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Matthew stopped in to Red Bull Music Academy Radio for a fireside chat.
The wait is over! Matthew Herbert's first album from the ONE Trilogy is released today.
ONE ONE sees Herbert pushing the concept of the solo project to its logical conclusion by writing, performing and producing a whole album completely by himself. He even sings for the first time, lending the record a feeling of vulnerability and intimacy not seen in his releases for years.
The record is available now:
You can listen to the tracks in full and purchase them directly from our website, stream and embed them on your own website via our new Bandcamp player, and buy the single in the usual places, (iTunes, Amazon etc).
Directed by Sam Walker
Produced by Matthew Fone
The Invisible are currently on tour in the US until mid-April, head over to their Myspace for dates.
Here's the video to Matthew Herbert's forthcoming single Leipzig, available from this coming Monday, 29 March.
The stunning video to Matthew Herbert's new single, Leipzig, is out now! You can watch it exclusively on the NME website.
The video was styled by Rowdy Superstar, choreographed by Barbara Panther and directed by Margaret Salmon.
And it reveals a side to Herbert which you may not have seen. And that's before he starts singing...
Leipzig is released on 29 March.
ONE ONE, the first part of Matthew Herbert's ONE Trilogy, is out on 12 April.
Watch the video on nme.com now
Recently there has been some media attention around One Pig, the third part of the "One" Trilogy by Matthew Herbert, (to be released on Accidental in September 2010). It will use sampled sounds from the life of a pig reared at a Farm in Kent, slaughtered, and then eaten. Matthew described his thoughts on the project at the outset -
“I wanted to record one human life and make that into a record but it soon became clear that following someone from the cradle to the grave is too difficult. Pigs are animals which humans totally rely on in many different ways, yet systematically abuse, so I felt this would be an excellent representation of a modern life.”
Matthew has also responded to animal rights group PETA in a statement online -
“I'm puzzled and disappointed by PETA's assertions about one pig because this project is in part about dealing head on with the conditions and realities of a modern food industry. As I eat meat, I would have thought PETA would have been pleased that I am confronting the consequences of that choice. Unlike most industrial pig farms, my pig was kept in excellent conditions but was always grown by the farmer for slaughter. My desire to listen in to that entire cycle and represent it as music is not, and never was intended to be cynically repackaged purely as entertainment.”
For more information on the journey of the pig visit thisisapig.blogspot.com
For more information on a project inspired by this album visit www.seeyourfood.org
This year Matthew Herbert will be releasing a trilogy of albums on Accidental.
The first is One One, which Matthew has written, performed, recorded and produced entirely by himself, to be released in April. One One features Matthew singing for the first time. The result is his most intimate and “honest” musical production since he first performed live at Wishmountain in 1995, using only a pepper pot as an instrument.
The second in the series is One Club, being released in June 2010. The samples used for the album were recorded in their entirety at the Robert Johnson club in Frankfurt, Germany, in September 2009. Matthew turned the microphones on the audience - recording dancing, kissing, laughter, mobile phone rings and a plethora of sounds. He even recorded private conversations and sounds from the toilets.
The One Trilogy concludes with One Pig, released in September 2010, which will use sampled sounds from the life of a pig reared at a Farm in Kent, slaughtered, and then eaten. Initially Matthew had wanted to record one human life but due to the difficulty of that he chose a pig instead - "Pigs are animals which humans totally rely on in many different ways, yet systematically abuse, so I felt this would be an excellent representation of a modern life.”
iTunes has chosen The Invisible as its Album of the Year! The award, made by the editorial team at iTunes UK, rounds off an amazing year for the band in which they've also been named the Mercury Prize judges as an Album of the Year, toured to adoring fans throughout Europe and U.S. and sold out three shows in London during Dec. Blimey!
And if you haven't yet sampled the delights of this stunning album, you can buy it on iTunes.
Accidental Records has been described by Observer journalist Paul Morley as "the label of the century so far". The piece, focussing on work of label boss Matthew Herbert also proclaims his impact in resisting conformity and striving for quality and originality.
Read the rest of the Matthew Herbert interview and article.
Matthew has been tapped up by bigwigs from Germany's Deutsche Grammophone to recompose a one of Mahler lost symphony.
Typically, Matthew takes an experimental approach to re-working this classical peice by incorporating new technologies and with a leftfield slant.
Matthew Herbert's Recomposed Mahler Symphony X, Popkomm - - Read MoreFinn Peters introduces his ground-breaking Music Of The Mind project with a short talk and performance at The Science Museum’s Dana Centre on 17 September.
He will be joined by Dr Mick Grierson of Goldsmith University and musician and electronics pioneer Matthew Yee-King to explain how utilising the very latest software and Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology musicians can literally think music into existence.
The talk will be followed by a short performance from the Finn Peters band, both using the new technology and traditional instruments and there will also be an opportunity for members of the audience to try out the equipment for themselves.
Finn Peters' Music Of The Mind, The Science Museum - London - Read MoreGéNIA plays new music by Max de Wardener. The evening embraces a highly eclectic repertoire of electronics, classical music and contemporary works with specially made films from London's leading multimedia artists including Ravi Deepres and Quayola.
Max de Wardener, Kings Place - London - Read More
