A bucket of water, a piece of sheet metal and a cactus. Just the average instrument checklist for “Treasure State,” a 2010 collaboration between the bands Matmos and Sō Percussion.
Performing live in the studio, they show Kurt Andersen how they use ordinary objects to make not-so-ordinary music.
Matmos and Sō Percussion's "Water"
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Matmos and Sō Percussion's "Needles"
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(Originally aired July 16, 2010)
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