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	Matmos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matmos is an experimental electronica duo from San Francisco on the Matador Records label.
		Matmos has worked with Björk on her albums Vespertine (2001) and Medúlla (2004), as well as her Vespertine and Greatest Hits tours.
		Matmos' private record label Vague Terrain is a reference to the publishing company and bookstore in Paris that originally distributed the comic book upon which the film was based.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matmos (272 words)

	Matmos: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matmos [+] were one of the more unlikely left-field experimental electronic acts to appear when their self-titled debut was quietly released on their own Vague Terrain label at the beginning of 1997.
		While with Matmos that experimentalism is elevated to method, in fact both Schmidt's and Daniel's musical pasts are littered with strange associations, the most bizarre of which is probably King G and the J Krew [+], a "white funk/rap" outfit which also included Jason Noble [+] (currently of indie salon/string quartet group Rachel's).
		Matmos [+] began as a long-distance tape exchange project while Daniel was living in London (he's originally from Kentucky), with the pair settling in the San Francisco Bay Area (where Daniel is pursuing a Ph.D.) in the mid-'90s.
	www.music.com /group/matmos/1 (298 words)

	Junkmedia: An interview with Matmos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To me the cut-up is the core activity of Matmos, and whether we are cutting up the sound of an object we have found, or a record by someone, or an instrumental line played by a friend, it's still dealt with as raw material to be estranged and manipulated and metabolized by us.
		I wouldn't want to place our own work as Matmos next to their work because what we do is, in every sense, on a much smaller scale- tiny objects, with a microphone placed close to them, executed in the home, and tiny sounds, snipped and tucked and chopped into ever tinier pieces.
		As far as collaboration goes, Bjork has been working with others for so long that she is very graceful at it, and she tends to bring out strong work from people because she doesn't dictate, she can telegraph what emotion she is hoping to convey while still leaving her collaborators room for interpretation and play.
	www.junkmedia.org /?i=883 (2600 words)

	Matador Records \| Matmos Biography
		That said, Matmos' trademark ear for highly unorthodox sample sources endures: "Pelt and Holler" is made almost entirely out of the sound of a rabbit pelt, while "The Struggle Against Unreality Begins" features the sound of the blood in M. Schmidt's carotid artery.
		Back in the studio, Matmos performed surgery of their own upon the sounds they had gathered, building rhythms from the clanks, rasps and snips of the scalpel, kick drums from the sound of bones being broken, and rich drones from the buzz of human skin conducting electricity through acupuncture points.
		Matmos has remixed Bjork, Kid 606, and Otomo Yoshihide, toured with Lesser, Labradford and Rachel’s, and is currently working with Bjork, Matthew Herbert and the Kronos Quartet on collaborative projects.
	www.matadorrecords.com /matmos/biography.html (1374 words)

	Line-Up. UKATP/05. Curated by Slint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matmos were one of the more unlikely left-field experimental electronic acts to appear when their self-titled debut was quietly released on their own Vague Terrain label at the beginning of 1997.
		While with Matmos that experimentalism is elevated to method, in fact both Schmidt's and Daniel's musical pasts are littered with strange associations, the most bizarre of which is probably King G and the J Krew, a "white funk/rap" outfit which also included Jason Noble (currently of indie salon/string quartet group Rachel's).
		Matmos began as a long-distance tape exchange project while Daniel was living in London (he's originally from Kentucky), with the pair settling in the San Francisco Bay Area (where Daniel is pursuing a Ph.D.) in the mid-'90s.
	www.atpfestival.com /events/line_up.php?event=15&view=323 (225 words)

