Hello Overloaders. I'm guessing - hoping - that a fair few of you are fans of the wonderful Matmos. Anyway, I interviewed them recently for Line Noise, the written article is out today and I hoped you might enjoy it.
From the intro: "Every time a new Matmos album is released, I think what unbelievable fun it must be to actually be in Matmos.
Consider it: the loving couple of M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel have explored concepts in electronic music from making an album out of washing machine sounds to composing song with distinct metallic clangs, including cemetery gates and aluminium cans. (This was their most recent record: 2025’s Metallic Life Review.)
Every album is different; every album is brilliant and every album pushes the envelope in its own particular way. Music is literally all around for Matmos and the possibilities are endless. But they are never po-faced or overtly chin-stroking, conscious of how fantastically ridiculous it is to make an album with their Whirlpool Ultimate Care II and then have to lug the self same machine around Europe on tour."
The interview includes Björk, fire, the Pavarotti of plastic pillboxes, Hit Em, gay energy and disgruntled Italian audiences.
https://linenoise.substack.com/p/its-never-not-funny-an-interview
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI4MH-0CXMA
And audio (a feast of Matmos): https://soundcloud.com/line-noise-podcast/line-noise-271-matmos