Great American Music Hall (Venue Partner)
859 O'Farrell St
415.885.0750
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Matmos
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Saturday July 12, 2008 (9pm)
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$17
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There's intelligent dance music, and then there's intelligent dance music. Since 1998's quasi-objects LP, which exclusively relied on found sounds, Matmos have crafted entire albums based on literary and historical concepts — 2006's excellent The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast is a collection of abstract "sound portraits" of luminaries such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, William S. Burroughs, and Patricia Highsmith. Their recent Supreme Balloon is a more joyous, less cerebral affair, replete with retro-future synths, and cheeky bloops and bleeps. At tonight's highly anticipated homecoming show, expect an abundance of digital noise, quirky melodies, and the same playful charm that made the group's intellectual bravado bearable in the first place.
