Quasi-Objects

Quasi-Objects is a 1998 electronic music album by Matmos, which followed their self-titled debut. Matmos created the album's music by incorporating ordinary sounds recorded around their home.[2]

Quasi-Objects
Studio album by
Matmos
ReleasedJune 16, 1998
GenreElectronic
Length39:49
LabelVague Terrain
Matmos chronology
Matmos
(1997)		 Quasi-Objects
(1998)		 The West
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Stupid Fambaloo"4:55
2."Cloth Mother/Wire Mother"5:08
3."Schwitt/Urs"5:05
4."Always Three Words"5:14
5."The Banjo's Categorical Gut"6:07
6."The Purple Island"6:59
7."Latex"7:39

Reception

Quasi-Objects has received mixed reviews from music critics. AllMusic's Sean Cooper called the album "both an improvement [on Matmos' self-titled debut] and a disappointment", with the musicians letting "the schtick of let's-make-tracks-entirely-out-of-weird-noises get the better of their aesthetic judgement."[1] Pitchfork Media's Mark Richard-San similarly described the album as "too reliant on novelty", and thought that its central gimmick "smothered the music."[2]

Personnel
  • Design – Rex Ray[3]
  • Cover illustration – M.C. Schmidt[3]
  • Sequenced by, sampler, synthesizer [W-30, Sh-101, Mono/poly], edited by [digital editing], mixed by, banjo, electric guitar, effects [latex clothing, balloons, whoopee cushion, body sounds, field recording, quasi-objects] – Drew Daniel, M.C. Schmidt[3]
  • Written by – Matmos[3]
  • Guitar [phone guitar] on track 2 – Tim Furnish[3]
  • Slide guitar on track 2 – M.C. Schmidt[3]

References
  1. Sean Cooper, Quasi-Objects review AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. Mark Richard-San, Review of A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure Pitchfork, 31 March 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. Quasi-Objects track listing Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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