A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure
by Matmos
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 March 2001
- Label: Matador
- Country: United States
- Length: 46:21
- Community rating: 3.74/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Drew Daniel, Stephen Thrower, Steve Goodfriend, Bones, idiophone, Martin Schmidt
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Infamously constructed from field recordings of medical procedures and plastic surgeries, 'A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure' transforms clinical body horror into infectious electronic grooves. The duo meticulously arranged the sounds of liposuction, hearing tests, and surgical tools into surprisingly catchy IDM and minimal techno tracks. This conceptual brilliance successfully bridges the gap between academic musique concr猫te and playful, accessible dance music.
Genres
Descriptors: sampling, conceptual, avant-garde, death, rhythmic, experimental, electronic, sample-heavy, leftfield
Tracklist
- lipostudio... and so on (5:35)
- l.a.s.i.k. (3:57)
- spondee (6:15)
- ur tchan tan tse qi (5:05)
- for felix (and all the rats) (7:53)
- memento mori (7:32)
- California Rhinoplasty (10:01)
Credits
- Matmos - primary artist
- Stephen Thrower - clarinet
- Steve Goodfriend - drums
- Mark Lightcap - electric guitar [wah], ukulele [wah]
- Blevin Blectum - speech
- Felix Kubin - speech
- Hrvatski - speech
- Katerin Von Ledersteger-Goodfriend - speech