02-02-2004

Matt Shaw - Tex La Homa

"Five digessions"

Tex La Homa (named after Douglas Coupland's novel "Generation X") is a project based on England's Matt Shaw, who is also a founding member of Superglider Records. The main ingredients of this adventure: atmospheric music and whispered words.

These are the five words that Matt Shaw picked:
rhythm
Blue
Family
Pain
Love



Rhythm
Rhythm of music, of life, of events in the world. I like the word, it's the thing that makes us dance, makes us tap our fingers on a glass or table, makes us tap our feet. Amience is great but you need rhythm too.


Blue
My favourite colour. I find it calming and theres nothing quite like a beautiful blue sky on a summer day or the clear blue ocean.


Family
I don't see as much of mine as I really should because I live a long way from most of them and we are all so busy. But family is so important. The support, the things we share, the good times and the bad. My sister plays on the new Tex La Homa record which is really special for me as she isn't really involved with making music. It's one of those really nice things.


Pain
Not something I would wish on anyone but something we all feel at some point in our lives. Without it maybe we wouldn't appreciate the good things so maybe it's not all bad. But I would love to see a world without quite so much of it.


Love
The Beatles said that is all you need. Not necessarliy true but it certainly make the world a lot more special if you feel it.