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Herbert
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United Kingdom (1996 – present)
Matthew Herbert is an electronic music producer known for breaking the boundaries and conventions of the genre. Since 1996 he has released music on a variety of record labels under many aliases including Doctor Rockit, Wishmountain, Radioboy, Mr. Vertigo, Transformer, under his own name and with his Big Band. He has played at the Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals, Paris’ Pompidou Centre, Tokyo’s Blue Note, Sonar and Glastonbury, and supported Bjork at the Hollywood Bowl. Along with over ten albums of self-written, produced and performed music, he has produced albums by Björk and Róisín Murphy and remixed Moloko, R. e.m., Perry Farrell, Serge Gainsbourg, Yoko Ono, John Cale, The Avalanches and Cornelius. He also runs his own label, Accidental Records.
Herbert began creating music with found objects whilst at Exeter University (UK) in the 1990s, where he studied Drama. From bottles, books, and pepper pots he progressed to recording places and experiences, effectively using the sampler as an instrument on many of his Doctor Rockit and Herbert releases. This style evolved into the overtly political when he began sampling objects from McDonald’s and The Gap as a protest against corporate globalism on the The Mechanics Of Destruction album. The CD was distributed free at concerts and available as a free download and has never been available in stores.
His 2003 Big Band album, Goodbye Swingtime combined the political commentary of Radioboy with the song structure of his Herbert albums.
Herbert began creating music with found objects whilst at Exeter University (UK) in the 1990s, where he studied Drama. From bottles, books, and pepper pots he progressed to recording places and experiences, effectively using the sampler as an instrument on many of his Doctor Rockit and Herbert releases. This style evolved into the overtly political when he began sampling objects from McDonald’s and The Gap as a protest against corporate globalism on the The Mechanics Of Destruction album. The CD was distributed free at concerts and available as a free download and has never been available in stores.
His 2003 Big Band album, Goodbye Swingtime combined the political commentary of Radioboy with the song structure of his Herbert albums.
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pinkteph wrote:
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
Man, you are the shit :D
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rodanside wrote:
Did he break up with Dani Siciliano? Why is she nowhere on "There's Me..."?
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maewe wrote:
someone knows how to know where he plays live? or if he's planning on doing any gig soon? please mail me
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monsterzero66 wrote:
a minor official...notorious for his rigid and limited...patterns of thought.
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UberTheSoviet wrote:
You have my name! Therefore I love you. :D
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Mynoreti wrote:
hit the nail but not the head.
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bianka05 wrote:
du liebst ihn oder du hörst ihn nicht :-))
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mustain14 wrote:
herberts play oi!
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corneli23 wrote:
This guy is really good. I haven't heard anything like it.
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aro101 wrote:
There are Four Artists with this name 3) Zbigniew Herbert, a polish poet 4) Frank Herbert, writer of Dune. Haven't you figured out that last.fm isn't about tv characters or writers? :P
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nicoinfurs wrote:
There are Two Artists with this name 2) Herbert, a fictional character on the television show Family Guy
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anabol83 wrote:
Tresor 157 Globus Mix Vol. 5 - Letsallmakemistakes
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TeLowrider wrote:
Take me back, take me back...
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katerina-milano wrote:
He is a very very talented person
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bakaneiro wrote:
Something isn't righhhhhhhht
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wolfiswolf wrote:
Respect
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parsec00 wrote:
enhorabuena por toda tu carrera profesional parsec.ws
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alongwaltz wrote:
Can someone list some of the boundaries and conventions of electronic music that he has broken?
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aro101 wrote:
Scale - The last thing to get bored with
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