http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63226&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rssWhat separates Matmos from the rest of the rapidly proliferating "electronica" movement is a notorious lack of convention. Each Matmos track is a pristine moment, unpredictable and full of risk. Listening to Matmos is to navigate foreign territory; each turn is a new moment of discovery. Connected to experimental outfits like IAO Core, DISC, Lesser and X/I, Matmos' Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt do not tweak electronic music for its own sake, but rather as a core strategy for creation. Rhythms, loops, and samples of breathing and crayfish neural tissue are coupled with keyboards and acoustic instruments, resulting in lush explorations of the implicit potential of sound found in household objects and consumer products. Matmos' tracks make the "unmusical" musical -- sustained drones and abrupt interference drift without apparent structure, flowing fluidly from the warm and familiar to the uncanny and unlikely.Leftfield/IDMen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:38:49 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63226&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss What separates Matmos from the rest of the rapidly proliferating "electronica" movement is a notorious lack of convention. Each Matmos track is a pristine moment, unpredictable and full of risk. Listening to Matmos is to navigate foreign territory; each turn is a new moment of discovery. Connected to experimental outfits like IAO Core, DISC, Lesser and X/I, Matmos' Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt do not tweak electronic music for its own sake, but rather as a core strategy for creation. Rhythms, loops, and samples of breathing and crayfish neural tissue are coupled with keyboards and acoustic instruments, resulting in lush explorations of the implicit potential of sound found in household objects and consumer products. Matmos' tracks make the "unmusical" musical -- sustained drones and abrupt interference drift without apparent structure, flowing fluidly from the warm and familiar to the uncanny and unlikely. http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067386&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2067386 tra.2067386 Matmos art.63226 0.99 A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure alb.119676 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/8/4/394873_170x170.jpg 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Lipostudio...And So On tra.2067386 335000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067386&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067386&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3447002&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 8 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 3447002 tra.3447002 Matmos art.63226 0.99 The Civil War alb.297438 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/0/4/564050_170x170.jpg 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 true Pelt and Holler tra.3447002 257000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3447002&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3447002&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446996&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Laptronica Mon, 8 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 3446996 tra.3446996 Matmos art.63226 0.99 The Civil War alb.297438 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/0/4/564050_170x170.jpg 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 true For The Trees tra.3446996 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446996&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446996&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067392&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2067392 tra.2067392 Matmos art.63226 0.99 A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure alb.119676 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/8/4/394873_170x170.jpg 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 true California Rhinoplasty tra.2067392 601000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067392&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067392&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446993&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 8 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 3446993 tra.3446993 Matmos art.63226 0.99 The Civil War alb.297438 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/0/4/564050_170x170.jpg 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 true Y.T.T.E. tra.3446993 547000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446993&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446993&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960756&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 19960756 tra.19960756 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Supreme Balloon alb.19957205 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/7/2/1212718_170x170.jpg 2008-05-06 00:00:00.0 2008-05-06 00:00:00.0 true Mister Mouth tra.19960756 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960756&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960756&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960754&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 19960754 tra.19960754 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Supreme Balloon alb.19957205 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/7/2/1212718_170x170.jpg 2008-05-06 00:00:00.0 2008-05-06 00:00:00.0 true Rainbow Flag tra.19960754 231000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960754&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960754&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2157930&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2157930 tra.2157930 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Everything Is Nice: Matador 10th Anv. Anthology alb.99965 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/1/8/6/1166812_170x170.jpg 1999-09-14 00:00:00.0 1999-09-14 00:00:00.0 true The Banjo's Categorical Gut tra.2157930 367000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2157930&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2157930&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446999&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 8 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 3446999 tra.3446999 Matmos art.63226 0.99 The Civil War alb.297438 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/0/4/564050_170x170.jpg 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 true The Stars and Stripes Forever tra.3446999 127000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446999&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446999&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3693220&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 3693220 tra.3693220 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Branches And Routes alb.158084 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/7/1/2/722178_170x170.jpg 2003-07-16 00:00:00.0 2003-06-24 00:00:00.0 true Freak N You tra.3693220 297000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3693220&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3693220&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062408&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2062408 tra.2062408 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Matmos alb.104140 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/1/1/511110_170x170.jpg 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 