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rarely seems to get a regular mention on xlt. i realise there have been other dedicated to his work in the past - but for a highly politicised techno/jazz/house producer with an interesting methodology & prolific output he seems to be largely overlooked. for those of you that like herbert's work under any of his aliases, what are your favourite ? |
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some of his house stuff is nice but his jazz excursions are just re treading ground that's been done a million times better by a million other people, I prefer his 'wish mountain plays' slant on putting a twist on things than his adolescent politics nonsense that he's doing now. he's done some nice tunes though. |
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bodily functions is an instant classic. early phono stuff is sweet radioboy live is quite an experience and his mix on tresor is ridiculous. i can appreciate all of matthew herberts projects! |
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Do you find his political statements add or subtract from the music? |
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he made obvious political statements as radioboy a few years ago. was it bad for the music. no. did it enhance the performance. yes. but personally, im not concerned with ones political agenda. especially in music. |
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he is highly appreciated aroundhere...im not all that impressed tho, he's good but i have yet to discover why some people like him so much. i have his bodily functions and around the house but i haven't listened to those since they were released probably. |
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i can definitely recommend bodily functions as being worth another listen - especially on headphones. theres a lot going on in some of the tracks. as for the politics : its take it or leave it as sar as im concerned. if youre inspired to pick up some of the books he mentions in his sleevenotes, or follow up some of the incidents he mentions on his website - then thats a personal choice. the music itself is not overtly political + thus can be enjoyed in its own right. its not as though he fills the tracks with didactic politicised lyrics that loose relevance in a matter of months. |
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The Mechanics of Destruction album's pretty heavily politicized but in a wierd and wonderful kind of way. i think you can download it all for free as well... I quite like some of the songs on Around the House too... |
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He's got an album out on schematic soon. Should be interesting. |
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EP |
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yeah. 'mechanics..' is definitely an excercise in creating a 'politicised' record.. but you can listen to it without knowing any of the history. horsefactory : any more details? |
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Hi Dr. Rockitt stuf was very nice. Did any of you guys dig Clear Records back in the day? |
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I did! I have the "It's all becoming Clear" compilation and As One's - "In with their arps and moogs and stuff". I also have Reflection's - "The morerroronus world" a compilation of remixes. All great releases!!! I miss Clear records indeed... |
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i haven't heard his other stuff but i picked up 'goodbye swingtime' and feel in love with it recently |
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the atthew herbert big band is his jazziest outing to date. the other herbert albums maintain that jazzy feel but have more housey percussion.. and the work he does under his radioboy+wishmountain aliases tends to be a bit harder+more like techno in feel+structure. has anyone heard the double cd of remixes he released called 'secondhand sounds'? or how about the mr.oizo remix of 'last night a dj killed my dog' entitled 'last night herbert murdered my poodle'? |
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so there's more to him than just his music...i'll check that properly during weekend. all i knew about him so far was that he is/was appearantly bjork's boyfriend :) i was really disappointed last year, cuz i missed his gig with his band for one day... also there was some remix album (not sure wether he was remixed or he did remixes) that i wanted to get, but i totally forgot about it. |
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apparently EVERYONE that bjork collaborates with becomes her boyfriend. nellee hooper,tricky,howie b,goldie,mark bell,matthew herbert blablabla check the link i left in the first post if you want to read up on herberts political persuasions etc. was the remix album you were thinking of? |
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yes, this was probably it...i listened to few tracks since the guy that runs the record shop im buying at had the cd - it wasn't for sale unfortunately...and it doesn't look good on amazon either, i hope i can find it somewhere tho... |
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theres other editions available on amazon. imports etc. i won mine in a competition on gilles peterson's worldwide show. first decent prize i've ever won in my life. |
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nice first one :) |
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thanks. there was a handful of remix records actually. mostly promos. but that was the best one + the reason i entered in the first place. laters. |
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he wasn't bjork's boyfriend. that is american experimental director matthew BARNEY, author of Cremaster movies. matthew herbert is married with dani siciliano, who sing on bodily functions and around the house. |
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i know. i was trying to weave sarcasm into my post. have you seen any of the cremaster movies? didnt realise herbert + siciliano were actually married..? not that it makes any difference to the music anyway | s'all just idle gossip. dani's solo record's meant to be out around now/soon. ive heard favourable things so far. not that i trust the sources implicitly. |
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nice...i didn't even get that right :) btw, im having some problems with that dvd, but hopefully im going to get it tomorrow. i asked a friend to deal with that as i don't know much about these things+i have tons of work this week. the thing id the dvd is something over 7 gb and all i can fit is 4,7 gb - hopefully that guy will manage... |
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Nice one. Do you have the spacepimp EP? |
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i'll see cremaster III (180mns) in two weeks. my friend fucked up the chanse to record on vhs all of them which were given to one girl directly from one matmos guy. but he watched tehm all he thinks taht they're not so good as the hype...he usually knows things.... |
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i guess any project that ambitious is never going to live up to the hype.. |
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