Matmos

Matmos on Unlikely Collaboration, and Embracing the Talents of Others

Source: We All Make Music
July 13, 2010

Matmos. Photo by AJ Farkas.

Drew Daniel and Martin “M.C." Schmidt, who comprise the electronic music duo Matmos, are not what you would consider classically trained musicians.

This is not necessarily a bad thing, of course (how many classically-trained pop musicians do you know?) and in this case, it doesn't really matter; Matmos's music, a mixture of bizarre samples (the noises of a plastic surgery operation, field recordings of Civil War-era songs, the movements of live snails), drum machines ...
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