Return to Archive
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
Length41:18
LabelSmithsonian Folkways
Producer
  • Drew Daniel
  • Martin Schmidt
Matmos chronology
Regards/Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer
(2022)
Return to Archive
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Return to Archive is the fourteenth studio album by electronic duo Matmos, released on November 3, 2023. It uses non-music material sourced from the Smithsonian Folkways collection in its composition; the album itself was commissioned to commemorate Folkways' 75th anniversary. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Drew Daniel and M. C. Schmidt

Return to Archive track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Good Morning Electronics"1:05
2."Injection Basic Sound"2:55
3."Mud-Dauber Wasp"3:35
4."Music or Noise?"4:12
5."Why?" (featuring Evicshen)4:03
6."Lend Me Your Ears"3:46
7."Return to Archive" (featuring Aaron Dilloway)13:28
8."The Way Japanese Beatles Sound to a Rose"1:28
9."Going to Sleep" (featuring Aaron Dilloway)6:44
Total length:41:18

Personnel

Matmos

  • Drew Daniel – production, programming (all tracks); DJ (track 4)
  • M. C. Schmidt – production (all tracks), programming (2–7, 9)

References

  1. "Critic Reviews for Return to Archive". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  2. Phares, Heather. "Matmos - Return to Archive". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. Butchard, Skye (November 1, 2023). "The Quietus - Reviews - Matmos". The Quietus. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

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