Matthew Herbert: Scale
Quick post today before I start a really long stretch of 5 days of wedding and work celebration.Two huge events are happening at the same time -- Pete and Tracy's wedding and the Webby Awards (which I help produce). So in the mean time, to keep spirits high and to prove that I'm still here and ready to upload the goods to all of you, I offer something from Matthew Herbert's tragically underappreciated new album, Scale which is by far his best since his classic Bodily Functions. Lush strings, innovative production (as usual, he communicates the politics of the record with samples from 723 different objects including coffins, petrol pumps and an RAF Tornado bomber ) and solid pop melodies from the first note to the last. It is big, ambitious and so far the best dance record of the year. I say that loosely because the record explores the subtleties of the genre. These are not huge, PA-bursting cuts, but more importantly channel Herbert's undeniable intellect in a more pop-oriented, well-thought manner. Again he teams up with his muse Dani Siciliano and other perfectly drafted guest vocalists that form the core. It's 80s only in the way that 80s electro-pop had very few boundaries. There's clear waves of electro, disco, minimal house and his trademark string swing. Think Prince were he from Copenhagen with Apollonia on the hook after a jaunt through Christiana's Pusher Street and you have a better idea... Resources
Matthew Herbert :: "Something Isn't Right"
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