Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present the pioneering electronic duo Matmos at Solar Myth on Wednesday, June 25.

Known for their innovative and experimental sound, the duo formed by Drew Daniels and Martin Schmidt has captivated audiences worldwide with their unique blend of electronica and art music. The two have been making music as Matmos since 1997, first in San Francisco, and then relocating to Baltimore in 2007 when Daniel began to teach at Johns Hopkins University. They are respected, innovative auteurs in the world of electronic music and sampling culture whose very first album was hailed as “entering electronics Valhalla” by the WIRE magazine for sampling highly unusual sound sources such as the amplified nerve tissue of crayfish. Ever since, they have made music out a wildly heterogeneous set of objects and sources, including the sound of the pages of bibles turning, water hitting copper plates, liposuction surgery, cameras and VCRs, contact microphones on human hair, rat cages, tanks of helium, a cow uterus, human skulls, snails, cigarettes, cards shuffling, laser eye surgery, whoopee cushions, balloons, latex fetish clothing, the sound of a frozen stream thawing in the sun, a five gallon bucket of oatmeal, a PVC police riot shield, silicone breast implants, and their own washing machine.