Posts Tagged: Matmos
Matmos ~ Metallic Life Review
Those of us who are musically inclined find it hard to resist tapping on an empty pipe or an exposed bell, just to hear the sound. Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt) have been doing such things for years and recording
Matmos ~ Metallic Life Review
Those of us who are musically inclined find it hard to resist tapping on an empty pipe or an exposed bell, just to hear the sound. Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt) have been doing such things for years and recording
SP* Episode 25: IRREGARDS – with Matmos [podcast]
The long-running electronic duo Matmos have just released a gorgeous new LP, Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer. Whereas their previous album, 2020’s The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, saw the couple collaging contributions from 99 friends recorded
SP* Episode 25: IRREGARDS – with Matmos [podcast]
The long-running electronic duo Matmos have just released a gorgeous new LP, Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer. Whereas their previous album, 2020’s The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, saw the couple collaging contributions from 99 friends recorded
The World According to Sound – Listening Series 2022
A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to co-present Matmos as part of The World According To Sound‘s Winter Listening Series. A streaming concert series designed for our times, each event is dedicated to listening closely together, apart. If, like us, you’re
The World According to Sound – Listening Series 2022
A CLOSER LISTEN is honored to co-present Matmos as part of The World According To Sound‘s Winter Listening Series. A streaming concert series designed for our times, each event is dedicated to listening closely together, apart. If, like us, you’re
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Experimental
A surprising fact about this year’s experimental picks: nearly every entry contains an aspect of spoken word. This unusual combination may reflect our desire for narrative as opposed to lyric. The world is a jumble right now; can anyone make sense
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Experimental
A surprising fact about this year’s experimental picks: nearly every entry contains an aspect of spoken word. This unusual combination may reflect our desire for narrative as opposed to lyric. The world is a jumble right now; can anyone make sense
Matmos ~ The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
The new triple album from Matmos is at turns fascinating, confounding, enlightening, humorous, maddening, timely and brilliant. In terms of ambition and scope, it’s one of 2020’s most significant releases. Like it, hate it, think it overblown or too subdued, listeners will
Matmos ~ The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
The new triple album from Matmos is at turns fascinating, confounding, enlightening, humorous, maddening, timely and brilliant. In terms of ambition and scope, it’s one of 2020’s most significant releases. Like it, hate it, think it overblown or too subdued, listeners will
A Closer Listen’s Best Experimental Albums of the Decade
“Let’s try an experiment, and see if it works!” By all indications, the experiments of the ten artists on our decade chart were successful. They tried new things, and found their efforts rewarded. While we laud the efforts of all
A Closer Listen’s Best Experimental Albums of the Decade
“Let’s try an experiment, and see if it works!” By all indications, the experiments of the ten artists on our decade chart were successful. They tried new things, and found their efforts rewarded. While we laud the efforts of all
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Experimental
From locked grooves to dueling drummers; from abstract voices to plastic instruments; from stories of slavery to modern African drones, the Experimental category represents creativity at its best. These artists follow their own paths, abandoning the marked roads, more interested
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Experimental
From locked grooves to dueling drummers; from abstract voices to plastic instruments; from stories of slavery to modern African drones, the Experimental category represents creativity at its best. These artists follow their own paths, abandoning the marked roads, more interested
Matmos ~ Plastic Anniversary
We’ve always known that Matmos could be fun, but we never knew how funny they could be ~ until we watched the video, “How To Turn Your Plastic Into Audio Gold.” The couple is entertaining enough to host their own TV show. They’ve been
Matmos ~ Plastic Anniversary
We’ve always known that Matmos could be fun, but we never knew how funny they could be ~ until we watched the video, “How To Turn Your Plastic Into Audio Gold.” The couple is entertaining enough to host their own TV show. They’ve been
a closer listen 