Eric Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting, better known as Brooklyn-based quartet So Percussion, have teamed up with Baltimorean electronic duo Matmos, infamous for turning bizarre sound sources such as plastic surgery and live snails into shuffling rhythmic pop.
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So Percussion and Matmos, who share a love of propulsive musical experiment, have announced the following tour dates:
June 2, 2010: Montreal Mutek Festival (festival show Matmos only)
June 9, 2010: New York City, LPR
June 12, 2010: Chicago, Museum of ContemporaryArt
June 13, 2010: Minneapolis, Ceder Cultural Center
June 17, 2010: Seattle, The Triple Door
June 19, 2010: Vancouver, Biltmore Cabaret
June 20, 2010: Portland, Holocene
Live you can expect expanded, deconstructed, chopped and screwed versions of compositions by both Matmos and So Percussion. They will be playing contact-mic-ed cactuses, vibraphones, drums, aluminum space blankets and beercans, birdcalls and horns, custom synths, laptops and people whooping and hollering too.
The performance will be presented in Quadrophonic sound (the band will bring an extra PA so that instead of the normal stereo the shows will be presented as quad live mixes for four speakers.