Matmos (M.C. Schmidt, Drew Daniel) de Baltimore (Estados Unidos)
Vuelve el duo experimental de Baltimore, después de las no muy buenas críticas del último album, ahora junto a So Percussion, cuarteto de percusión (que ya han trabajado con Fred Frith, Steve Reich y Arvo Part entre otros), una nueva experiencia este proyecto que ya hacia tiempo que tenian en mente, y como dicen ‘el disco explora la capacidad sonora de “cerámicas, cubos de agua, latas de aluminio y agujas de cactus”’…… Pos eso!!!!!!!!!!
The record had a complex gestation period: at the invitation of Brett Allen, the members of Matmos and So Percussion went to the SnowGhost Studios in Whitefish, Montana– the Treasure State which gives the album its title– and collaboratively generated the bulk of the songs. San Francisco plunderphonicist Wobbly then chopped and edited the results on several tracks, and finally, with frequent interventions from Matmos’ M. C. Schmidt, “fifth” So Percussion member and producer Lawson White overdubbed extra elements, processed, and mixed the results. The payoff of this nomadic pilgrimage is a diverse yet unified musical experience. From the desert hallucinations of Needles to the Hawaiian exotica kitsch of Treasure to the murky jazz noir of Swamp, it’s a deeply American album in which musical idioms and landscapes keep arising and dissolving into each other. Call it instrumental pop music, call it 21st century electro-classical, call it a great new record.
Releases:
1998- Matmos (Album) Matador Recprds
1998- Quasi-Objects (Album) Matador Recprds
1999- The West (Album) Matador Recprds
2001- A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure (Album) Matador Recprds
2003- The Civil War (Album) Matador Recprds
2006- The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (Album)
2008- Supreme Balloon (Album) Matador Recprds
Matmos & So Percussion - Treasure State (Album-2010)
2010- Matmos & So Percussion – Treasure State (Album) Cantalopupe
Tracklist:
01. Treasure 4:04
02. Water 7:00
03. Needles 6:01
04. Cross 6:27
05. Shard 6:57
06. Swamp 6:59
07. Aluminum 7:03
08. Flame 4:35
YouTube:
Matmos perform live at RFH @ RBMA 2010
Matmos at SFMOMA Jan 16 2010
Matmos at the 5th Dimension March 26th 2010 (Baltimore, Maryland)
