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In 1998, Matmos remixed the [[Björk]] single "[[Alarm Call]]". Then the duo worked with Björk on her albums ''[[Vespertine]]'' (2001) and ''[[Medúlla]]'' (2004), as well as the ''Vespertine'' and ''Greatest Hits'' tours. In November 2004, Matmos spent 97 hours in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as artists-in-residence'','' performing music with friends, musical guests and onlookers. The live album ''Work, Work, Work'', essentially a "best of" collection of the session, was released as a free download on their website. | In 1998, Matmos remixed the [[Björk]] single "[[Alarm Call]]". Then the duo worked with Björk on her albums ''[[Vespertine (album) | Vespertine]]'' (2001) and ''[[Medúlla]]'' (2004), as well as the ''Vespertine'' and ''Greatest Hits'' tours. In November 2004, Matmos spent 97 hours in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as artists-in-residence'','' performing music with friends, musical guests and onlookers. The live album ''Work, Work, Work'', essentially a "best of" collection of the session, was released as a free download on their website. | ||
Matmos gained notoriety for their use of unconventional samples including "freshly cut hair" and "the amplified neural activity of crayfish" on their first album<ref>Cooper, Sean (2008). [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p224164/biography|pure_url=yes}} "Matmos"], AllMusicGuide.com</ref> and "recorded the snips, clicks, snaps, and squelches of various surgical procedures, then nipped and tucked them into seven remarkably accessible, melodic pieces of experimental techno" for their album ''A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure''.<ref>Phares, Heather (2008). [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r523131|pure_url=yes}} "A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure"], AllMusicGuide.com.</ref> In 2011, Matmos participated in a programmed evening of events with the visual arts organisation [[Auto Italia South East]]. The event was produced in collaboration with record label [http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/ Upset The Rhythm] and included contributions from experimental electronic musicians | Matmos gained notoriety for their use of unconventional samples including "freshly cut hair" and "the amplified neural activity of crayfish" on their first album<ref>Cooper, Sean (2008). [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p224164/biography|pure_url=yes}} "Matmos"], AllMusicGuide.com</ref> and "recorded the snips, clicks, snaps, and squelches of various surgical procedures, then nipped and tucked them into seven remarkably accessible, melodic pieces of experimental techno" for their album ''A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure''.<ref>Phares, Heather (2008). [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r523131|pure_url=yes}} "A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure"], AllMusicGuide.com.</ref> In 2011, Matmos participated in a programmed evening of events with the visual arts organisation [[Auto Italia South East]]. The event was produced in collaboration with record label [http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/ Upset The Rhythm] and included contributions from experimental electronic musicians [[John Wiese]] and Birds of Delay. Matmos have since collaborated with a large number of visual artists and arts organisations, including [[Cafe Oto]] and [http://www.metalculture.com/ Metal].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/matmos-live-at-auto-italia|title=Matmos Live At Auto Italia - The Wire|first=Nathan|last=Budzinski|website=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/16/digital-park-netpark-southend|title=Digital park delivers talking trees and a fishy monster in the pond|first=Nicola|last=Davis|newspaper=The Observer |date=16 June 2015|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
In 2015, Matmos appeared in ''[[Soundhunters]],'' a documentary directed by Beryl Koltz and broadcast on the Franco-German channel [[arte]] as well as on many channels abroad.<ref>{{Citation|title=Soundhunters|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4458220/|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> In September 2023, the duo announced their album ''[[Return to Archive]]'' would be released marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the [[Smithsonian Folkways]] label, with a three-hour free concert at the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden|Hirshhorn Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] in which they remixed [[field recording]]s from the label's catalogue in [[octophonic sound]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matmos Plays the Sounds of Folkways Records |url=https://hirshhorn.si.edu/event/matmos-plays-the-sounds-of-folkways-records/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden {{!}} Smithsonian |language=en}}</ref> | In 2015, Matmos appeared in ''[[Soundhunters]],'' a documentary directed by Beryl Koltz and broadcast on the Franco-German channel [[arte]] as well as on many channels abroad.