Feedback on the current issue, ideas for articles, questions about Tape Op
Moderators: TapeOpJohn, TapeOpLarry
-
andrewfoshee
- takin' a dinner break
- Posts: 194
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:25 am
- Location: Kansas City
-
Contact:
Post
by andrewfoshee » Wed May 28, 2008 5:44 pm
I am hoping some other Tape Op'ers will chime in here. If you haven't heard of him, Tennessee native Matt Mahaffey is a very talented multi-instrumentalist who has produced a number of albums under the band name 'Self'. He signed to Dreamworks awhile back, eventually got dropped, and now lives in LA producing records for various labels. Matt's albums 'Subliminal Plastic Motives', 'Breakfast With Girls', and 'Gizmodgery' (recorded mostly with Fisher Price toys) are a blend of guitar-rock, hip-hop, and beautifully layered 'Beach Boys' harmonies. I'm going to expand on this post later when I have more time, but I just wanted to see if anyone else was truly amazed by this one-man band and his incredible records.
Oh, and I really think it would be a great interview!
More info on Matt:
www.myspace.com/mattmahaffey
www.self-centered.org <------ you can listen to a lot of free mp3's!
Last edited by
andrewfoshee on Fri May 30, 2008 1:49 pm, edited 2 times in total.
I will see you there, or I will see you at another time.
-
mjau
- speech impediment
- Posts: 4030
- Joined: Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:33 pm
- Location: Orlando
-
Contact:
Post
by mjau » Wed May 28, 2008 5:48 pm
TOTALLY agree. I listen to his stuff all the time. My then-girilfriend, now-wife took me to see Self in Charlottesville during the Gizmodgery days. Fucking absolutely awesome.
"Gotta trunk fulla amps, mothafucka..."
One of the great lyrics of all time, IMO.
-
junomat
- re-cappin' neve
- Posts: 652
- Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2003 2:17 pm
- Location: Baltimore, MD
-
Contact:
Post
by junomat » Wed May 28, 2008 7:07 pm
His music always reminded me of white-boy versions of Prince...
He also knows how to record the hell out of drums! Wish he could do a demo on that...
I went to school in Tennessee around the time that Self got signed. Matt is one humble guy. An incredibly giving man...
-
solo-bration
- gettin' sounds
- Posts: 147
- Joined: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:13 am
- Location: MA
Post
by solo-bration » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:26 am
I'd love to read an interview from Matt.
-
Wilkesin
- steve albini likes it
- Posts: 367
- Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:03 pm
Post
by Wilkesin » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:52 pm
old Self fan checking in. I figured he was still doing the touring musician gig. I know he was in Beck's band at one point.
Slider wrote:"we figured you'd want to use your drum samples and reamp through your amps anyway, so we didn't bother taking much time to get sounds".
-
Jeff White
- ghost haunting audio students
- Posts: 3263
- Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:15 pm
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
-
Contact:
Post
by Jeff White » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:36 pm
Yes! Love Self.
Matt was touring as Beck's Multi-instrumentalist back in 2006. got to see him with Beck ont hat tour and he was AWESOME... as was the whole band.
Interview please.
Jeff
-
andrewfoshee
- takin' a dinner break
- Posts: 194
- Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:25 am
- Location: Kansas City
-
Contact:
Post
by andrewfoshee » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:29 pm
the people have spoken
I will see you there, or I will see you at another time.
-
jordaniusrex
- audio school graduate
- Posts: 13
- Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:32 pm
Post
by jordaniusrex » Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:42 pm
I'm going to add a big bump for this myself... Self is what originally got me into this stuff when I was a teenager. I'd love to hear from Matt.
-
j_howell
- pushin' record
- Posts: 276
- Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2004 4:38 pm
- Location: Kansas City
Post
by j_howell » Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:49 pm
Hafta admit, I'd kinda forgotten Self, but yeah...I'd love an article on Matt. Awesome.
I like pie.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 49 guests
