process of creating something, moulding something, from the kind of material most people dismiss as the background noise of life. The overall feeling I have everytime I listen to this record is one of hope. The future of music is wide-open so long as people like these are around to show us some true individuality without falling into the detached snobbery experimental music is sometimes prone to.