Matmos + Andrew Tuttle // MONO49 Institute Of Modern Art

Matmos’ practice of creative constraint has made them one of the most consistently exciting acts in electronic music. Since the mid-1990s, the American duo of M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel have created conceptual and playful electronic productions that straddle the line between musique concrète, electroacoustics and dance music. On releases for labels including Thrill Jockey, Smithsonian Folkways and Matador and in live performances around the world, Matmos mine unconventional sound sources including a washing machine, police riot shields, lipoplasty, snails, literal broken records and collections of sound from their sonic peers. In 2023 Matmos released their latest album Return to Archive (2023), in which they seize and transform the vast archives of the Smithsonian, which features recordings from all over the world.

Andrew Tuttle dwells in a between world where five-string banjo and six-string acoustic guitar sit serenely and purposefully with shimmering waves of decay, reverberation and processed electronics. Holding a space that is abundant and generous, Tuttle makes outsider music that turns its listeners into insiders — beckoning a journey which unfolds many heart-opening moments.