Matthew Herbert - Matthew Herbert "Leipzig" New Single
Date Posted: 15 March 2010
Release Date: 29 March 2010
Matthew Herbert
"Leipzig"
New single released March 29th
"Dazzling", "Brilliantly choreographed" — *****
The Times
Winner of the Showing Off... Tenth award for services beyond etc. to the very idea of being a restless militant outsider musical progressive in a culture increasingly cuddling up to conformity...
The Guardian, Paul Morley
Watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjunK37tOG4
The debut single from pioneering musician Matthew Herbert's ONE Trilogy will be released digitally on 29 March.
Leipzig is the first offering from Herbert's forthcoming project One One, and represents a radical departure from his previous work. Here he takes the concept of a solo album to its logical conclusion and has written, performed, recorded and produced the 10 track record entirely by himself.
One One features Matthew singing for the first time. The result is his most intimate and "honest" musical production since he first performed live as Wishmountain in 1995, using only a pepper pot as an instrument.
Matthew says: "Singing for the record was surprisingly difficult. There was no-one there to tell me if I was terrible, and if I was terrible I had to fix it myself. I couldn't hide behind nifty production tricks.
"At times it took dressing in a black tuxedo and half a bottle of wine to get over the nerves. I didn't know how to play many of the instruments when I started. This is a really personal and honest record."
Leipzig is also accompanied by a stunning video, starring Herbert, and telling the story of a young man’s hedonistic adventures in club land.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjunK37tOG4)
One One was recorded over four months at Matthew's private studio in the seaside town of Whitstable, Kent, with the tracks chronicling a single day in the life.
The record will followed by albums One Club and One Pig, in June and September, respectively.
