Quasi-Objects

Quasi-Objects
Studio album by Matmos
Released	June 16, 1998
Genre	Electronic
Length	39:49
Label	Vague Terrain
Matmos chronology
Matmos (1997) Quasi-Objects (1998) The West (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Notes	Length
1.	"Stupid Fambaloo"		4:55
2.	"Cloth Mother/Wire Mother"	Credits:[3] Guitar [phone guitar] – Tim Furnish Slide guitar – M.C. Schmidt	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]

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.