<ref>{{Citation|title=Soundhunters|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4458220/|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> In September 2023, the duo announced their album ''[[Return to Archive]]'' would be released marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the [[Smithsonian Folkways]] label, with a three-hour free concert at the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden|Hirshhorn Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] in which they remixed [[field recording]]s from the label's catalogue in [[octophonic sound]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matmos Plays the Sounds of Folkways Records |url=https://hirshhorn.si.edu/event/matmos-plays-the-sounds-of-folkways-records/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden {{!}} Smithsonian |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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Schmidt and Daniel are a couple.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://buttmagazine.com/interviews/matmos/|title=Matmos|website=Butt}}</ref> Daniel received a Ph.D. in [[English studies|English]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] with a dissertation on the literary cult of [[Depression (mood)|melancholy]] directed by Janet Adelman. He is an associate professor in the English department at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://english.jhu.edu/directory/drew-daniel/ |title=Drew Daniel |website=English, Johns Hopkins University|date=3 August 2015 }}</ref> That had the band moving from San Francisco to Baltimore in August 2007. Daniel also has a personal dance music project, [[the Soft Pink Truth]]. He is a contributing writer to ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', an online magazine, and he wrote the ''[[33⅓|33 1/3]]'' book about [[Throbbing Gristle]]'s 1979 album ''[[20 Jazz Funk Greats]]'' in addition to two books of literary criticism.<ref name=":0" /> | Schmidt and Daniel are a couple.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://buttmagazine.com/interviews/matmos/|title=Matmos|website=Butt}}</ref> Daniel received a Ph.D. in [[English studies|English]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] with a dissertation on the literary cult of [[Depression (mood)|melancholy]] directed by Janet Adelman. He is an associate professor in the English department at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://english.jhu.edu/directory/drew-daniel/ |title=Drew Daniel |website=English, Johns Hopkins University|date=3 August 2015 }}</ref> That had the band moving from San Francisco to Baltimore in August 2007. Daniel also has a personal dance music project, [[the Soft Pink Truth]]. He is a contributing writer to ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', an online magazine, and he wrote the ''[[33⅓|33 1/3]]'' book about [[Throbbing Gristle]]'s 1979 album ''[[20 Jazz Funk Greats]]'' in addition to two books of literary criticism.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Schmidt formerly worked as a teacher in the New Genres Department at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], and is a professor of music technology at Johns Hopkins University's [[Peabody Institute]] and the president of the High Zero Foundation, which organizes Baltimore's annual [[High Zero]] festival of improvised music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty: Martin Schmidt |url=https://peabody.jhu.edu/faculty/martin-schmidt/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=[[Peabody Institute]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Both Schmidt and Daniel appeared in the [[Carl | Schmidt formerly worked as a teacher in the New Genres Department at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], and is a professor of music technology at Johns Hopkins University's [[Peabody Institute]] and the president of the High Zero Foundation, which organizes Baltimore's annual [[High Zero]] festival of improvised music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty: Martin Schmidt |url=https://peabody.jhu.edu/faculty/martin-schmidt/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=[[Peabody Institute]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Both Schmidt and Daniel appeared in the [[Carl Sagan]] music [[Short film|short]] ''Unseen Forces'' by Ryan Junell. | ||
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Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo formed in San Francisco and based in Baltimore. M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances notably including J Lesser. Apart from releasing twelve full-length studio albums and numerous collaborative works, Matmos is also well known for their collaboration with Icelandic singer and musician Björk, both on studio recordings and live tours. After being signed to Matador Records for nine years, Matmos signed with Thrill Jockey in 2012.[1] The name Matmos refers to the seething lake of evil slime beneath the city Sogo in the 1968 film Barbarella.[2]
Notable work
In 1998, Matmos remixed the Björk single "Alarm Call". Then the duo worked with Björk on her albums Vespertine (2001) and Medúlla (2004), as well as the Vespertine and Greatest Hits tours. In November 2004, Matmos spent 97 hours in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as artists-in-residence, performing music with friends, musical guests and onlookers. The live album Work, Work, Work, essentially a "best of" collection of the session, was released as a free download on their website.