	Matmos - California Rhinoplasty EP (Matador)
		Matmos sent Matthew Herbert and Surgeon (of course!) the raw recordings of the surgeries but did not provide them with the their song.
		It's much stranger than anything Matmos did with these recordings, which may be better as it forces the listener to confront the music's origin.
		The concept, which is gruesome in a creep show kind of way in the hands of Matmos and unsettling in the hands of Matthew Herbert, becomes frightening and horrific under Surgeon's care.
	www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2001/matmos2.shtml (549 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Civil War [Enhanced] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Early on, Matmos were known for their unusual sound sources, often restricting themselves, within a track, to sounds produced by a single object.
		Once again then, Matmos are true virtuosos in their field, loving what they do to the point of wanting merely to indulge in it to the fullest.
		Ultimately, Matmos is doing a very important thing by staying ahead of their own game by moving in a direction that listeners are not going to believe when they hear it.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000ALWDP (2134 words)

	matmos::Locust Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The dynamic hybrid electro-rock duo Matmos strike again with this zany, completely mesmerizing 2 track contribution to the Met Life series of field recordings and ingenious sound responses.
		The Matmos boys stretch an ominous canvas with the bare sounds of an incarcerated rat ensconced in a friendly trap and paint an unlikely response.
		Rat Relocation Program is a heavily elevated, gleeful electro-rock epic that combines Matmos' patented blend of humor, drill and bass with cinematic krautrock reminiscent of the animated cult fantasy sci-fi film The Fantastic Planet.
	locustmusic.com /matmos.html (231 words)

	The History of Rock Music. Matmos: biography, discography, reviews, links
		Matmos is a San Francisco electronic duo (Drew Daniel, a veteran of the Kentucky rock scene, and Martin Schmidt, an avantgarde composer and artist) whose electronica is built around sampling non-musical objects (i.e., "field recordings").
		Matmos also shines on two collaborative recordings: Full on Night, with Rachel's, and Transfer, with Venezuelan producer Kid-606 (born Michael Trost Depedro) and skitter-techno producer LSR (born Jay Lesser).
		Matmos are also behind the project Disc, a collaboration with Kid 606 and Jay Lesser.
	www.scaruffi.com /vol5/matmos.html (1883 words)

	Disquiet: reports: Matmos live at the Yerba Buena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matmos' concert and residency are part of a 10th anniversary celebration for the Yerba Buena Center, which is located just south of Market Street, across from the SF MOMA.
		The Matmos concert was also something of a homecoming for the group, who have been on tour of late with Björk, the Icelandic pop sensation.
		What Matmos achieved by displaying the visual of the piano as it was being manhandled was to give the resulting music, which is often harsh, a physical presence, to lend form to the exotic sounds.
	www.disquiet.com /report-20031109-matmos.html (1450 words)

	Rachel’s/Matmos
		There is a distinct echo of the seminal fusion style of guitarist John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra material, in particular The Inner Mounting Flame, which Rachel’s resembles in terms of narrative thrust, harmonic inflection and rhythmic drive, and, not least, a dark and introspective attitude.
		Matmos is the evil twin of Rachel’s, sharing most of the musicians, including pianist/organist Rachel Grimes herself.
		Matmos has devised a wicked mix of punk, disco and agrarian Menshevism.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/071300/mus.dq6.shtml (199 words)

	Matmos: The Civil War: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matmos had something in particular in mind for The West as a whole, but they weren't afraid to follow the tracks where they wanted to go.
		The send-up of "Stars and Stripes Forever", meanwhile, is a sharp statement, skewering the pomposity of John Philip Sousa with dinky sounds and unsteady rhythms while secretly celebrating the spectacle of it all.
		I have a feeling that Matmos' concepts serve mostly to constrict the limitless possibilities of sampling and sequencing-- deciding to use a fixed set of sounds necessarily limits choice, which has to feel good when you've mastered the computer and the world is your orchestra.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/matmos/civil-war.shtml (705 words)

	Matmos - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Most striking about Matmos, perhaps, are their unique choices for sound sources; over their career, the adventuresome duo has employed the sound of amplified crayfish nerve tissue, human hair, plastic surgery, frozen steam thawing in the sun, latex clothing, a steel guitar recorded in a sewer, and a whole heckuva lot more.
		The fact is, while Matmos has been enthusiastically embraced by the left field electronic music community, their work displays a degree of originality and willingness to experiment rarely found in any music today, aligning Matmos with the great musical academicians of the last century as much as with any of their peers.
		In the spring of 2001, Bjork invited Matmos into the studio to create her album Vespertine and later asked the duo to join her (along with Lesser) for her world tour.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/matmos.html (803 words)

