The long-running electronic duo Matmos have just released a gorgeous new LP, Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer. Whereas their previous album, 2020’s The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, saw the couple collaging contributions from 99 friends recorded at 99 bpm, their latest is dedicated to the work of just one person: Polish polymath Bogusław Schaeffer (1929-2019). In this episode, we discuss how their reputation for conceptualism has often served to obscure the formal characteristics of their work. Can an object be a concept? Is “washing machine” or “plastic” a concept? With their signature blend of serious humor, the pair reflect on touring with a washing machine, the practicalities of licensing music, and the complexities of working with Schaeffer’s archive.Interview recorded between Baltimore and Montreal, April 2022Produced and mixed in New York, May 2022TRACKLISTARTIST – “TITLE” (ALBUM, LABEL, YEAR)Matmos - “Anti-Antiphon(Absolute Decomposition) / Anty-Antyfona (Dekonstrukcja_na_całego)” [excerpt]  (Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer, Thrill Jockey, 2022)Matmos intro collage + Barbarella Matmos clip (1968)Matmos - “Anti-Antiphon” [excerpt] (Regards, Thrill Jockey, 2022)Matmos - “A DOUGHNUT IN THE SKY” (The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, Thrill Jockey, 2020)Matmos - “Flight to Sodom / Lot do Salo” (Regards Thrill Jockey, 2022)Song that my Whirlpool stackable washing machine playsMatmos - [opening excerpt] (Ultimate Care II, Thrill Jockey, 2016)Matmos – “Always Three Words” (quasi-objects, vague terrain, 1998)Matmos - “Memento Mori” (A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure, Matador, 2001)Matmos clip from Top Gear: Series 5, Episode 9, Ariel Atom Matmos – “Plastic Minor” (Matmos, Vague Terrain, 1997)Matmos ‎– “You (Rrose Mix)” (The Ganzfeld EP, Thrill Jockey, 2012)Matmos - “Cobra Wages Shuffle / Off! Schable w gurę!”  (Regards, Thrill Jockey, 2022)Matmos - “In Search Of A Lost Faculty” (The Marriage Of True Minds, Thrill Jockey, 2013)Joseph Sannicandro - Improv with Matmos' Bogusław Schaeffer Ableton sample kitBogusław Schaeffer - “Berlin 80 II” (Inventionen: Berlin 80 II / Fabulas II / Inventio, Edition RZ, 1985)Matmos - [late excerpt] (Ultimate Care II, Thrill Jockey, 2016)Matthew Herbert - “August 2010” (ONE PIG, Accidental, 2011)Matmos - “Extending The Plastisphere To GJ237b (Plastic Anniversary, Thrill Jockey, 2019)Jennifer Veillerobe – “B3” (Luftlöcher, Senufo, 2013)Run The Jewels - “Creown (Alchemist Remix)” (Meow The Jewels, Mass Appeal, 2015)Terry Fox - “The Labyrinth Scored for the Purrs of 11 Different Cats” [excerpt] (Tellus #21, Tellus, 1988)Alvin Curran - [Side A, opening excerpt] (Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri, Ananda, 1978)Count Dooku clips from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)Matmos - “Part VII. The Backyard” (ROBERT ASHLEY’s Perfect Lives: Baltimore, 3/28/17)Pierluigi Billone - “excerpt” (1 + 1 = 1, Kairos, 2006)Ivan Catteneo - "Kiss me I'm italian" (Urlo, CGD, 1980)Matmos - “The Little People ..." (Matmos and Michael Brown)” (Work Work Work, Vague Terrain, 2006)M.C. Schmidt - “Lowland Side” (Batu Malablab, Megaphone / Knock’em Dead, 2015)The Soft Pink Truth - “Space Formerly Occupied ...” (Am I Free To Go?, self-released, 2020)Joseph Sannicandro - Sample kit Improv (2022)-Sound Propositions is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro.