Clot Magazine

The American experimental electronic duo Matmos are M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel. Both artists are the main core of the outfit but they are frequently joined by other musicians and an array of domestic gadgets. Currently based in Baltimore - Daniel is an associate professor in the Department of English at Johns Hopkins University-, they formed in San Francisco in the 90s, where Schmidt worked as a teacher in the New Genres Department at the San Francisco Art Institute and Daniel was taking his doctoral studies on the literary cult of melancholy at Berkley (University of California) Over the last 2 decades Matmos have gained a reputation as the new masters of musique concrete through their conceptual approach and the use of unusual sound sources. Their productions are challenging but also infused with a playful touch of domestic humor and a disregard for genre conventions. They first entered the more mainstream musical consciousness in 2001 through their collaboration for Bjork’s album Vespertine and th