A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure

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A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure
Studio album by Matmos
Released	March 13, 2001
Genre	Electronic music
Label	Matador
Professional reviews
Allmusic link The Milk Factory (4/5) link Pitchfork Media (8.8/10) 4/1/2001 Tiger Sushi link
Matmos chronology
The West (1999) A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure (2001) The Civil War (2003)

A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure is a 2001 album by electronic music group Matmos. The album consists primarily of samples of medical procedures, including plastic surgeries, liposuctions, hearing tests and bonesaws. The album maintains a sense of humour in contrast with the serious nature of the audio being sampled. The exception to the medical samples is the song "For Felix (And All the Rats)", a piece dedicated to their deceased pet rat Felix, performed entirely on his cage.

The two members of Matmos, Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt, both had doctors as parents, a fact that likely influenced them in the album's creation^[1] The album is sometimes considered a concept album within the glitch or musique concrète genre.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Lipostudio...And So On"
2. "L.A.S.I.K."
3. "Spondee"
4. "Ur Tchun Tan Tse Qi"
5. "For Felix (And All the Rats)"
6. "Memento Mori"
7. "California Rhinoplasty"

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[edit] External links

• A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure at Matmos' Discography