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Matmos Share New Song 'Injection Basic Sound'
by Michael Major - October 03, 2023 Created to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Folkways Records, Return To Archive was exclusively assembled using early 'non-musical' recordings initially released by the historic label during the mid-20th century. Matmos dice, loop, stretch and transform some of the earliest sounds captured by fie...
Matmos Announce New Album Made Entirely From Non-Music Folkways LPs
by Michael Major - September 07, 2023 In advance of Folkways Records' 75th anniversary, Matmos accepted a proposition from the label to create new material to celebrate this significant milestone. Ever since their 1997 debut, Matmos have consistently created albums from atypical sound sources. With unprecedented access to an extensive a...
The Soft Pink Truth Covers Coil's 'The Anal Staircase'
by Michael Major - August 17, 2022 Ahead of the release of the Was It Ever Real? mini-album this Friday, and forthcoming full album Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This?, Drew Daniel of Matmos aka The Soft Pink Truth has shared the hypnotic, undulating new video for his interpretation of Coil's immortal queer classic 'The Anal Sta...
The Soft Pink Truth Announces New Album 'Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This?'
by Michael Major - July 26, 2022 Alongside the announcement, Daniel has shared the album's first single, 'Wanna Know', featuring guest vocals from Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes). Teasing the album's sensual, psychedelic and subversive take on deep dance music, on 'Wanna Know' album title becomes an airy vocal hook. Plus, che...
VIDEO: Matmos Share 'Anti-Antiphon (Absolute Decomposition)' Visual
by Michael Major - July 14, 2022 Following a recent run of sold out shows in the U.K. and Europe and ahead of their upcoming U.S. tour dates, Matmos have shared the new video for Regards Bogusław Schaeffer album closer 'Anti-Antiphon (Absolute Decomposition) / Anty-Antyfona (Dekonstruckcja na całego)'. Watch the new visual now!...
The Soft Pink Truth Announces New EP 'Was It Ever Real?'
by Michael Major - July 12, 2022 Ahead of the mini-album's release, Daniel has shared the video for first single 'Is It Going To Get Deeper Than This? (Dark Room Mix)'. Directed by Fletcher Pratt, the video propels artwork by Robert Beatty (Oneohtrix Point Never, The Weeknd, The Flaming Lips) into three-dimensions, Pratt sculpting ...
Matmos share excerpt 'Warm Opening' from new album The Consuming Flame, out Friday Aug. 21st
by Robert Diamond - August 19, 2020 Just ahead of the August 21st release of their ambitious new 3xCD album The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, Matmos have shared the excerpt from final disc EXTRATERRESTRIAL MASTERS, 'Warm Opening', featuring Oneohtrix Point Never. The excerpt builds Daniel Lopatin's scattered synth tex...
The Soft Pink Truth Shares the New Video for 'We'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 28, 2020 Ahead of the release of new album Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? this Friday, The Soft Pink Truth, aka Drew Daniel, has shared the hypnagogic new video for 'We'....
The Soft Pink Truth Shares New Single 'On'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 07, 2020 The Soft Pink Truth, aka Drew Daniel of Matmos, has shared the single 'On' from his upcoming album Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?, out May 1st. Capturing the album's emphasis on beauty in the face of adversity and oppression, the track intermingles gently sliding melodic loops wi...
Negativland Share 'Fourth Of July' Track
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 29, 2019 Completely unbroadcastable, yet utterly embeddable, 'Fourth of July' is the second single from Negativland's new LP True False. About the track, Negativland says - 'As online living continues to invert the signifiers by which we recognize Left and Right, the most effective Culture Jamming today is...
Negativland Share 'More Data' Video On Boing Boing, Celebrating 40th Anniversary
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 15, 2019 Negativland shared the video for their track 'More Data' on Boing Boing....
Negativland Announce New LP 'TRUE FALSE'
by A.A. Cristi - August 08, 2019 Negativland have announced their new LP True False and shared the track 'Discernment' on Billboard -- a mainstay of their live sets for nearly 20 years, yet unreleased until today. When talking about the track the band says, 'If our nervous systems have been conditioned to react to the language of ...
Baryshnikov Arts Center Presents St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Plus Adam Rosenblatt
by Tori Hartshorn - March 14, 2019 Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) continues its Spring 2019 season on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:30pm with a performance by St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble +Adam Rosenblatt, percussionist, at BAC's Jerome Robbins Theater (450 W. 37th Street). Rosenblatt will perform Belgian composer Thierry de Mey's theat...
American Contemporary Music Ensemble Performs Triple Bill With Clarice Jensen and Carolina Eyck at DROM
by Tori Hartshorn - December 12, 2018 On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 8:30pm, German-born composer, vocalist, and internationally renowned theremin virtuosa Carolina Eyck; multi-faceted cellist Clarice Jensen; and the dynamic American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) join forces for a performance at DROM (85 Avenue A), each performing a...
The Broad Unveils 2018 Summer Happenings Music & Performance Line-Up Feat. Gang Gang Dance, faUSt, & More
by Macon Prickett - May 31, 2018 The Broad today announced the lineup for the third edition of Summer Happenings at The Broad, a music and performance series sponsored by Leading Partner East West Bank. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a “wildly eclectic mix of music and art,” the summer event series – one of Los Angeles' most po... |