	Matmos - Rat Relocation Project - Review
		Matmos is one of those groups that I will be interested in no matter what they're doing.
		For their original recording, Matmos took a recording of a rat they captured in their apartment with a no-kill cage.
		Although it may be easy to draw a straight line to their "For Felix" track (from A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure album), this is in fact a much different beast.
	www.almostcool.org /mr/m/m123mu.html (388 words)

	sfbg.com \| Local Live
		Tables were littered with computer gear, toys, and instruments, the stuff that has made Matmos a standout in the realm of artists who combine sound manipulations and heavy concept.
		The piano treatment wasn't in sync with the video, which was probably prerecorded, but then we are used to Matmos giving away their sources, as challenges not secrets.
		It's hard to picture Matmos having much in common with Ken Burns, except for perhaps an obsessive work ethic, so I'm not sure what sort of metaphor they were attempting.
	www.sfbg.com /38/11/x_local_live.html (849 words)

	Matmos and Lesser hit Tokyo
		Besides opening, Matmos, comprised of Drew and Martin, had been hired to remix Bjork's songs and play the electronic end of things on stage during her performance.
		Matmos and Jay offered to help me get in to see their final show, at the space-age architected International Forum in Tokyo.
		Of course all of this had very little to do with Matmos, except that it meant we were standing in the lobby during Matmos performance and only saw them hit the stage with Bjork.
	www.links.net /vita/trip/japan/gaijin/matmos (874 words)

	NOW : Entertainment : MATMOS : Oct 4 - 10, 2001
		Although it's not widely known, laptop duo Matmos had a brief secondary career doing soundtracks for the fetish flicks which, according to Drew Daniel, proved a rewarding experience.
		Actually, Matmos are more like the genre's nip-and-tuck specialists, as demonstrated on their innovative recent disc A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (Matador), on which they sampled the sounds of cosmetic surgery.
		It was much more impressive to her than any of the soundtracks Matmos have recorded for gay porn films directed by Toronto's Steven Scarborough (see sidebar).
	www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2001-10-04/cover_story.html (1215 words)

	Matmos: A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Yes, M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel (the men of Matmos) actually donned surgical masks and brought their DATs into operating rooms to record the sounds of a liposuction, nose jobs, and so on.
		But when we discover that the track was made using sounds coaxed from an empty rat's cage (Matmos applied a violin bow to the bars to mimic the strings, and then plucked the bars for the thumb piano sound), it adds a rich layer of meaning.
		All those familiar buzzes, squelches and clicks are starting to wear out their welcome; hearing Matmos work magic with material clearly recorded in the field makes me realize what I've been missing.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/matmos/chance-to-cut-is-a-chance-to-cure.shtml (550 words)

	Rachel's/Matmos: Full on Night - PopMatters Music Review
		With the addition of the Matmos influence, their sound has been morphed into orchestral indie music with an abrassive metallic, almost industrial edge.
		The mix is a bit hard to swallow and the LP begins with a slow, almost dreamlike sound which progressive into a noisy, tearing, screechfest.
		Matmos is an electronica two piece from San Francisco.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/r/rachels-matmos-full.shtml (337 words)

	Harvard Gazette: Matmos makes music from found sound
		Drew Daniel (from left) and M.C. Schmidt (aka Matmos), with Somerville musician Keith Fullerton Whitman (who opened for Matmos) receive a generous round of applause from the packed lecture hall.
		Named after the living lake that feeds off the bad vibes of the planet Sogo's inhabitants in the movie "Barbarella," Matmos samples sound from a vast range of sources, then digitally alters those recordings to create musical compositions.
		Matmos played a concert last Sunday (Nov. 17) to a packed auditorium in the Science Center, which included a live bird whistle performance by Schmidt, the sounds of an electronic probe that responds to the electrical impulses of the human body, and videotape of the audience projected on a large screen behind the performers.
	www.hno.harvard.edu /gazette/2002/11.21/32-matmos.html (362 words)

