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Bristol, United Kingdom

Matt Elliott is a singer/songwriter from Bristol, United Kingdom, who plays music with an approach of a dark ambience. He also produced & recorded under the name The Third Eye Foundation.

Elliott was first inspired to investigate & to attempt to understand music at around 7 years old on hearing the mournful tones of a russian orthodox choir & wondering how music alone can move you to tears. This would eventually inspire him to study music un-academically through his own research into sound & music.

He started his musical career in a record shop from the age of 16. A second hand record shop (The legendary Revolver Records who’s employees have included Dave Pearce (Flying Saucer Attack), Daddy G, Debbie Manning (Foehn)) owned by a music enthusiast to rival John Peel, Matt considers these years as his basic education in music. He formed along with Kate Wright (Movietone) & Rachel Brook (Movietone/Flying Saucer Attack) the band ‘Linda’s Strange Vacation’ which met on Sundays to rehearse in a shed at Brooks parents with begged borrowed & stolen instruments including rolls of carpets, snooker cues, a broken keyboard then slowly the guitars & drums arrived. Kate Wright & Rachel Brook went on to form Movietone with which Matt played as an occasional member. About the same time Brook & Dave Pearce formed Flying Saucer attack & the first version of The Third Eye Foundation appeared, the idea being a loose collective. Elliott recorded with Flying Saucer attack under this name involving Debbie Manning (Foehn) & Niven Murray on a couple of tracks.
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  • The Broken Man
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  • Drinking songs
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  • Failing songs
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  • Howling songs
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  • skinfeast

    The Broken Man is mind blowing, great job sir.

    19 days ago
  • mattelliott3ef

    Next dates Italy, France, Spain and Portugal: 17 May Pisa / Stazione Leopolda, 18 May Bari / Socrate Occupato, 19 May Cupertino (Lecce) / Arci Rubyk, 21 May Avellino / Godot, 22 May Roma / Lanificio 159, 23 May Faenza / Clandestino, 26 May Dijon Humanist Festival, le Consortium, 27 May Vitoria (Ibu Hots), 28 May Zamora (Sala Berlín), 30 May Bragança/Portugal (Museo do Abade de Baçal), 31 May Aveiro/Portugal (Mercado Negro), 1 June Lisboa/Portugal (Ritz Clube), 2 June Leiria/Portugal (Beat Club – Fade In Festival), 3 June Porto/Portugal ( Serralves em Festa/Fundação Serralves), 4 June Pontevedra (Bar Labranza), 6 June Zaragoza (La Lata de Bombillas), 7 June Gijón (Casino) + Elle Belga, 8 June Madrid (Clamores) + Elle Belga 9 June Vic (Jazz Cava) + Elle Belga, 10 June Barcelona (La 2) + Elle Belga, 12 June Manresa (El Vermell), 14 June Granada (Planta Baja),

    22 days ago
  • silentheat

    really great tunes

    27 days ago
  • Self-MadeWolf

    New picture added from Café de la Danse in Paris. Vote here.

    last month
  • _metronome

    New interview I made with Matt Elliott online here: http://nightseminar.blogspot.de/

    March 2012
  • Breakfaust

    The new album scares me.

    March 2012
  • maryfreedom

    you just fuck my brain(2)

    March 2012
  • psychohype

    you just fuck my brain

    March 2012
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The Dark

8 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/mattelliottmusic

For those of you who still buy music the new (and almost certainly last) Third Eye Foundation album 'The Dark' is officially released today visit www.icidailleurs.com for details. Please …

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