Equally as engaging on the sampler as
Matmos,
Akufen, or
Matthew Herbert,
Secret Mommy's latest endeavor is the culmination of nearly a year's worth of field recordings featuring friends doing recreational activities. Carefully cutting and reassembling these sounds into quirky compositions,
Secret Mommy has serious fun capturing the sounds of scissors into cardboard paper, zamboni machines, or tennis balls and making them into songs with amazing results. It's conceptually heady, to be sure, but
Very Rec is so much fun that you forget about all of the technical tomfoolery and get lost in the realization that many of these everyday sounds that get taken for granted can result in so much delight. ~ Rob Theakston