	MATMOS - A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure
		San Francisco-based Matmos put their creation techniques to the test once more, as they infiltrate the medical world to collect unusual samples.
		Matmos have developed, over the years, a particular way of composing and producing sonic art, reflecting the interest of both members for unusual settings.
		Matmos have pushed the boundaries of electronic music forward since the release of their eponymous first album, and A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure is a further proof of their credibility as creative artists.
	www.themilkfactory.co.uk /music/matmos.htm (405 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Matmos *
		For many, Matmos and Lesser will be known as Bjork’s backing band, as the trio accompanied her as she trekked across the globe in support of her latest disc.
		And indeed for some, Matmos may be known as the kitschy group who released an album constructed of surgical samples last year.
		For those familiar only with the Matmos heard previously in recorded form, much of this material may be a difficult listen as it varies in accessability, but steadily escalates in strangeness.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/129 (897 words)

	matmos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Produced by Matmos, per mission’s breath whispers for you to grasp at the memories of those long nights of slowly being driven mad with the search for comfort and the intangible.
		Matmos are up first with another one of their larger than life reworkings — 3 billion ideas contained within a 6 minute time frame and iced with a slight ironic giggle somewhere in between the beats and grinds.
		One-half Matmos man and part-time knob twiddlin' genius for pixie-belle Bjork, Drew Daniel seems to be on a mission to camp-up his Soft Pink Truth project with every release.
	www.boomkat.com /artist.cfm?a=MATMOS (2908 words)

	metacritic.com: A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure by Matmos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To the duo's credit, Matmos avoids making A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure grisly or gross; Andrew Daniel and Martin Schmidt approach the album's concept with their usual playfulness and an appropriately clinical detachment, resulting in some clever and surprisingly diverse songs
		While A Chance may not move Matmos any closer to either the song or sound distinction, perhaps the fact that their music consistently provokes smiles and dark thought with increasing accessibility warrants our continued, if not increased, attention...
		Matmos have captured with discomforting vividness the sheer surrealism of the modern vanity industry, the medieval tortures people gladly endure in pursuit of physical perfection.
	www.metacritic.com /print/music/artists/matmos/chancetocut (398 words)

	Matmos: The Civil War (2003): Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Using jaunty jigs and marches, [Matmos] mishandle flutes, bagpipes, violins and God knows what else to illustrate the mid-1800s battlefield.
		Though Matmos are undoubtedly the Willie Wonkas of ear candy, just occasionally The Civil War gets too anal.
		Matmos amble and shuffle toward a new interpretation of history.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/matmos/civilwar (580 words)

	Matmos interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matmos is a San Francisco-based duo of Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt.
		The Autechre comparisons are facile (they brought it up themselves in the press release for the debut) but Matmos isn't nearly as detached as that other duo, and display a sense of humor and wit, as well as a total disregard for listener's expectations that puts them ahead of the game in my book.
		As for Matmos being on other labels, there have been some vague offers from large but still independent labels, but nothing that we can count on so we're taking it slow.
	www.furious.com /perfect/matmos.html (2664 words)

	Bjork + Matmos @ Coliseum, London
		Bjork herself was dressed in a fl feathery affair around the waist, sequins of many colours decorating her top and with tights, topped with vertical fl lines, which accentuated her endearingly childlike shape.
		We were treated to I've Seen It All from the soundtrack as well, but whilst on the recording she duetted with Radiohead's Thom Yorke, here she sang the entire song herself.
		The wonderful Cocoon from Vespertine featured one member of Matmos literally stroking the other while Bjork softly sang about the physical intimacy of love, of having her man "inside of me".
	www.musicomh.com /gigs/bjork.htm (595 words)

	Matmos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Those of you who tend toward squeamishness should first listen to Matmos' new album, A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure, without reading its liner notes.
		Cut keeps with Matmos' philosophy of sculpting songs out of real-world samples; they disdain relying on fancy equipment or chunks of other people's pop hits.
		Matmos have already earned a devout fan in Bjork, who recruited the duo to collaborate on her upcoming disc, Vespertine, and its accompanying tour, which should follow the album's release.
	www.spiraling.com /words/matmos.html (536 words)

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