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Matmos Celebrate Their 25th Anniversary: An Interview with Drew Daniel

Drew Daniel of Baltimore-via-Bay Area pranksters Matmos discusses their new album Plastic Anniversary, homophobic Montana moms, and the difficulties of recording a breast implant.

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Matmos Arrive with an Arsenal of Plastic Sources on Their Anniversary

Experimental electronic duo, Matmos return after the exquisite Ultimate Care II with an etude on the various sounds that plastic materials can awaken.

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Matmos - "The Crying Pill" (Singles Going Steady)

Here we are in 2019, and Matmos is still producing sounds that just don't fit comfortably into any electronic subgenre currently available for classification.

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Electronic Producer Objekt Performs a Massive Evolutionary Leap on 'Cocoon Crush'

Objekt combines the electronic backbone of his project with an experimental approach and an impressive amount of sound design to bring forth Cocoon Crush.

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Derek Piotr Clears His Digital Throat

Derek Piotr's Grunt isn't so much about the sound as it is about the spirit of the noise.

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Jlin Contorts Her Experimental Club Music into a Malleable Soundtrack to Wayne McGregor’s 'Autobiography'

Jlin's soundtrack for Wayne McGregor's Autobiography brings guttural, experimental club music from the dancefloor to the theater stage.

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Once Hollowed, Now Bodied: An Interview with Innovative Electronic Producer Ital Tek

Brighton-based electronic artist Ital Tek has astounded listeners with his unique and innovative sounds, and he tells PopMatters about his new album Bodied as well as what it took to make his break-through album, Hollowed.

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'Collapse' Is Another Testament to Aphex Twin's Brilliance

On his latest EP, Aphex Twin abruptly pulls the rug from under your feet, turning his nostalgic IDM perspective into an etude on electronic music deconstruction.

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Iglooghost Scales Back His Maximalism on the Clear Tamei / Steel Mogu EPs

One of electronic music's most promising maximalists, Iglooghost scales back his relentless sound on a new set of EPs.

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Ross From Friends Expands His Lo-Fi Electronic Sound on Debut, 'Family Portrait'

Ross From Friends' Family Portrait is an album you can easily disappear into from one of electronic music's most thrilling new talents.

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Bronsert and Szary Play DJ for Their Friends on the Latest Modeselektor Release

Modeselektor's latest beat museum Modeselektion 4 is good, not great.

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Jon Hopkins' Expanding Universe

With Singularity, electronic composer Jon Hopkins uncovers a joyful sense of connection at the center of all things. "The idea of singularity is the idea that every atom in the universe exists in the same place, this infinitely small point," he says.

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Litorate Finds Himself Cast Adrift on a "Yellow Pool" (premiere)

Litorate's "Yellow Pool" is a compelling, hallucinatory trip of a track that seems to operate in a parallel space where the tangible and intangible merge.

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Jon Hopkins' 'Singularity' Evokes the Euphoria and Vivid Awareness of a Psychedelic Experience

Jon Hopkins' Singularity is an intense, wholly immersive record that invites the listener to temporarily escape from the mundane and the repetitious and take a peek into their own subconscious.

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Daniel Lanois and Venetian Snares Is a Beautifully Deadly Combination

Just by doing what they normally do on their own, Daniel Lanois and Venetian Snares combine forces to make something wholly new.

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µ-Ziq Continues to Dazzle with a Newly Discovered Collection 'Challenge Me Foolish'

Mike Paradinas needs to be more careful. He might accidentally lose track of some of his most delightful work.

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