Ultimate Care II

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Ultimate Care II
Ultimate Care II (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
Matmos
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2016
Genre
Length38:06
Label Thrill Jockey
Matmos chronology
The Marriage of True Minds
(2013)		Ultimate Care II
(2016)		 Plastic Anniversary
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [6]
Mixmag 8/10 [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Paste 8.5/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [10]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Resident Advisor 4.2/5 [12]
Spin 8/10 [13]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [14]

Ultimate Care II is the tenth studio album by experimental electronic music duo Matmos, released on February 19, 2016 on Thrill Jockey. [15] [16]

Contents

Production

Ultimate Care II consists entirely of sounds produced by the musicians' Whirlpool Ultimate Care II washing machine, recorded in their basement. [15] It features guest contributors Dan Deacon, Jason Willett from Half Japanese, Max Eilbacher and Sam Haberman from Horse Lords, and Duncan Moore from Needle Gun. [15] [16] The album consists of one 38-minute-long track, [16] described in a press release as depicting "an exploded view of the machine, hearing it in normal operation, but also as an object being rubbed and stroked and drummed upon and prodded and sampled and sequenced and processed by the duo”. [16]

Reception

Upon release, "Ultimate Care II" received "Generally Favourable Reviews" from mainstream music critics. It was given a score of 76 by Metacritic. [4]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRankRef.
Pitchfork The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 20162016—
The Quietus Albums of the Year 20162016
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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ultimate Care II"38:06

References

  1. ↑ Blackburn, Manuella (2021). "In Her Own Words: Practitioner Contribution 3". In Hamer, Laura (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music Since 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN   9781108470285 . Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Joyce, Colin (March 9, 2016). "A Crop of Producers Are Discovering New Emotions Buried in Everyday Sounds". Noisey. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ McAuliffe, Colin (June 24, 2016). "The Skinny's Albums of 2016: Mid-year report". The Skinny. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Ultimate Care II by Matmos". Metacritic . Archived from the original on September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ Heather Phares, Ultimate Care II Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine AllMusic (2016). Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ Sylvester, Daniel (February 17, 2016). "Matmos - Ultimate Care II". Exclaim! . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ Muggs, Joe (February 18, 2016). "Matmos - Ultimate Care II". Mixmag . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  8. ↑ Mesure, Rob (February 18, 2016). "Matmos – Ultimate Care II". musicOMH . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  9. ↑ Hart, Ron (February 2, 2016). "Matmos: Ultimate Care II". Paste . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  10. ↑ Chris Randle, Matmos: Ultimate Care II Archived 2016-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Pitchfork (February 18, 2016). Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ Smith, Phil (January 6, 2016). "Ultimate Care II - Matmos". Record Collector . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  12. ↑ Finlayson, Angus (March 5, 2016). "Matmos - Ultimate Care II". Resident Advisor . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  13. ↑ Cummings, Raymond (February 16, 2016). "Review: Matmos Spin Us Right Round, Baby on 'Ultimate Care II'". Spin . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  14. ↑ Scott, Jazz. "Matmos - Ultimate Care II". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  15. 1 2 3 Jazz Monroe, "Matmos Announce New Album Made From Washing Machine Sounds, Share Excerpt" Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Pitchfork, 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Matmos’ new album Ultimate Care II is sampled entirely from a washing machine" Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Fact Magazine, 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016". Pitchfork . December 9, 2016. Archived from the original on December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  18. ↑ "The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016". The Quietus . December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.

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