Matmos – A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure

Label:	Trama – T 900/521-2
Format:	CD , Album
Country:	Brazil
Released:	2001
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Experimental

Tracklist

1	Lipostudio... And So On Acoustic Guitar [Bowed], Electric Guitar, Effects [Straw And Water], Mixed By – M.C. Schmidt* Clarinet – Stephen Thrower Drums – Steve Goodfriend Electric Guitar [Wah] – Mark Lightcap Electric Guitar, Recorded By, Sampler, Edited By [Digital Editing], Sequenced By [Sequencing] – Drew Daniel Voice [Group Speech] – Ryan Petersen Voice [Speech] – Stefanie Ressin Acoustic Guitar [Bowed], Electric Guitar, Effects [Straw And Water], Mixed By – M.C. Schmidt* Clarinet – Stephen Thrower Drums – Steve Goodfriend Electric Guitar [Wah] – Mark Lightcap Electric Guitar, Recorded By, Sampler, Edited By [Digital Editing], Sequenced By [Sequencing] – Drew Daniel Voice [Group Speech] – Ryan Petersen Voice [Speech] – Stefanie Ressin	5:35
2	L.A.S.I.K. Sampler, Sequenced By [Sequencing], Edited By [Digital Editing], Mixed By – Drew Daniel	3:57
3	Spondee Effects [Test Tones], Recorded By, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [Sh 101, Juno, Mono/poly], Voice [Speech] – M.C. Schmidt* Sequenced By [Sequencing], Effects [Sound Effects], Edited By [Digital Editing], Sampler – Drew Daniel Ukulele [Wah] – Mark Lightcap Voice – Rebecca Highlander Effects [Test Tones], Recorded By, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [Sh 101, Juno, Mono/poly], Voice [Speech] – M.C. Schmidt* Sequenced By [Sequencing], Effects [Sound Effects], Edited By [Digital Editing], Sampler – Drew Daniel Ukulele [Wah] – Mark Lightcap Voice – Rebecca Highlander	6:15
4	Ur Tchun Tan Tse Qi Performer [Acupuncture Point Detector, Skin] – M.C. Schmidt* Sampler, Sequenced By [Sequencing], Edited By [Digital Editing], Mixed By – Drew Daniel	5:05
5	For Felix (And All The Rats) Edited By [Digital Editing] – Drew Daniel Performer [Plucked And Bowed Rat Cage], Sequenced By [Sequencing], Mixed By – M.C. Schmidt*	7:52
6	Memento Mori Performer [Human Skull, Goat Spine, Teeth], Mixed By – M.C. Schmidt* Sampler, Sequenced By [Sequencing], Effects [Efx], Edited By [Digital Editing] – Drew Daniel	7:32
7	California Rhinoplasty Flute [Nose Flute], Computer [Laptop (hyperprism)], Sequenced By [Sequencing] – M.C. Schmidt* Recorded By [Location Recording], Sampler, Sequenced By [Sequencing], Edited By [Digital Editing], Mixed By – Drew Daniel	10:00

Credits

Artwork – Rex Ray
Mastered By – Rick Wilson (8)
Written-By – Schmidt*

Notes

© ℗ 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.

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (CD, Album)	Matador	OLE 489-2, Ole 489-2, ole 489-2	US	2001
Recently Edited	A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (LP, Album, 150g)	Matador	OLE 489-1	US	2001
Recently Edited	A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (CD, Album)	P-Vine Records	PCD-24057	Japan	2001
Recently Edited	A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (CD, Album, Promo)	Matador	OLE 489-2V	US	2001
	A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (CD, Album)	Matador	ole 489-2, Ole 489-2, OLE 489-2	UK	2001