So, yesterday, electronic/experimentalist/musique concrète/what-have-you mastermind Matthew Herbert calls me up at home (mind you, it’s after 8 PM too; and I have explicitly told the dude at least half a dozen times before never to call me at home after dinner), and he’s all like:
“Hey Nobodaddy, guess what? I’m planning to release a new EP called Part 6 under my house music moniker of just straight-up “Herbert” on June 23! Well… the vinyl version will be June 23; I guess technically the digital version won’t be out until June 29… but either way, yeah! I’m totally pumped because it’s coming out on my own Accidental Records label and one of the songs — which is called “One Two Three,” by the way — features Hejira member Rahel Debebe-Dessalegne on vocals. It’s totally sick man. Can you believe it? It’s been like… six, no, seven…eight years since I’ve put out a record as “Herbert”! And dude, do you think people will “get it” how this whole part 6 thing is a direct continuation of the playful and intriguing electronic musical style that I fucking pioneered the shit out of way back in the day on my original Parts 1 - 5 releases from fuckin’ 95/96 on the Phono label!?!? Dude, I don’t think anyone’s gonna even connect the dots about that shit!”
Seriously. ALL OF THAT SHIT (and probably more) comes out of his mouth before he even has the wherewithal to stop for a sec and finally ask “Oh, I’m sorry, how are YOU doing, Nobo?” God. Same old story, you know? Some people are just… selfish, that’s all. Argh. Sorry to dump on you like this, readers. But truly. I am just SO SICK of that guy!
Part 6 tracklisting:
01. One Two Three
02. Manny
03. My DJ
04. Grab That Bottle
DJ dates:
06.20.14 - London, UK - Fabric
06.21.14 - Ibiza, Spain - Space
• Herbert: http://dev.matthewherbert.com
• Accidental: http://accidentalrecords.com
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