Matmos gained notoriety for their use of unconventional samples including "freshly cut hair" and "the amplified neural activity of crayfish" on their first album[3] and "recorded the snips, clicks, snaps, and squelches of various surgical procedures, then nipped and tucked them into seven remarkably accessible, melodic pieces of experimental techno" for their album A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure.[4] In 2011, Matmos participated in a programmed evening of events with the visual arts organisation Auto Italia South East. The event was produced in collaboration with record label Upset The Rhythm and included contributions from experimental electronic musicians John Wiese and Birds of Delay. Matmos have since collaborated with a large number of visual artists and arts organisations, including Cafe Oto and Metal.[5][6]
In 2015, Matmos appeared in Soundhunters, a documentary directed by Beryl Koltz and broadcast on the Franco-German channel arte as well as on many channels abroad.[7] In September 2023, the duo announced their album Return to Archive would be released marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Smithsonian Folkways label, with a three-hour free concert at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. in which they remixed field recordings from the label's catalogue in octophonic sound.[8]
Hit em
Template:Tweet In 2024, Daniel tweeted about a new musical genre called "Hit Em" which he claims to have learned about during a dream while he was asleep; in the tweet he described the genre to be fixed at 212 BPM and Template:Time signature time signature.[9][10][11] The post went viral, with electronic music producers attempting to create examples of the fictional genre.[9][10][11]
Personal lives
Schmidt and Daniel are a couple.[12] Daniel received a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley with a dissertation on the literary cult of melancholy directed by Janet Adelman. He is an associate professor in the English department at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.[13] That had the band moving from San Francisco to Baltimore in August 2007. Daniel also has a personal dance music project, the Soft Pink Truth. He is a contributing writer to Pitchfork, an online magazine, and he wrote the 33 1/3 book about Throbbing Gristle's 1979 album 20 Jazz Funk Greats in addition to two books of literary criticism.[13]
Schmidt formerly worked as a teacher in the New Genres Department at the San Francisco Art Institute, and is a professor of music technology at Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Institute and the president of the High Zero Foundation, which organizes Baltimore's annual High Zero festival of improvised music.[14] Both Schmidt and Daniel appeared in the Carl Sagan music short Unseen Forces by Ryan Junell.
Discography
Albums
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| 1997 | Matmos
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| 1998 | Quasi-Objects
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| 1999 | The West
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| 2001 | A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure[15]
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| 2003 | The Civil War[16]
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| 2006 | The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast[15]
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| 2008 | Supreme Balloon
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| 2010 | Treasure State[17] (with So Percussion)
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| 2013 | The Marriage of True Minds[15]
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| 2016 | Ultimate Care II
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| 2019 | Plastic Anniversary[18]
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| 2020 | The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form[19]
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| 2022 | Regards/Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer
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| 2023 | Return to Archive
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| 2025 | Metallic Life Review
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EPs
- Full On Night Split Disc with Rachel's (2000, Quarterstick)
- California Rhinoplasty (2001 Feb 12, OLE-501)
- Rat Relocation Program (2004)
- For Alan Turing (2006)
- The Ganzfeld EP (2012, on Thrill Jockey 315)[22][23]
Limited edition
- Matmos Live with J Lesser (2002)
- A Viable Alternative to Actual Sexual Contact, as Vague Terrain Recordings (2002, Piehead Records)
- "A Paradise of Dainty Devices: interludes, micromedia & sound edits" (limited edition of 100, for their "Wet Hot EuroAmerican Summer Tour", 2007)
- Polychords : Promo Single released on Matador
- I Want Snowden/Sheremetyevo Breakdown Blues, split single with the Disco Yahtzee Empire (2013)[24][25]
References
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Further reading
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