Do You Party ?, the debut of The Soft Pink Truth, caused quite a stir because of Matthew Herbert's involvement. Like Herbert, Drew Daniel (half of Matmos) is engaged in sampling sounds from everyday life such as zipping a zipper back and forth, emptying a bag of chips, open taps and more sounds that sound very familiar. He then unleashes this enormous sample bank on the work of hard punk bands like
… Die Kreuzen, Minor Threat and The Swell Maps. On Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Soft Pink Truth? However, none of the original guitar violence of these compositions can be heard, because the strings have been expertly replaced by Daniel's extremely ingenious sample work, which thus creates an unprecedented form of raw electro. The Soft Pink Truth is not likely to complete a dance floor. Rather, this is music to get your brain dancing. (AD)more
