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Ultimate Care II
Studio album by Matmos
Released	February 19, 2016
Genre	Electroacoustic musique concrète sound collage
Length	38:06
Label	Thrill Jockey
Matmos chronology
The Marriage of True Minds (2013) Ultimate Care II (2016) Plastic Anniversary (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork Media	(7.8/10)

Ultimate Care II is the tenth studio album by experimental electronic music duo Matmos, released on February 19, 2016 on Thrill Jockey.

Production

Ultimate Care II consists entirely of sounds produced by the musicians' Whirlpool Ultimate Care II washing machine, recorded in their basement. It features guest contributors Dan Deacon, Jason Willett from Half Japanese, Max Eilbacher and Sam Haberman from Horse Lords, and Duncan Moore from Needle Gun. The album consists of one 38-minute-long track, described in a press release as depicting "an exploded view of the machine, hearing it in normal operation, but also as an object being rubbed and stroked and drummed upon and prodded and sampled and sequenced and processed by the duo”.

Reception

Upon release, "Ultimate Care II" received "Generally Favourable Reviews" from mainstream music critics. It was given a score of 76 by Metacritic.

Accolades

Track listing

References

1. Blackburn, Manuella (2021). "In Her Own Words: Practitioner Contribution 3". In Hamer, Laura (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music Since 1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 229. ISBN 9781108470285. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
2. ^ Joyce, Colin (March 9, 2016). "A Crop of Producers Are Discovering New Emotions Buried in Everyday Sounds". Noisey. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
3. McAuliffe, Colin (June 24, 2016). "The Skinny's Albums of 2016: Mid-year report". The Skinny. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
4. ^ "Ultimate Care II by Matmos". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2016-09-30. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
5. Heather Phares, Ultimate Care II Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine Allmusic (2016). Retrieved May 17, 2016.
6. Chris Randle, Matmos: Ultimate Care II Archived 2016-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Pitchfork Media (February 18, 2016). Retrieved May 17, 2016.
7. ^ Jazz Monroe, "Matmos Announce New Album Made From Washing Machine Sounds, Share Excerpt" Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Pitchfork, 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
8. ^ "Matmos’ new album Ultimate Care II is sampled entirely from a washing machine" Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Fact Magazine, 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
9. "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016". Pitchfork. December 9, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-09. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
10. "The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016". The Quietus. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.

Further reading

• Finlayson, Angus (July 30, 2016). "Matmos: In a spin". Resident Advisor. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
• Sherburne, Philip (January 7, 2016). "The Secret Language of Laundry: Inside Matmos' Washing Machine Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

• 2016 albums
• Matmos albums
• Thrill Jockey albums
• Electroacoustic music albums
• Musique concrète albums
• Sound collage albums