1997-01-01 00:00:00.0 true IT SEEMS tra.2062408 312000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062408&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062408&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6093573&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 1 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 6093573 tra.6093573 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Tipsy Remix Party! alb.6087161 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/7/1/5/635175_170x170.jpg 2002-01-01 00:00:00.0 2002-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Schatzi a Go Go tra.6093573 174000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6093573&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6093573&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062410&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2062410 tra.2062410 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Matmos alb.104140 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/1/1/511110_170x170.jpg 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 1997-01-01 00:00:00.0 true ...AND SILVER LIGHT POPPED IN HIS EYES tra.2062410 1100000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062410&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062410&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17261608&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 9 Feb 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 17261608 tra.17261608 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Altered States of America alb.17253054 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/8/6/4/1844682_170x170.jpg 1998-02-09 00:00:00.0 1998-02-09 00:00:00.0 true Lunaire tra.17261608 309000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17261608&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.17261608&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067391&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2067391 tra.2067391 Matmos art.63226 0.99 A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure alb.119676 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/8/4/394873_170x170.jpg 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 2001-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Memento Mori tra.2067391 453000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067391&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2067391&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062417&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2062417 tra.2062417 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Matmos alb.104140 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/1/1/511110_170x170.jpg 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 1997-01-01 00:00:00.0 true NUGENT SAND tra.2062417 270000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062417&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2062417&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446984&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 8 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 3446984 tra.3446984 Matmos art.63226 0.99 The Civil War alb.297438 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/5/0/4/564050_170x170.jpg 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 2003-09-08 00:00:00.0 true Regicide tra.3446984 167000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446984&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3446984&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10132982&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 10132982 tra.10132982 Matmos art.63226 0.99 The Rose Has Teeth In the Mouth of a Beast alb.10115806 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/0/7/7/837704_170x170.jpg 2006-05-09 00:00:00.0 2006-04-25 00:00:00.0 true Roses and Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein tra.10132982 204000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10132982&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10132982&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10132983&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 10132983 tra.10132983 Matmos art.63226 0.99 The Rose Has Teeth In the Mouth of a Beast alb.10115806 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/0/7/7/837704_170x170.jpg 2006-05-09 00:00:00.0 2006-04-25 00:00:00.0 true Steam and Sequins for Larry Levan tra.10132983 320000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10132983&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10132983&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960757&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 19960757 tra.19960757 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Supreme Balloon alb.19957205 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/7/2/1212718_170x170.jpg 2008-05-06 00:00:00.0 2008-05-06 00:00:00.0 true Exciter Lamp And The Variable Band tra.19960757 202000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960757&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19960757&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118476&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2118476 tra.2118476 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Quasi-objects alb.186311 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/0/6/0/500603_170x170.jpg 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Cloth Mother / Wire Mother tra.2118476 309000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118476&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118476&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118477&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2118477 tra.2118477 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Quasi-objects alb.186311 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/0/6/0/500603_170x170.jpg 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Lift Up Your Hat! tra.2118477 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118477&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118477&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118478&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2118478 tra.2118478 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Quasi-objects alb.186311 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/0/6/0/500603_170x170.jpg 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Always Three Words tra.2118478 316000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118478&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118478&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23159986&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:30:26 -0700 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 23159986 tra.23159986 Matmos art.63226 0.0 Met Life: Rat Relocation Program alb.23144874 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/0/5/5/1405505_170x170.jpg 2005-06-24 00:00:00.0 null true Rat Relocation tra.23159986 872000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23159986&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23159986&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118480&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matmos on Rhapsody Online 2118480 tra.2118480 Matmos art.63226 0.99 Quasi-objects alb.186311 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/0/6/0/500603_170x170.jpg 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 true The Purple Island tra.2118480 419000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118480&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2118480&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatmos%2Ftop-tracks.rss