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Is Matmos the next Coil?
 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 12:20 [#00569217]
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I know this subject wont interest most of you here but...
hmmm...


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-02-24 12:20 [#00569218]
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nah they're not that varied


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 12:23 [#00569220]
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whaaatt??? the new Coil???

give me tracks to download!!!! right now!!!
what should i try to download?? pleeeassseee


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 12:24 [#00569221]
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hmm..
who is not varied?


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 12:24 [#00569222]
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i've already heard some sound samples by Matmos, they didn't
catch me that much but if you can compare it to Coil then it
must be very good!


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 12:26 [#00569225]
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... And Silver Light Popped in His Eyes -
from the album..Matmos


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-02-24 12:26 [#00569226]
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matmos aren't nearly as varied as coil.. they do some
similar stuff, but they don't touch on all the bases coil
does and has since the beginning. but i'd say matmos are
probably the coil of the next generation as far as style and
skill goes, since they could always release more varied
music in the near future.


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 12:29 [#00569229]
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there's also their version of Disco Hospital..off California
Rhinoplasty single


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 12:29 [#00569230]
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thanks! :)


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-02-24 12:32 [#00569235]
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matmos are among my top 5 at the moment, they're pretty
amazing as far as skills are concerned, actually there are
some more house like tracks-at least a little variety there
hehe

i never was into coil tho, not quite the same these two imo


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 12:33 [#00569237]
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tolstoyed > what did you hear by Coil?


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 12:36 [#00569244]
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* but i'd say matmos are
probably the coil of the next generation as far as style and

skill goes*

that's precisely what I was trying to imply..their stuff..is
like..Coil LSD onwards...
but there is tons of variety in Matmos tits..no two albums
are alike...from Quasi Industrial IDM of Matmos..to Quasi
mind boggling fuck knows what of Quasi Objects..to Mindfuck
Post Rock of The West..to Surgical Disco of a Chance to
Cut..(me thinks that whole project was inspired by Coil's
Disco Hospital)...

Maybe they dont have the mystical elements of Coil..but
there's less and less of that in evidence in Coils own work
post Worship the Glitch..


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-02-24 12:39 [#00569251]
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hmm, i only have music to play in the dark, and i never
listen to it-its quite boring
surely there must be some better releases out there :)


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 12:41 [#00569254]
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try Love's Secret Domain ..Tolstoyd..
it should be right up your alley:)


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 12:45 [#00569259]
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love's secret domain is a very special coil release! and
very good :)
i would not recommend it for a first coil album though,
that's the one i listened to first and it gave me a wrong
idea of coil as it is quite very different from other
releases they've made...

if you like dark ambient, try something off 'astral
disaster', 'black light district: a thousand lights in a
darkened room' or 'the remote viewer' or 'time machines'...
if you like industrial you can try 'scatology', 'horse
rotorvator'...

though i don't know if you will like.
i like musick to play in the dark very much.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-02-24 12:51 [#00569263]
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hmm, im not really a big fan of industrial or dark ambient
what i've heard of coil sounds way to cold for me
matmos could be coil alike musically, but emotionaly-couldnt
be more appart

i'll try out loves secret domain tho...


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 12:58 [#00569273]
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that was why I suggested it:)
but seriously..their Industrial stuff..is
um..missrepresented...the Industrial albums have also got so
of thier most delicate and beautiful tracks as well...
eg
Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)
on Horse Rotorvator..


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-02-24 13:02 [#00569278]
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is there something industrial like in matmos that im missing
here?

what made you compare these two really?
i really have to chack that coil album again :)
i like matmos so much i bought everything i could get, and
im loving it

i'll check those two tracks aswell, thanks


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-24 13:04 [#00569282]
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coil are brilliant, i love music to play in the dark! i've
only got a few albums, they certainly live up to their
reputation.



 

offline Lars from Stockholm (Sweden) on 2003-02-24 13:06 [#00569285]
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I actually bought "How to destroy angels (remixes and
re-recordings)" by Coil today and was quite impressed by it!
The atmosphere reminds of Confield somehow. :)


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 13:07 [#00569286]
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hmm..the first two matmos albums have Industrialish..edge to
them...


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 13:08 [#00569288]
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I have the original..very cool...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-02-24 13:08 [#00569289]
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huh, which two are their first? :)

and, yeah they kind of sound the same as autechre to
me-emotionaly like, very cold


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-24 13:09 [#00569290]
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you sure matmos are like coil? from what i've read about
them they seem to be nothing like them...

i'll have to listen to some tracks though.


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 13:11 [#00569292]
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welcome to the board Lars!!

how to destroy angels, this is great to play loudly in a
dark place for the ambiance it creates... it would
definitely scare some people :)

btw, the original 'how to destroy angels', first coil
release, was "ritual music for the accumulation of male
sexual energy"...


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 13:12 [#00569294]
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flea > you have the original?!!
in mp3 or the "real" vinyl thing? (that must be quite a
rarity now...)


