This happened at last fall’s MoogFest in North Carolina: two improv jams between Dan Deacon and Matmos’ Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt, released yesterday via the indie live-recording vault Daytrotter. Warned by a comment from Schmidt on the Daytrotter posting that the second track “*really* isn’t very good,” I went ahead and skipped it,...
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The Red Room Collective kicks off a new series tonight dedicated to four-channel sound works. Titled “130% Surround Sound” and curated by musical chameleon Tom Boram, the series capitalizes on the Red Room’s recent upgrades and refurbishment. “The Red Room bought a new PA last year and we decided to keep the old one,”...
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The amorphous electronic music free-thinkers of Matmos have an upcoming collaboration with New York’s So Percussion set for release this July. Expect a bit of the deft, hybrized musique concrete that Matmos excels in, distilled even further into marvelous, uncompromisingly appealing instrumental compositions. “Treasure” is a sneak peak. Matmos/So Percussion: “Treasure
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Philip Glass | Image by Josh Sisk Most big-deal music festivals suck. Yes, that’s just one writer’s opinion, but crowds, lines, abbreviated/overlapping/distant performances, predatory locals/vendors/law enforcement—you can have it. Then there are the fringe festivals, the music-nerd gatherings, events such as Mutek, High Zero, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Whartscape, and, now, Big Ears, festivals that...
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M.C. Schmidt | Image by www.highzero.org True Vine majordomo Jason Willett sent out an e-mail last night clueing Noise into this wonderful fact: Matmos’ M.C. Schmidt and longtime friend of Matmos J Lesser perform at the Hampden record treasury tonight, Dec. 11, at 5 p.m., or as Willett put it: martin “matmos” schmidt &...
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Wham City’s alternative to Artscape is only in its third year, but already it’s starting to feel like an institution. So much attention, in the indie press and online, was lavished on last year’s festival and the advance hype for this year’s installment that you get the feeling there are a good number of...
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