I grew up in a little rural English village called Five Oak Green. There was one shop and it just sold milk, so I led a pretty isolated existence.

http://www.pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/8756-matthew-herbert/

love this guy.

"I was standing on a roof on September 11 and watching the buildings collapse. We had a gig that day at the Knitting Factory. I remember standing on the roof thinking, "Wow, this is going to change hip-hop forever,"

first time i've ever heard THAT reaction to 9/11!

I still feel that there is too much music in the world. I'm not convinced that we need to make any more music. I read this statistic that said 75% of music on iTunes has never been downloaded once. It's depressing, but it also makes you think that we should stop making music until we listen to it all, and then we should start again. We're in a bit of a muddle about the function of music, and why we're making it, and what we expect from our music. I mean, surely, everything has been said about love already by now. Presumably everything has been said about war already. It feels like people think they have a right to make music or express themselves in a certain way. I think you have a right to express yourself, but I don't necessarily think that there's automatically a right that people should be expected to listen.

OTM!

i've never listened to his music, but he's my new favorite artist.

he is awesome

yeah i never heard this guy's stuff, but it comes up all the time. some of these quotes are reminiscent of john maus

"As I get older, I listened to less and less. Now, I basically listen to one record: Keith Jarrett's The Melody at Night, With You."

He's great. Bodily Functions and his Tresor mix 'Letsallmakemistakes' are classic.

Here's another interview fairly recent;

http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=32

Matthew Herbert has a syllabus!