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The Matthew Herbert Big Band
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United Kingdom (2003 – present)
Matthew Herbert is an electronic music producer from United Kingdom 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, Radio Boy, Mr. Vertigo, Transformer, under his own name and with his Big Band since 2003.
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 Bjork and Roisin 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 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.
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 Bjork and Roisin 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 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.
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There's Me And There's You
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maewe wrote:
someone knows if they're doing any gig?? mail me please :D
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rodanside wrote:
Not sure about the new album but I sing one of the words on that hoi-polloi song "Knowing", woot!
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MinisterZdrowia wrote:
Here you can read review of last LP by MHBB: http://www.infomusic.pl/recenzje_wiecej.php?id_rec=1983 Cheers!
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MaPey wrote:
'There's Me And There's You' sounds like a musical :D
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SoundSurgeons wrote:
even matthew´s singing is great on this one, let alone these brilliant arrangements ! this is herbert at his best, love it! can be highly recommended to both majors and minors...
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OFF_ka wrote:
visionary! awesome live! :>
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xata_oleg wrote:
Cool. This is what i was searching for. I am too young for jazz and i have enough brain activity not to listen modern pop-electronics (i mean house, dnb, etc) Thank you for your existance
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sambael wrote:
Could Herbert's logic indeed be the logic of magic ? http://www.harsmedia.com/SoundBlog/Archief/00659.php
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brewbert wrote:
ingenious & brilliant! Perfect implementation of his manifesto!
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ruby_blue90 wrote:
Battery is a masterpiece. Fantastic vocal, so expressive!
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ghostchild wrote:
I just discovered this music, f***n brilliant! Yeah the new album is a bit different, but musically wider ranging, didn't notice the vocalist had changed that drastically. It works for me, but the singing on the first album was a bit more lush.
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Bram_F. wrote:
new album is very refreshing, though 'goodbye swingtime' remains unsurpassed for me.
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renurenu wrote:
hahaha, this pithcfork review just once again shows how helplessly poor musical taste their kids have! i take the new album of M.H.B.B. as a reference frame rooted in an excellent piece of music. the reviews are, therefore, evaluated according to this frame, not the other way around :)
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johnny-mnemonic wrote:
what a pain-in-the-ass review on pitchfork complaining about the "spotlight-seeking mannerisms" of singer Eska Mtungwazi and her voice "while impressive, makes no allowances for subtlety" ... damn, I couldn't disagree more since her "squeaks, whispers, bleats, purrs" do not "over-emote" but are the great spices in the soup of the new album. She's a great singer with great emotions making a kick-in-the-ass political record which seemingly do not fit in the flatline-post-everything-indie-hipster-universe of pitchfork ... oh, I over-emote! Sorry, pssst!
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Fidgital wrote:
"There's Me and There's You" fulfilled and exceeded all my high expectations! Matthew Herbert is my production hero.
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TeLowrider wrote:
again a amazing album!
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seregrog wrote:
Woooah, amazing show.
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jputerka wrote:
fantastic show, and now cd that is not quite the same, since the sounds are different, nice reminder of great performance
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blind_librarian wrote:
possible album of the year
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jonathanfisk wrote:
I seriously can't decide whether or not "There's Me And There's You" is a staggering masterpiece or a steaming pile of pretentious horses@%t . . . leaning towards the former, but only time will tell.
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