Matmos
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Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo known for their innovative use of unconventional sound sources and conceptual compositions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matmos canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9428023 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matmos Context triple: [Medúlla, producer, Matmos]
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A.
Mouse on Mars
Mouse on Mars is an experimental German electronic music duo known for their innovative blend of IDM, techno, and avant-pop.
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B.
Alborosie
Alborosie is an Italian-born reggae artist and producer known for his roots-influenced sound and prominent role in contemporary Jamaican reggae music.
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C.
Sunz of Man
Sunz of Man is a Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated hip hop group known for its gritty, spiritual, and socially conscious lyricism.
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D.
Thee Oh Sees
Thee Oh Sees are a prolific San Francisco–formed garage and psychedelic rock band led by John Dwyer, known for their frenetic live shows and fuzz-heavy, experimental sound.
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E.
The High Llamas
The High Llamas are a British band led by Sean O'Hagan, known for their lush, orchestrated pop that blends Beach Boys-style harmonies with experimental and electronic influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matmos Target entity description: Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo known for their innovative use of unconventional sound sources and conceptual compositions.
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A.
Mouse on Mars
Mouse on Mars is an experimental German electronic music duo known for their innovative blend of IDM, techno, and avant-pop.
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B.
Alborosie
Alborosie is an Italian-born reggae artist and producer known for his roots-influenced sound and prominent role in contemporary Jamaican reggae music.
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C.
Sunz of Man
Sunz of Man is a Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated hip hop group known for its gritty, spiritual, and socially conscious lyricism.
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D.
Thee Oh Sees
Thee Oh Sees are a prolific San Francisco–formed garage and psychedelic rock band led by John Dwyer, known for their frenetic live shows and fuzz-heavy, experimental sound.
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E.
The High Llamas
The High Llamas are a British band led by Sean O'Hagan, known for their lush, orchestrated pop that blends Beach Boys-style harmonies with experimental and electronic influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | musical duo ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1990s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Björk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soft Pink Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerlyBasedIn | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
IDM
ⓘ
ambient ⓘ electronic music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ glitch ⓘ musique concrète ⓘ |
| hasConceptualApproach |
albums built around single sound sources
GENERATED
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site-specific recording concepts GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Drew Daniel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M. C. Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
Drew Daniel – electronics and sampling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M. C. Schmidt – electronics and instrumentation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/matmos ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conceptual compositions
ⓘ
use of unconventional sound sources ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
use of medical procedure sounds on A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure
ⓘ
use of washing machine sounds on Ultimate Care II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plastic Anniversary NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Balloon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form NERFINISHED ⓘ The Marriage of True Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ The West NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultimate Care II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Matador Records
NERFINISHED
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Thrill Jockey NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigerbeat6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touredWith | Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
drum machine
ⓘ
sampler ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
field recording
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found sounds ⓘ sampling ⓘ sound collage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Matmos Description of subject: Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo known for their innovative use of unconventional sound sources and conceptual compositions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.