{"product_id":"matmos-plastic-anniversary-teal-lp-vinyl","title":"Matmos ‎\/ Plastic Anniversary - Teal LP Vinyl","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Color Edition \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e140-gram Teal Vinyl \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinted inner sleeve \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Breaking Bread \u003cbr\u003eA2 The Crying Pill \u003cbr\u003eA3 Interior With Billiard Balls \u0026amp; Synthetic Fat \u003cbr\u003eA4 Extending The Plastisphere To GJ237b \u003cbr\u003eA5 Silicone Gel Implant \u003cbr\u003eA6 Plastic Anniversary \u003cbr\u003eB1 Thermoplastic Riot Shield \u003cbr\u003eB2 Fanfare For Polyethylene Waste Containers \u003cbr\u003eB3 The Singing Tube \u003cbr\u003eB4 Collapse Of The Fourth Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eB5 Plastisphere \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrill Jockey Records is pleased to announce\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlastic Anniversary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the new album by Baltimore-based electronic duo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatmos\u003c\/strong\u003e. Pushing off from the restricted palette of their last album, the critically acclaimed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUltimate Care II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, which was composed entirely from the sound of a washing machine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlastic Anniversary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis also derived from a single sound source: plastic. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once hyper-familiar in its omnipresence and deeply inhuman in its measured-in-centuries longevity and endurance, plastic supplies, surrounds and scares. Seemingly negligible, plastic is always ready to hand but also always somewhat suspect, casting toxic shadows onto the everyday. True to form, the band have assembled a promiscuous array of examples of this sturdy-yet-ersatz family of materials: Bakelite dominos, Styrofoam coolers, polyethylene waste containers, PVC panpipes, pinpricks of bubble wrap, silicone gel breast implants and synthetic human fat. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough it has the tight editing chops, pop forms and bizarre sound palette of their early albums such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuasi-Objects\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Chance to Cut Is A Chance to Cure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlastic Anniversary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas a distinctive sound because of the foregrounding of plastic horns and plastic drums played by human beings. The bounce and snap of the duo’s programmed rhythms are here supplemented by a sweatier and more unruly human element provided by a surprising cast of guest musicians. Members of the horn and drumline sections of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhitefish Highschool Bulldogs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom Whitefish, Montana were recruited by Matmos and persuaded to take part in recording sessions at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSnowghost Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhere they played objects sourced from a nearby recycling center, including massive plastic garbage bins. This was later combined with additional plastic percussion performances by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreg Saunier\u003c\/strong\u003e, a drummer known for his hyper-expressive, mercurial playing as a founding member of the band\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeerhoof\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking the concept of “broken beat” literally, “Breaking Bread” is a bouncy digital dancehall number built entirely out of the plucked and twanged fragments of broken vinyl records by the Seventies soft rock group\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBread\u003c\/strong\u003e. A mini-suite for plastic container, exercise ball and an amplified DNA kit that recalls both 80s pop and the hectic minimalism of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Nyman\u003c\/strong\u003e, “The Crying Pill” stacks frantic patterns of saxophone-like sobs onto deep sub bass stabs that are almost trap. Amplifying squishy synthetic human tissue created by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynDaver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecorporation as a substitute for human corpses in medical schools, “Interior with Billiard Balls \u0026amp; Synthetic Fat” pairs squelchy electro made out of gross-out substances with tangy melodic riffs. This odd combination of Cronenbergian body-horror and sunny grooves continues on “Silicone Gel Implant”, a skanking number that works rubbery basslines out of, yes, a breast implant, but by the time the plastic flutes snake into the mix, the source becomes secondary to the trance-like form. Side one closes in a more reflective and somber key, with the title track “Plastic Anniversary”, whose cod-medieval martial drums and horn fanfares recall Matmos’ penchant for anachronism circa “The Civil War” before giving way to a close-mic-ed cascade of plastic poker chips. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf side one is playful and poppy, side two is sharper and darker in its implications, and features more live drumming than any other Matmos album. Things kick off with “Thermoplastic Riot Shield” a single-object study built entirely out of the sound of a police riot shield being stroked, rubbed and struck. The resulting sounds are processed into a tense assemblage of harsh noise, deep dub basslines and jarring cuts of silence. On a squeaky loop straight out of a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacques Tati\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efilm, “The Singing Tube” draws out the pinging resonance of a ten foot long PVC pipe played entirely with plastic toilet brushes, and hits a flanged overtone effect not unlike the string compositions of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArnold Dreyblatt\u003c\/strong\u003e. Bristling with whistles and noisemakers and plastic-gloved handclaps, “Collapse of the Fourth Kingdom” bolts a percussive showcase for the high school marching band playing the signature patterns of drumline and Baltimore club onto jarring edits of LEGO bricks clicking into place and weird smears of processed plastic horns. Since plastic was described by its first developers as a “fourth kingdom” beyond animal, vegetable, and mineral, this track heralds the eventual collapse of the political economy that birthed the oceans of garbage that now choke our world. Thinking the dystopian consequences of plastic through to their post-human conclusion, the final track, “Plastisphere” sounds like a field recording of insects and birds and pattering rain and ocean waves, but is in fact a work of digital sleight of hand: every single sound on this track has been artificially constructed out of samples of bubble wrap, Velcro, plastic bags and straws and, tellingly, an emergency stretcher. After a volatile and vibrant suite of poppy plastic electronics, Plastic Anniversary ends in an acknowledgement of the planetary price yet to be paid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51460034593065,"sku":"THRILL482LPT","price":35.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/6225\/6681\/files\/790377482119.jpg?v=1762031441","url":"https:\/\/konnichiwa.ca\/en\/products\/matmos-plastic-anniversary-teal-lp-vinyl","provider":"こんにちはマート | KON NICHIWA MART","version":"1.0","type":"link"}