Creative constraint has made Matmos one of the most consistently exciting acts in electronic music. Since the mid-1990s, the American duo of M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel have created playful, conceptual productions that straddle the line between musique concrète electroacoustics and dance music. On releases for labels including Thrill Jockey, Smithsonian Folkways, and Matador, and in live performances around the world, Matmos mine unconventional sound sources, including washing machines, police riot shields, lipoplasty, snails, broken records, and collections of sounds from their sonic peers. In 2023, Matmos released their latest album Return to Archive, in which they seize and transform the global audio archives of the Smithsonian.

Andrew Tuttle dwells in an in-between world where five-string banjo and six-string acoustic guitar sit serenely and purposefully with shimmering waves of decay reverberation and processed electronics. He makes outsider music that turns its listeners into insiders, beckoning a journey which unfolds many heart-opening moments.

Mono is the IMA’s longstanding program of experimental sound curated by Lawrence English of Room40. Experience the expansive world of sonic experimentation and boundary-pushing performance in Brisbane/Meanjin through an integration of diverse sound materials and practices.