some press lines
works and projects discography places played
reviews press lines c.v. gadgetry


"kaffe matthews : one of England's finest live sampling performers."
......Arildr Andersen. Oslo Independant 1999

"Frankly, anyone who missed this missed the best damn performance in the best damn space of the whole festival - in a word noise but oh so lovely!"
......Marcus Leadley, SAN, diffusion, june 2000

" deploys her resources sparingly, looping and unfolding sounds with a gentle sensuality that belies the grittiness of her glitch-laden textures. "
......Gus Garside. Rubberneck,UK. 2001

"Over the past few years, she’s released two striking CD’s whose unusually warm sensibility lifted them out out of the pack of usual noisemakers."
......Kenneth Goldsmith. New York Press. 1999

"INTOXICATING RACKET TO DELICATE LYRICISM"
......Clive Bell, Resonance, UK. 1999

"Moment by full moment, it’s a thrill from beginning to end"
.......the WIRE, review of cd cecile, july 1999

"Produces soundscapes of rigorous intent and shocking beauty"
......Pittsburgh Post Gazette, USA. 1998

"Stockhausen crossed with the Boredoms"
.......the Independant, UK 1998

"Din from loudspeakers"
......Clement Crisp. The Financial Times. 1999

"A raw and densely layered exploration of sound, always clear, always intelligently constructed.
......like a painter or novelist.
......the physicality of playing is at the heart of Matthews music."
......Avant, UK 1999

"You wander with the rest of the audience in the chill semidarkness as the music gets more odd and beautiful.Kaffe Matthews’s soundcape is wonderful."
...... Fiachra Gibbons . The Guardian. 1999