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Matmos
A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure

Album US 2001 on Matador label
Dance (House, Abstract, IDM, Experimental)

© ℗ 2001 Matador Records. Recorded at home. Track 1: liposuction surgery recorded in California utilizing Bard Parker's Scalpels, Draeger Anesthesia Ventilators and Gramm's Medical Liposuction Equipment. Track 2: refractive eye surgery (laser in situ keratomileusis) performed on Monica Youn and recorded in San Francisco. Track 3: audiologist Rebecca Highlander, CCC-A reads a list of phonetically balanced words. Recorded in the hearing test booth at the Jean Weingarden Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf. Beeps and tones generated during the response curve testing of hearing aids. Track 4: composed entirely from sounds generated while measuring the galvanic response of Martin's skin to a constant flow of electricity. Track 5: composed entirely from the plucked and bowed cage of our rat Felix. Track 6: composed entirely from samples of human skull, goat spine and connective tissue, and artificial teeth. Track 7: with the exception of the nose flute, this is composed entirely from recordings of plastic surgeries performed in California: rhinoplasty, endoscopic forehead lift, chin implant.

Musicians

	Matmos , *1995 US album by
	Martin Schmidt syn, *1964 US electric guitar, mixed by, effects, straw and water, acoustic guitar, bowed, speech, recorded by, electric guitar, speech, synthesizer, sh 101, juno, mono/poly, effects, test tones, performer, acupuncture point detector, skin, mixed by, sequenced by, sequencing, performer, plucked and bowed rat cage, mixed by, performer, human skull, goat spine, teeth, sequenced by, sequencing, computer, laptop (hyperprism), flute, nose flute
	Stephen Thrower cl, *1963 GB clarinet
	Steve Goodfriend dr, perc, US drums
	Mark Lightcap g, voc, US electric guitar, wah, ukulele, wah
	Drew Daniel sampler, *1971 US electric guitar, recorded by, sampler, sequenced by, sequencing, edited by, digital editing, speech, sampler, mixed by, edited by, digital editing, sequenced by, sequencing, sampler, edited by, digital editing, effects, sound effects, sequenced by, sequencing, sampler, edited by, digital editing, effects, efx, sequenced by, sequencing, sampler, mixed by, edited by, digital editing, sequenced by, sequencing, recorded by, location recording
	Blevin Blectum , speech
	Felix Kubin voc, p, perc, key, *1969 DE speech
	Hrvatski eg, *1973 US speech
	Katerin Von Ledersteger-Goodfriend , speech
	Katie Williams , speech
	Lesser eg, syn, *1970 US speech
	Miguel DePedro , speech
	Richard von der Schulenburg voc, key, *1974 DE speech
	Stefanie Ressin , speech
	Blake Linney , speech, group speech
	Brian Schultz , speech, group speech
	Cody Shedd , speech, group speech
	Daisy Kent , speech, group speech
	David Hornung , speech, group speech
	Emily Hsu vn, voc, speech, group speech
	Ethel Chang , speech, group speech
	Jennifer Tom , speech, group speech
	Jerome Narvaez , speech, group speech
	Joanne Feinstein , speech, group speech
	Junn-Francis Masongsong , speech, group speech
	Kevin Ambrosini , speech, group speech
	Lee Medoff , speech, group speech
	Matt Kaufman , speech, group speech
	Nicole Williamson , speech, group speech
	Quang Hong , speech, group speech
	Robert Sproul , speech, group speech
	Ryan Petersen , speech, group speech
	Rebecca Highlander , voice

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