“The ability to play the piano is kind of basic musical skill that we lack. We couldn’t sit down and play ‘Happy Birthday’ […] When we play instruments, we deliberately forget or avoid the way they’re ...

THE SKINNY: It’s not like experimental electronic duo Matmos have ever been short of an idea. From making albums entirely out of washing machine noises to operating theatre sounds, and one generated ...

Matmos have shared details of a new album, titled Metallic Life Review. Spanning six tracks, the record was made entirely with sounds derived from metallic objects as the duo comprised of Drew Daniel ...

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Long-running electronic duo Matmos have long built their albums out of playful concepts. Their most recent LP, for instance, is 2023's Return To Archive, which is built entirely from samples of ...

When asked how he would like to live his remaining years, Luis Buñuel once said: "Give me two hours a day of activity, and I'll take the other 22 in dreams — provided I can remember them." Who knows ...

Influenced more by beetles than the Beatles, the Baltimore-based duo Matmos have been underground electronic music's arch conceptualists for nearly 30 years. Every album they release revolves around a ...

The sample-centric duo on Return to Archive, their latest project to cull sounds from the legendary Smithsonian Folkways back catalogue When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In advance of Folkways Records' 75th anniversary, Matmos accepted a ...

Experimental duo Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt) have announced their 14th album, Return To Archive, which will be out digitally on November 3 via Smithsonian Folkways with a physical release in ...