The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form

Matmos' practice of creative constraint has made them one of the most consistently exciting acts in electronic music. The duo of M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are well known for their long-standing practice of sampling unusual sound sources and experimenting with conceptual restrictions. 'The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises In Group Form' was conceived by M.C. Schmidt, who made the decision to orient the record around a deceptively simple commitment. 99 different musicians were asked to contribute to the recording with only one instruction: they could play anything that they wanted, but the tempo of any rhythmic material had to be set at 99 beats per minute. The resulting album is a three-hour long assemblage that travels across a shifting kaleidoscope of genre, mood and density, all synchronized to a constant underlying tempo.

Disc 1
1: A Doughnut in the Sky

Disc 2
1: I'm On the Team

Disc 3
1: Extraterrestrial Masters

Number of Discs: 3

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