One of the best new artists to come out of the high-profile Clear Records camp,
Metamatics was formed by Lee Norris and Dominic Kennedy. Similar to the fragile melodies of
µ-Ziq but with an emphasis on spare dowtempo breakbeats and crispy percussion, Norris and
Kennedy debuted on Clear with four EPs during early 1997. Their debut album
A Metamatics Production appeared in April of that year. After
Kennedy's departure,
Neo Ouija followed in 1998, on the Japanese P-Vine label.
Metamatics resurfaced two years later with
Spook Tinsel Shoal and
Project Unison (the latter a collaboration with
Clatterbox). ~ John Bush