1. Matthew Herbert often takes sounds from everyday items to produce electronic music.
23 Facts About Matthew Herbert
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In 1998, Herbert issued Around the House with Dani Siciliano, which mixed dance beats, sounds generated by everyday kitchen objects, and vocals.
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Matthew Herbert recorded beneath the sewers of Fleet Street, with Vietnamese coffee beans, inside industrial chicken farms, drove a tank over a recreation of the dinner that Nigella Lawson cooked for George Bush and Tony Blair, and recorded 3500 people biting an apple at the same time.
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On 30 May 2006, Matthew Herbert issued Scale, his most successful album to date.
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In 2009 Matthew Herbert was involved in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Matthew Herbert wrote and produced the music accompanying the 42 "postcards," short films introducing the country being represented next.
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In 2010 Matthew Herbert released two of a three part trilogy of albums.
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Matthew Herbert recorded the life cycle of a farmed pig from birth to the dinner plate.
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In March 2013, his first five albums under moniker Matthew Herbert were released as Matthew Herbert Complete featuring bonus material and Abbey Road Sessions.
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On 20 March 2015 Matthew Herbert announced The Shakes, his first album of dance music in nine years.
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On 22 October 2021 Matthew Herbert released the album Musca on Accidental Records.
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In October 2023 Matthew Herbert received an Ivor Novello Award nomination at The Ivors Classical Awards.
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Matthew Herbert was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation, presented in association with the Musicians' Union, at The Ivors Classical Awards 2023.
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In October 2024 Matthew Herbert received another Ivor Novello Award nomination at The Ivors Classical Awards.
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Matthew Herbert went on to win the Ivor Novello Award on 12 November 2024.
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In 2000, Matthew Herbert wrote a manifesto titled Personal Contract for the Composition of Music, which served as a theoretical guide for much of his later work.
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Matthew Herbert has produced remixes for numerous artists, including Moloko, Ennio Morricone, Quincy Jones, PUZZLE, Bjork, REM, Perry Farrell, Serge Gainsbourg, Yoko Ono, John Cale, The Avalanches and Cornelius.
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Matthew Herbert programmed three tracks on Bjork's Vespertine, and produced The Invisible's debut album, along with Moloko singer Roisin Murphy's album Ruby Blue.
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Matthew Herbert has produced albums for Micachu, Merz and Finn Peters.
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Matthew Herbert has contributed music to several films, including La confiance regne, Human Traffic, Dogme 95, director Kristian Levring's The Intended, Agathe Clery, Le Defi, A Number, as well as UK television, theatrical and concert dance productions.
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Matthew Herbert wrote music for the YouTube documentary film Life in a Day along with prominent composer Harry Gregson-Williams.
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Matthew Herbert went on to create a short encore for the ensemble involving a live remix of a concert at the BBC Proms in 2012 using recordings on mobile phones.
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Matthew Herbert wrote the score for the 2017 film A Fantastic Woman, which was released by Milan Records in January 2018.