Matmos - Supreme Balloon flac album

Supreme Balloon is a 2008 studio album by American electronic music duo Matmos, released via Matador Records. The exotic and antiquated synths used here heavily spotlight the classic 1960s/1970s/1980s consumer electronic rigs of Arp, Korg, Roland, Waldorf, and Moog.

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No microphones were used on this album," state the liner notes of The Supreme Balloon. That would be a pretty bold statement for a lot of artists, but it's an especially striking one for Matmos, who have taken recording normally non-musical sounds and then reconfiguring and recontextualizing them to an exquisite level. That may be exactly why Drew Daniel and Martin C. Schmidt opted for nothing but electronically generated tones on this album.

If anything, the limitation of having no limitations has revealed Matmos as more skilled, stylish, and sculptural here than on any of their past releases-not to mention versatile. 80. Ultimately, it underscores everything that’s right with Supreme Balloon-in the absence of any larger narrative structure, the group’s latest album afford them the chance not to be modern theoreticians par excellence, but rather a couple of earnest music fans that convey their own passion through the sounds they create.

Album · 2008 · 11 Songs. If words like oscillator and Moog and EFX get you all weak-kneed, this is for you. If not, you may be surprised at how the album speaks to the average musical explorer who doesn’t carry a Geek Club membership card

Far Too Much Information about Supreme Balloon: What follows are some pointers and backstory about the songs on the new Matmos album "Supreme Balloon". As Matmos albums go, this one is not about strenuous conceptual gymnastics but the simple enjoyment of traditional synthetic cuisine served in an informal atmosphere. Song by Song Anatomy: Rainbow Flag.

In the end, those appearances point to the album's only downside, which is the nagging sense that there's too much straight homage/pastiche and not enough of Matmos' considerable cleverness on display. Ultimately, though, it's a minor quibble; as Matmos surely know, beautiful sounds are their own kind of reward.