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)

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AllMusic

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stupid Fambaloo"	4:55
2.	"Cloth Mother/Wire Mother"	5:08
3.	"Schwitt/Urs" (retitled to "Lift Up Your Hat!" on rereleases)	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." Pitchfork Media's Mark Richard-San similarly described the album as "too reliant on novelty", and thought that its central gimmick "smothered the music."

Personnel

• Design – Rex Ray
• Cover illustration – M.C. Schmidt
• 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
• Written by – Matmos
• Guitar [phone guitar] on track 2 – Tim Furnish
• Slide guitar on track 2 – M.C. Schmidt