Talk:Metamatic

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[edit] Metamatic origin?

Metamatic is a painting machine by kinetic artist Jean Tinguely, first exhibited at the Paris Biennial in 1959.

I removed the above from the main page as it didn't appear to be related to the album (which the majority of the article was about) other than perhaps inspiring the name? Ian Dunster 13:15, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's all it is but I've restored it in my rewrite of the album article; think it's useful to know where titles come from and Foxx makes a habit of taking inspiration from other art forms. Cheers, Ian Rose 00:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem - that's fine by me - I think when I removed it it was just sitting there on it's own and I couldn't tell whether the article was about the album or the painting machine. Also, I wasn't sure if there was any actual connection to the album. Ian Dunster 17:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] clavinet

It's always sounded to me like there's a few bits of Hohner clavinet played on this album (usually phased and mashed a fair bit) for example on 'Touch and Go' ... although the main clue is hearing it quite clearly on the subsequent single "Miles Away". Not that it really matters... but a clavinet is no more a synthesizer than a bass guitar is (it's basically an electric guitar with keys).--feline1 16:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Possibly true, but as long as it's not listed on the album credits and you can't provide an alternative source, we can't include it in a Wiki article. -- Kjet 16:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)