Socializing with Mark Hosler, yes audio cut-up-legend-of-Negativland Mark Hosler the other day in Asheville, North Carolina, M.C. Schmidt realized how much they have in common. On the other hand, not having meaningfully socialized in 25 years, much was missing from his knowledge, for example M.C.S. had no idea that Mark plays a wicked solo “table top noise” set! This socializing was occuring at a show where Thomas Dimuzio was also playing…M.C.S. and the audience managed to prevail upon the two to play together, and it was staggering!
M.C.S. realized that electronic music fans, in cities OTHER (and as well as) than Electronic Music City, USA might enjoy seeing this combination of players separately and PERHAPS together again.
Selfishly, of course, M.C.S. wanted to play too, and having very much enjoyed his sets with Wobbly as part of Matmos and in improvising duos with him at the Red Room in Baltimore, and working on the album SIMULTANEOUS QUODLIBET with him, a foursome was made, a tour was booked, and YOU are the potential benefactor.
M.C.S.’ obsession with Q u a d r o p h o n i c S o u n d led him to convince the others to explore the sono-spacial benefits of this arrangement of speakers, and again, YOU are the real potential benefactor. The difference between stereo and quadrophonic is like the difference, on a hot day, between standing in front of an air-conditioner and swimming in a fresh pool.
Please join us in the bottomless lake of sound, granted the ability to breathe underwater – with your ears.
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BALTIMORE – Saturday, 12 October THE RED ROOM – with Jaap Blonk and Jeb Bishop! (holy shit, if I do say so, look at that amazing line-up!) – 8:30PM
BLOOMINGTON – Saturday 19 October THE REAM 8:30PM 1316 S. Walnut, Bloomington with Kray Fanny and John Flannely presenting “double dueling pianos, in DIY Quadrophonic Sound”
ASHEVILLE – Sunday 20 October APOTHECARY 9PM 39 S. Market St. B Asheville, NC with Xambuca
Please share this information with anyone you think might be interested. Thank you for listening.
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Please join us in Baltimore for High Zero.September 16th through the 22nd. Four nights of improvised music. One night is great, two nights is intense, 3 nights is a little much, 4 nights is delirious, and you will be impatient with planned “normal” music for the rest of your life.
Also as a bonus, Saturday afternoon, along with some other (amazing sounding) pieces by other folks Matmos will perform “Just Waves”, our chorale with electronics.
ALSO, Monday (16th) night M.C. Schmidt has co-curated an evening of experimental video and film that will illuminate, amuse, possibly educate, possibly hurt your eyes. The concept of the festival and addresses and times and prices (get the full festival pass) and the list of players are here: High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music. This thing changed our lives for the better, we couldn’t recommend it more.
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Here is another video, this one to accompany Aetheric Vehicle from “The Marriage of True Minds” set of music. This was a “live” video we tarted up some for late night home viewing.
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March 5, 2013
Here is a video I (M.C. Schmidt) made for our song Luminous Rings, part of the The Marriage of True Minds set of music.
I think the video looks better with “scaling off” (in the upper right hand corner of the Vimeo screen while it’s running and zoomed in) and, of course, without the menus and things.
It makes it smaller, but think of it as a magic postcard I sent you…about Tatiana’s psychic session.
Five years, 50+ Ganzfeld sessions later, we are pleased to announce
that the new Matmos album, “The Marriage of True Minds”, is at hand.
The recorded evidence of our psychic experiments are available in
double vinyl, CD and digital configurations. From Baltimore to Oxford
to Haverford to San Francisco to Whitefish and beyond, we want to
thank everyone who helped to make this album happen.
Matmos is going to go on tour in North America, and in Europe, and then we’re even going down to Brazil.
We’re bringing various permutations of members of Baltimore’s own just intonation boy band Horse Lords for most of these dates, and we’re
playing shows / sharing stages with some rad folks along the way
(Mouse on Mars! People Like Us! Josef van Wissem! Atom Heart! Etc.)
So begins a “journey strange, with clamorous uproare.” Expect to
hear new songs, old songs, and things that aren’t even songs. Expect
to see new video work from M.C. Schmidt. We will have a special
limited edition merchtastic things to share with you too (maybe).
Strap in for good times and telepathic demonstrations.
Monday – February 11 – NEW YORK CITY – Le Poisson Rouge http://www.lepoissonrouge.com
Tuesday – February 12 – BOSTON – The Sinclair http://www.boweryboston.com/the-sinclair
Wednesday – February 13 – MONTREAL – Il Motore http://www.myspace.com/ilmotore
Thursday – February 14 – TORONTO – The Garrison http://www.garrisontoronto.com
Friday – February 15 – CHICAGO – Le Empty Bottle http://www.emptybottle.com
Saturday – February 16th – MINNEAPOLIS – The Cedar Cultural Center!! http://www.thecedar.org
Tuesday – February 19th – PORTLAND – Doug Fir Lounge http://www.dougfirlounge.com WE OPEN FOR MOUSE ON MARS!!! (Kermit voice used here)
Wednesday – February 20th – SEATTLE – Neumos http://www.neumos.com/neumos ALSO WITH MOUSE ON MARS!!!! (also Kermit voice, pls)
Thursday – February 21st – VANCOUVER BC! – The Media Club http://www.themediaclub.ca/
Sunday – February 24th – SAN FRANCISCO – The Public Works http://www.publicsf.com
Monday – February 25th – HOLLYWOOD – The Masonic Lodge (!) at Hollywood Forever
Thursday – February 28th – AUSTIN – The ND http://www.ndvenue.com/
Saturday – March 2nd – LOUISVILLE – Zbar http://zanzabarlouisville.ticketfly.com/
Wednesday – March 6th – BALTIMORE – To Be Announced (bug Stew about it)
March 13th FRIBOURG – CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA – Fri-Son
March 14th TORINO – ITALIA – Musica 90@Moldiciotto
March 15th VERONA – ITALIA – Interzona
March 16th BOLOGNA – ITALIA – Locomotiv
March 17th MUENCHEN – DEUTSCHLAND – Frameworks Festival
March 19th LONDON – U.K. – XOYO
March 21st BRUSSELS – KONANKRIJK BELGIE – Botanique
March 22nd PARIS – FRANCE – La Maroquinerie
March 23rd LUXEMBOURG – LUXEMBOURG – Exit07
March 24th KOELN – DEUTSCHLAND – Stadtgarten
March 25th HAMBURG – DEUTSCHLAND – Kampnagel
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November 8, 2012
Please enjoy this set with M.C.S. in it from High Zero 2012 in Baltimore. Please, at the higher resolution, with really nice speakers, like that Maxell ad.
Our pals at L-Inc design created a moving illustration created straight from Ed Schrader’s Psychic Session with Dr. Daniel.
Do watch it at full screen!
New recordings are now available from Thrill Jockey. On the EP (aside from Very Large Green Triangles), a special full length chorale by M.C. Schmidt featuring the voices of Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex, Mellow Candle, Mike Oldfield), Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors, etc), Dan Deacon (!!) and M.C.S. and Dr. Daniel.
Also, a remix of a song you can’t even hear yet from the forthcoming “The Marriage of True Minds” entitled “You” by Rrose…dark, flavourful and intense.
The Marriage of True Minds comes out in February. I personally can’t wait, but I guess I don’t have to, ’cause I’m in the band…but you do. In the meantime, do your own psychic experiments with the equipment provided in the boxed set, advertised below. They really are very nice headphones.
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