Member Since: 8/3/2006
Band Website: beefterminal.com
Influences: DJ Shadow, The Books, Boards of Canada, Sparrow Orange, South Pacific, The Smiths, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tears for Fears, Tortoise, Mean Red Spiders, Merck, Do Make Say Think, NAW, Tinkertoy, early Bruce Cockburn, Yo La Tengo, Talk Talk, Sianspheric, early U2, Scanner, Aphex Twin, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Sea and Cake, Pan American, Mogwai, KC Accidental, Mice Parade...etc.
Sounds Like: "More classy ambient from Torontos Noise Factory imprint- this time from the mysterious Beef Terminal. Though hes believed to have taken his moniker from a local meatpacking slaughterhouse, there is nothing remotely messy about the floating, melancholic blend of electronica and looping accoustic guitar on offer; its some of the most delicate, gently moving music youll hear. The ghostly electronics of Everything Is Alive sets the agenda- the whole record is touched by a dreamy sadness- before sparse drum machine beats and Mathesons introspective guitar notes take over. He goes completely beatless on Knife in the Table and Say It To My Face, before injecting a couple of more complex rhythms behind For the Sullen Lass and Out of Step. You might need to rediscover your pulse after the 11-minute mellow marathon that is We Look To Adults, but its indulgence doesnt detract from the Mogwai-unplugged beauty of the rest of the tracks. A rainy day classic is born."-M8 Magazine
"A serious member of the David Gilmour school of liquidly refracting guitar effects, Matheson suspends ethereal, sweet-toned loops ad infinitum, sometimes over chock-a-block beats, other times over pastoral arrangements sans overt rhythm. There is little diversion from that simple formula, but Matheson's unique way with bittersweet melodies offers a refuge from hard-headed dance drivel. Now if only he could cheer up."-Grooves Magazine
"the strength of his songs don't lie in their spookiness. There are far spookier contemporaries making far sadder and twisted tracks that also cull from analog tape samples and eerie ambiences, but Matheson isn't competing. Where he triumphs isn't in the haze: it's in the solid here and now, in his clear-eyed motifs that repeat like small, satisfied sighs, in melodic arcs of articulate caress. The worst way to spend a stormy day is to wish you were anywhere else but here and alone. The best is embodied by the lovely peace of The Grey Knowledge: instead of wanting out, you want to be right where you are, doing right what you're doing, with the rain splashing through your open window" -Dusted Magazine
Record Label: Noise Factory Records
Type of Label: Indie