 

offline Lars from Stockholm (Sweden) on 2003-02-24 13:19 [#00569299]
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Thanks Uzim!
I wasn't sure whether i was going to buy that album or som
of their more well known ones, like Scatology or Horse
Rotorvator. But I read somewhere of the internet that
certain editions of those albums had been "cursed" by Coil
so I didn't have the guts to do it ;-)


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-24 13:22 [#00569304]
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more like I had the original:(..it was on CD...


 

offline uzim on 2003-02-24 13:28 [#00569312]
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Lars > for Scatology or Horse Rotorvator, you have to pick
the remastered 2001 (i think) editions, on Threshold
House/World Serpent if you want to buy them :)

boycott everything by Some Bizarre, they ripped Coil as well
as Einstürzende Neubauten...


 

offline Lars from Stockholm (Sweden) on 2003-02-24 14:00 [#00569327]
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I will! the ones I've encountered in record shops are the
"some bizarre" versions. Right now I'm too lazy too order
any albums. I'll probably pick up any of their more ambient
oriented albums. Any suggestions?


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2003-02-24 17:17 [#00569610]
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I see abolsutely no connection between matmos and coil,
thats a strange comparison. coil is incredible and matmos
is pretty good but I wouldnt exactly compare them in any
way.


 

offline Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2003-02-25 09:03 [#00570472]
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There is plenty in common between Coil and Matmos -- the gay
aesthetic for one thing.


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-02-25 09:16 [#00570479]
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and what does that have to do with how the music sounds?


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2003-02-25 09:33 [#00570500]
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they both make music from strange samples....but then
again...so do many other artists.


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-25 12:27 [#00570692]
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Thank you Ganymede...
There are a lot of similarities in the sounds as
well..specifically listen to the first two Matmos
albums..Matmos and Quasi Objects..hugely inspired by post
Love's Secret Domain/ELPH..glitch stuff...
Plus there's the A Chance to Cut..wholly inspired by Coil
like concerns..Including a big nod in that direction with
the cover of Disco Hospital..plus there's People Like
US..which both Coil and Matmos have collaborated with

come on I didnt say..Matmos IS the band that is going to
xerox Coils back catalogue...I said the NEXT Coil...as in a
next generation band with Coil like aesthetics..


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-02-25 12:36 [#00570701]
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here's what i think of industrial and matmos
i thought industrial is about using live giutars
matmos are using samples (i think) and it gives a totaly
different feeling to it (it does to me hehe)



 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-25 12:40 [#00570706]
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ok..
through tireless research and virtues of
persistance..(right)..I have unearthed another common thread
between the two..how does one of the original members of
Coil sound for good measure..

Stephen Thrower


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-25 12:50 [#00570717]
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oh dear..
Industrial has a long and profound history using tapes,
loops, found sounds and micing and taping objects such as
shopping trolleys before that whole metal guitar riffing
thing came on the scene..(which Ironically in the first
Instance as popularied by Ministry was actually a sampled
guitar:) )
try

Thobbing Gristle
Cabaret Voltaire
Coil(ofcoarse has no Guitars to speak of:))
Boyd Rice/NON
SPK
Einsturzende Neubauten
Lustmord
Nocturnal Emissions..etc..etc..etc..

plus..Matmos's album..The West..has live guitars..and
um..very little else ;)



 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-02-25 12:53 [#00570721]
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also, matmos contributed to the unreleased eskaton (coil's
own label) compilation "the star shaped individual in
society". all of those tracks (by true A-list contributors)
are sitting on a shelf collecting dust for nearly 4 years
now. why? who knows. ask that prick jon whitney who runs
brainwashed.com and is too cool to answer my emails (i sent
a couple).


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-25 13:03 [#00570726]
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sounds..intriguing..
thanks tits:)


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-25 15:43 [#00570881]
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no they aren't the new coil the only simularity is that both
coil and matmos are gay men .... matmos esp as drew's thing
the soft pink truth are far more dance orientated and much
less magik fixated


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-25 15:45 [#00570883]
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he could just be to busy for questions it takes a while to
find out the answer to


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-02-25 15:48 [#00570888]
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oh there are more similarities than that..I mean I wasnt
even refering to their sexual preferences when i posted
this..it was purely based on sounds..aesthetics etc..read
more of the thread..or atleast listen..with ears open..


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-02-25 15:49 [#00570891]
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hahaha, i dont know anything about industrial :)
i thought bends like ministry, bile, front line
assembley,... were the true representers of industrial, but
i guess these are just the most popish ones

hmm, i'd never thought of matmos using live guitars, but not
really surprising, since they're making real music unlike
some others :)


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-02-25 21:54 [#00571214]
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i HOPE matmos ends up better than coil... have you HEARD
their garbage experimental stuff lately??? john balances
vocals get worse and worse and more embarassing as time
rolls by. when i hear them, i cringe and think, "WOW! i feel
dumber just hearing that." but hey, that's just my opinion.


 


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