Matt Christensen — Mo Pussyfooting
Christensen is a mainstay of Cerberus, no matter its (current) home. His is an artistry that is intertwined with ours; a sonic exploration where a seemingly ordinary instrument (the almighty guitar or the canvas of a blog) can rip to shreds preconceived notions of what sounds and vision can come from within those variable parts.
Mo Pussyfooting combines Christensen’s penchant for turning the guitar into something more with another viable and tried inspirational point: the work of Brian Eno. Digitally replicating Eno’s tape machine delay system, Christensen has crafted two lengthy interplays where the guitar is given new life with the digital rig.
But what Mo Pussyfooting really speaks to is the construct of the familiar and how, even when it seems to become predictable, a slight tweak can render a sound or idea completely new. No matter how comfortable something can become, a shakeup can create a new perspective. And though we are doomed to always repeat history, it doesn’t have to always play out the same way. Technology advances; collective knowledge grows; information is manipulated. By revisiting what is ancient, we find something that is futuristic. This is the way of Mo Pussyfooting, and hopefully of other aging entities that find themselves floating into a new horizon.
