Return to Archive

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Return to Archive
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
Length41:18
Label Smithsonian Folkways
Producer
  • Drew Daniel
  • Martin Schmidt
Matmos chronology
Regards/Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer
(2022)
Return to Archive
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork 7.4/10 [3]

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. [4]

Contents

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

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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. Blackwell, Matthew (November 9, 2023). "Matmos: Return to Archive". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. 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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