"California Rhinoplasty" is a song and an EP by
Matmos
Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo formed in San Francisco and based in Baltimore. M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances no ...
. The song is originally found on their 2001 album ''
A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure
''A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure'' is the fourth studio album by American electronic music duo Matmos, released in 2001. The album consists primarily of samples of medical procedures, including plastic surgeries, liposuctions, hearing tests ...
''. The recording is composed entirely from
samples of
plastic surgery performed in
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
(
rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty (, nose + , to shape), commonly called nose job, medically called nasal reconstruction, is a plastic surgery procedure for altering and reconstructing the human nose, nose. There are two types of plastic surgery used – plastic sur ...
, endoscopic forehead lift,
chin implant
Chin augmentation using surgical implants alter the underlying structure of the face, intended to balance the facial features. The specific medical terms mentoplasty and genioplasty are used to refer to the reduction and addition of material to a ...
s), augmented by a
nose flute
The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa.
Hawaii
In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian Islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument. In H ...
.
''California Rhinoplasty'' EP
Matmos subsequently released an
EP by the same title, featuring their cover of
Coil's ''Disco Hospital'', as well as two contributed remixes of ''California Rhinoplasty''.
Track listing
# "California Rhinoplasty"
(Drew Daniel, Martin C. Schmidt) – 10:06
# "Disco Hospital"
( John Balance, Peter Christopherson) – 2:28
# "California Rhinoplasty (
Doctor Rockit
Matthew Herbert (born in 1972), also known as Herbert, Doctor Rockit, Radio Boy, Mr. Vertigo, Transformer, Wishmountain, and DJ Empty, is a British electronic musician. He often takes sounds from everyday items to produce electronic music.
...
's Surgery with Complications)"
(Daniel, Schmidt) – 7:58
# "California Rhinoplasty (
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery. Even though there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon is a licensed physician and received the same medical training as physicians before spec ...
's Second Opinion)"
(Daniel, Schmidt) – 6:43
See also
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Musique concrète
Musique concrète (; ): " problem for any translator of an academic work in French is that the language is relatively abstract and theoretical compared to English; one might even say that the mode of thinking itself tends to be more schematic ...
References
External links
''California Rhinoplasty'' EP at Matmos' Discography
Electronic EPs
2001 debut EPs
Matmos albums
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