Name: The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
Brand: Matmos

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-THRILL-526

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-08-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

790377052626

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Matmos

Genre US

Electronic

Label US

Thrill Jockey Records

Matmos has a playful nature often lacking in other electronic compositions, bristling with a palpable sense of wide-eyed discovery undiluted across 25 years as a band. M.C. Schmidt &amp; Drew Daniel are long-known for their practice of unusual sampling &amp; experimenting with conceptual restrictions. <i>The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises In Group Form</i> is both a tongue-in-cheek rebuttal to the backlash against “conceptronica”, &amp; their most ambitious project to date. The record is oriented around a deceptively simple commitment. 99 different musicians were asked to contribute: they could play anything that they wanted, but the tempo of any rhythmic material had to be set at 99 beats per minute. The resulting album is a three-hour-long assemblage that’s a kaleidoscope of genre, mood and density, while all synchronized to a constant underlying tempo. There’s a relentless forward-motion keeping more with traditions of pirate radio and mixtapes than the traditional album format. 

The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form

Music US