Founded: Late 1990s
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Website Link(s): Official Site
Label(s)[]
- Matador
- Vague Terrain
Genre(s)[]
- Electronica
- IDM
- Avant-Garde
- Musique Concrète
RIYL[]
Band Members[]
- M. C. (Martin) Schmidt
- Drew Daniel
- J Lesser
Includes Members of[]
- The Soft Pink Truth
Band Biography[]
Matmos are perhaps most known for their work with Björk on the Vespertine and Medulla albums and the Greatest Hits Tour, where they provided much of the backing along with harpist Zeena Perkins and a Greenlandic choir. Much of their work involves re-interpreting samples and using found recordings to make often minimalist electronica; for example, their production work on Vespertine mostly used sounds from nature, like flowers opening and sounds made by insects, and their album A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure is made out of samples taken from plastic surgeries. (Sorry for ruining that album for you and making you feel vaguely nauseated when you listen to it now.)
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Matmos
- Quasi-Objects
- The West
- A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure
- Matmos Live With J Lesser
- The Civil War
- Work, Work, Work - Live at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
- The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of The Beast
EPs[]
- California Rhinoplasty
- Rat Relocation Program
Singles[]
Appears On[]
Compilations[]
- Matador At Fifteen
- Matador Records Intended Play Spring 2006
- Altered States Of America
- Split Series 9-16
- House Of Distraction
- The Record Shop - Thirty Years Of Rough Trade Shops