Made entirely from (Moog, Roland, Waldorf, etc.) synthesizers with guest appearances from the likes of longtime Matmos collaborators Lesser and Hrvatski (Keith Fullerton Whitman), as well as Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra) and minimalist composer Terry Riley, this might just be my favorite Matmos album ever! It’s a colorful kaleidoscope of wonderful playful sounds that recalls a lot of Mouse on Mars‘ earlier work. ‘Supreme Balloon’ shows again how multi-faceted Matmos (Drew Daniel and Martin C. Schmidt) are musically, marking yet another superb release that further solidifies their importance to music that matters.
Here’s a choice cut off of ‘Supreme Balloon’ entitled ‘Polychords’-
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MP3: Matmos – Polychords
Here’s one of my favorite tracks from Drew Daniels’ more danceable side project, The Soft Pink Truth:
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MP3: The Soft Pink Truth – Big Booty Bitches
‘Supreme Balloon’ is scheduled for release on June 6th through Matador Records. Check out Matmos’ Matador home page Here.
