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The Civil War (CD)

By: Matmos (Artist)

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Matmos Artist Snapshot:

San Francisco-based electronica duo Matmos (aka M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel) make clever, cerebral, beat-driven sound collages using a variety of found sounds, ranging from surgical equipment and amplified human body parts to broken musical instruments and the dusty grooves of old folk recordings. The result is both challenging and highly intriguing. Matmos are also known for being the on-stage beatmakers for experimental pop singer Bjork. They released an album dedicated to and inspired by a number of their heroes--musical and otherwise--in 2006 entitled THE ROSE HAS TEETH IN THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST.

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DISC 1 for The Civil War (CD) Album By Matmos (Artist)
1   Regicide
2   Jealous Order Of Condied Knights
3   Reconstruction
4   Y.T.T.E.
5   For The Trees
6   Stars And Stripes Forever, The
7   Pelt And Hollec
8   Struggle Against Unreality Begins, The
9   For The Trees (Return)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.204) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Employing both period instruments and digital manipulation, Matmos amble and shuffle toward a new interpretation of history..."
Q (10/03, p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A deliberately disorienting blend of electronica, medieval folk and 19th-century Americana....Well worth checking out..."
Magnet (11/03, p.103) - "...At once sparse and finely embellished, these songs tell a tale of division and reunion, and of a desire to bridge the cloistered experimentalism of IDM with the richly imbued sounds of 100 or 1,000 years ago..."
The Wire (01/04, p.38) - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year [2003]"
Mojo (Publisher) (10/03, p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The 'Stars and Stripes Forever' is a pounding techno parody that would make John Philip Sousa proud..."

Title Note

Matmos: M.C. Schmidt (acoustic guitar, hurdy gurdy, recorder) Drew Daniel (electric guitar, sampling, sequencing).

Additional personnel includes: Jay Lesser (dobro); Mark Lightcap (tuba); Ned Howey (bassoon).

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Ever-searching electronica experimentalists Matmos change their game yet again on THE CIVIL WAR. Renaissance folk, contemporary classical, Irish jigs, and a variety of other stylistic elements are mixed into Matmos's rapid-fire collages, with a blanket of martial drums and sonic warfare echoing the album's title. While its usual noise-guerilla ethos is in full effect, there is an undeniable artistry to the group's dense sound painting, cluttered as they are with microbeats, off-kilter melodies, and sonic detail. THE CIVIL WAR reinforces Matmos's status as one of the most consistently challenging and brilliant groups in the IDM genre.

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