dj matthew herbert

it's incredibly juvenile - he's always been like this. all those interviews where he was like "you may have heard of a writer called noam chomsky. i have. you probably wouldn't like him or really understand it."

Pretty sure me and a mate came up with this idea ages ago. I like it as an idea, but asking for that amount of money is just... uh.

i see more and more kickstarter type things that are just vulgar. like an acquaintance whom i know was asking for 20k for a movie he's making recently, and i know he owns two apartments in nyc. it actually undermines the work - like they can't be bothered spending their own money on it or seeking funding from an arts council or whatever.

i also think one of the good things about eg record companies is that they'll do the schilling for you, some artists have a really bad tone when it comes to hassling people for money.

i know this is all in the context of an arts industry in which it's hard to make money, but still.

With regard to your acquaintance the money will, though, actually be used to collaborate with people to make the movie. I agree that it's a bit gauche but it will pay other people too. In this case, I know there will be cost involved in producing some artefacts but it reads like a very lazy idea to produce a product with little to no appeal and Herbert is asking for the bulk of 20k before he'll even think about sitting down and writing it. It's like he doesn't even care about the idea other than if it has the money attached to it. As a person involved in making things myself it and getting very little money for it, it kinda gets my back up.

What I'm trying to say is that if he was already really engaged or excited about the idea of the book he'd just sit down and write it. It doesn't really require anything more than some spare time over a certain period.

oh yeah, this is way way worse - it doesn't cost anything to do this project.

i guess that's at least true, he'll pay people and it'll be a company of sorts. still a little weird though. i've seen producers selling their album and various privileges and it doesn't often come across too well - i think there's always an element of the feeling that the person won't bother doing the thing unless they get sufficient money. i don't think art should be a vocation but people with really great ideas would just do it anyway - there's a sort of middling weariness to it sometimes.

xpost otm

also part of making art is learning and failure.

Well exactly and the process of making a record is also learning and failure especially in electronic music so how could you even write it down in advance anyway? Even his record label is called Accidental.

I'm aware that that's what you're already saying, I'm just thinking out loud.

This is beyond the pale though:

£500
Herbert Listens
Matthew will listen to you, whatever you want to say or do, at a mutually agreed place (or via Skype) for 20 minutes in complete silence, plus everything up to the collectable level
📖 Pledge £500

It's certainly no potato salad.

Much as i love this one, why does it have that sleeve? its my favourite one though

today at least

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUUDd-BaakM

That's really nice! My favourite Herbert tracks are his remix of "Sing It Back" and Dj Koze's remix of Herbert's "It's Only" (with Dani Siciliano).

Newest Herbert thing btw

https://soundcloud.com/thump/matthew-herbert-megaphone

what is the consensus pick on herbert here

i would say scale

other than his remixes, like for roisin etc

Scale is my favorite too, but mostly people pick earlier albums as their favs

bodily functions seems overrated to me tbh

So Now is probably my single fav. Herbert track with Deeper being my 2nd fav, so I like Around the House a bunch, but 100lbs is probably the LP i can play through without wanting to skip tracks. I think I bought Scale but never played it. Same with Score, which I believe is the album I recorded 1 word for, but I never played that one either.

100lbs easily but Bodily Functions is very good.

globus mix vol. 5

also allow 100 lbs

destroy everything else

Often hit and miss, whch is true of anyone prolific

100lbs seems obvious answer, anything rom that first run of twelves

"I Only Heard" >>>>>>

Ezio remix is top drawer

Not much love for Herbert on ILM? Or inconsistent?
I think the new album is lovely, but on 1 1/2 listens it's no Bodily Functions (which I rate higher than Around The House) and it's certainly no Goodbye Swingtime (which is an untouchable thing don't @ me).

Good to see Owen Pallett talking the good talk up there from 11 years ago, hi Owen!

I'm totally obsessed with Fantasy. Dropped it in a set over the weekend and it just lifted the vibe up a notch. One of my favorite tracks of the year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys1AqRN044Y

Matthew Herbert made an album using only a horse's skeleton (and an orchestra and a computer and some other musicians)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0TrfgyTo6g