Plastic Anniversary

Matmos - Plastic Anniversary
Critic Score
Based on 15 reviews
2019 Ratings: #297 / 805
User Score
Based on 542 ratings
2019 Rank: #328
Liked by 26 people
March 15, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
Thrill Jockey / Label
Glitch, IDM / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
musicOMH

Plastic Anniversary is yet another masterwork by a duo that have been on the top of their game for longer than some producers have been alive, and long may their reign over sample-driven electronica continue.

90
AllMusic

Over the years, they've turned what could be a gimmicky approach into an enduring and frequently profound form of expression, and Plastic Anniversary is both relevant to its time and another well-conceived, thought-provoking chapter in their long-running career.

90
No Ripcord

Matmos successfully craft an environment both musical and tactile, some of the elements stretched to such extremes and arranged so well that they sound convincingly like instruments.

80
Tiny Mix Tapes

Plastic Anniversary is unfamiliar, strange, unsettling, and wonderful.

80
PopMatters

Plastic Anniversary showcases how it is possible for an artist to find inspiration even in the most mundane. And from those everyday, ordinary (and some not so ordinary) sources, they can elevate their artistic intentions to a higher level.

80
Under the Radar

Kudos to them for tackling a heavy topic that seems inescapable in 2019, and making it fresh, fun, original, and with the duo's complete artistic intention made very clear.

80
Exclaim!

On Plastic Anniversary, Matmos make a perfectly indestructible album from pure indestructible chaos.

80
The Needle Drop

Even after 25 years, Matmos is creating some of the most fun and inventive electronic music you'll hear in your life.

76
Pitchfork

Recorded using only plastic material, the concept of the latest Matmos album is undergirded by the compositional integrity, the quality of the sound, and the sickeningly beautiful idea of it all.

72
Resident Advisor

Plastic Anniversary is just extraordinarily clever, something to be marveled at more than moved by.

70
Spectrum Culture

You’ll likely come out of Plastic Anniversary astonished by the couple’s skill and audacity in chopping up these sounds but wanting of that marriage of musical and thematic heft that makes Matmos so exciting.

60
The Line of Best Fit

Plastic Anniversary is an impressive experiment with intriguing results; it's not, however, an album you'll likely find yourself revisiting time and time again.

amw100
76

bleep bloop rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaatraeratra wooooooooooo sleeekk slooook skslslskshaahsahsha whahatstatatdra skratbsia skrrrahh, pap, pap, ka-ka-ka skidiki-pap-pap, and a pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom

I honestly believe that this is the best IDM album of the decade, amazing sampling on Matmos' side and every track is as alive and quirky as possible for electronic music. It's kind of childish in it's sickeningly sweet ways, which bring out the colorfulness of the whole production and it's pacing which ... read more

Plats
91

This thing is quirky as shit and I love it! The production on here is phenomenal and has some wildly inventive and catchy samples of plastic materials that make up the beats (i.e. ping pong balls)! It's a colorful, intricately-detailed and insanely creative record that may be one of my favorite IDM projects of the 2010's!

Fav Tracks: Thermoplastic Riot Shield, Plastic Anniversary, Silicone Gel Implant, Collapse Of The Fourth Kingdom, Interior With Billiard Balls & Synthetic Fat, The Crying ... read more

PipePanic
79

Texture heads, may I present you to this finest treat of 2019.
Ah yes, I have it when electronics become squeaky fluids. I've always had a passing interest in Matmos and their music, ever since I've heard about Ultimate Care II sometime in 2016, and have been a casual looker on of their work without ever giving their records the time they most likely deserve, and with this being the first project by them I've heard by them, by god am I excited to look further into their discography. The quirky, ... read more

Alexir
70

Would probably be higher rated if I wasn't repulsed from looking at the cover the whole time I listened to it

buckfastbjork
NR

I can feel the microplastics in my blood boogying

Thalassophoneus
95

It has become very common for electronic producers to just showcase their ability to make a beat, especially when trying to evoke Aphex Twin's early work.

But Matmos have a lot more to say. With this album, they are making a case for texture in music.

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