Suckfish

1. Vegetables

2. Your Place or Mine

3. T*tty F*ck

4. T.B.

5. Kisses

6. Weild

7. Taut

8. Rubber

9. Uvular

10. The Pong

11. Just F*cking

Editorial Reviews

Pitchfork (8.0)
"Acid Lashings, stiletto slabs, and knotty, knotty sub-bass -- this is the sound of giving in and letting go."

Product Description
While Matthew Dear explores the poppier realms of electronic music under his birth name, his newest project, AUDION, takes a much harsher approach to techno with the release of SUCKFISH, bringing untamed synths and raucous beats into a devastating mélange. In the same vein as Alter Ego and Ellen Allien (his fall tourmate), and with a hint of funk ala Timbaland, SUCKFISH opens a new chapter for Detroit and takes the rest of the world with it. The CD version contains the international hits "Kisses," "The Pong," and "Just F--king," which were played and charted heavily by DJs such as Sven Vath, Michael Mayer, Trevor Jackson, and Hell. Whether assaulting your headphones or devastating the dancefloor, SUCKFISH forges an indelible new path for heavy machine music.

Suckfish

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Average customer rating:

Wonderful Stuff!

Deeezamn!

Matthew Dear takes us to the grimiest corner of the minimal house room.

It just doesn't get much better

the future of detroit techno, indeed..

Suckfish
Audion
Manufacturer: Spectral Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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Tracks:

Vegetables
Your Place or Mine
T*tty F*ck
T.B.
Kisses
Weild
Taut
Rubber
Uvular
The Pong
Just F*cking

Album Description

While Matthew Dear explores the poppier realms of electronic music under his birth name, his newest project, AUDION, takes a much harsher approach to techno with the release of SUCKFISH, bringing untamed synths and raucous beats into a devastating mélange. In the same vein as Alter Ego and Ellen Allien (his fall tourmate), and with a hint of funk ala Timbaland, SUCKFISH opens a new chapter for Detroit and takes the rest of the world with it. The CD version contains the international hits "Kisses," "The Pong," and "Just F--king," which were played and charted heavily by DJs such as Sven Vath, Michael Mayer, Trevor Jackson, and Hell. Whether assaulting your headphones or devastating the dancefloor, SUCKFISH forges an indelible new path for heavy machine music.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Stuff!.......2006-06-21

A few years ago, I purchased "Leave Luck to Heaven" by Matthew Dear on the basis of a Rolling Stone review. It took a while to get used to Dear's very unorthodox music but I gradually learned to love the CD and I followed up by ordering "Backstroke," his follow-up CD. I enjoyed it too, but not quite as much as "Heaven." Recently, I wondered if this unusual and creative fellow had any new discs out. I put his name into the Amazon.com search, and I found Audion and the "Suckfish" CD. Matthew Dear in disguise, I guess. Anyway, it was certainly worth a listen and I purchased the disc.

Audion takes a while to get used to, and not everyone is going to like it. A friend, in fact, wonders how I could possibly listen to this type of unmitigated noise. She regards it as a musical jackhammer, with an emphasis on the hammer. Well, that's OK. I like it and like it a lot, but I had to learn to like it. Matthew Dear's earlier efforts had a light, playful, frolicking character. The Audion disc is heavier, darker, more intrusive and much more complex. The sonic range on this disc is quite remarkable. The lower sounds test my stereo system and the upper range tests my ears. Both come out fairly well, but I'd sure love to listen to this thing on a real good high-end stereo system at high volume. It would be awesome! One gripe I have is that Dear uses a lot of distortion, including voice distortions, and I prefer the cleaner, crisper sounds. OK, I can live with it. One blessing, is a general lack of vocals, quite unlike the other Matthew Dear discs.

The Audion CD has a Matthew Dear signature sound and method of composition. The music is quite different than that of Dear's earlier discs, but it is Mathew Dear music, without question. The first three tracks ("Vegetables," "Your Place of Mine," "T*tty F*ck") can only be described as brain numbing. Well, that's OK. It's like going to the dentist. One has to be "numbed up" before the serious work begins. And then follows such delights as "T. B." (featuring ultra-high sounds), "Wield," "Taut," "Rubber" and "Just F*ucking" (Where does Dear come up with such titles?). To me, the highlight of the album is "The Pong," a delightfully playful mélange of notes and rhythms. Wonderful stuff!

So what might I recommend? Well, this CD is not for the faint of heart. If you like complex electronica music, as I do, then you might find this CD a delight. But, don't give up easily. Give it a few listens and let it gradually settle in. It's worth the effort.

Deeezamn!.......2006-02-10

Loud and dirty with some damn good rhythm. Thats all you need to know. A vital record in the crates of all techno/house djs.

Matthew Dear takes us to the grimiest corner of the minimal house room........2006-02-08

Audion is Matthew Dear gone terribly awry. Instead of thoughtful intelligent nuanced house, Dear gives us Suckfish, the nastiest, grimiest techno one can imagine. The techno is viscerally sexual and violently primal, like a person's id expressed through dance music. There's no pretense or fence siting at all about what you should do when listening to Audion: dance or get the hell off the floor. You will either love this LP or hate it. The sounds of this record are simple and polarized in the extreme, but in ways that few artists dare to explore. The bass and beats are harder, faster, and lower than most artists would try for while the clicks, bleeps, and synths are all so high pitched they reach ranges that only effect dogs. All this might appear to sound negative, but somehow Dear in his Audion mask has found a way to make it work. It's like when people started saying "bad" to mean that something was really "good". The sounds of Suckfish are perversions and inversions on the norms of minimal techno without being so alien that they no longer signify or typify the genre. In that sense, "Suckfish" is extremely bad.

It just doesn't get much better.......2006-02-04

this cd is excellent. matthew dear has been released quality techno for a few years now, but as it stands, this is his best work for me. from start to finish the unique audion sound sucks you in and its easy to get addicted. opening track vegetables starts off nicely and goes into "your place or mine" from the pong ep, and also featured on ivan smagghe's fabric mix cd. highlights on this cd for me were "T.B." and "kisses" although the whole cd is great. if you have heard matthew dears other productions, dont expect this to be the same, but expect it to be just as good 8)

the future of detroit techno, indeed.........2005-10-07

matthew dear's audion guise gives us nasty, massive techno that scorches a path through the wires..i heard 'the pong' at a club last year and was hooked immediately..i promise youve never heard anything quite like this.

definitely recommended for fans of alter ego, t raumschmiere and the like, and worth it for 'kisses' and 'the pong' alone.

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