Mmmmatthew Herbert

I was first introduced to the jazzy goodness that is Matthew Herbert in 1998. I have a vivid memory of my friend, Joel, opening the 12" Going Round single, tossing it on the tables, and hopping around with 12+ friends at the rave cave du jour. From that point on, Herbert remained on my crew's soundtrack for years and years to come.

Recently, I was put in charge of programming the ipod for work and tossed a couple Herbert tracks on it, thereby reigniting my thirst for this particular artiste. If you are not familiar, I urge you to, well, GET FAMILIAR! You will not regret it! He is a TRUE musician! Also, let me not forget to mention Dani Siciliano. She is probably my favorite lady to lend her voice to house recordings. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love the classic divas like, Dajae, and Byron Stingly. And, I have a very special place in my heart for La India, and Lady Miss Kier, but Dani... Dani has that je ne sais quoi! Mmmm...

I'm posting Something Isn't Right off of the album Scale. It's been looping in my head like a mo' all week! The first half of the song just gets my heart a flutterin'. One of the coolest, grooviest songs of empowerment my ears have ever had the pleasure to listen to.

I'm also including this link to a Herbert tribute mix I found. I'm not particularly fond of how the mix starts or the sometimes lack of fluidity, but it has most of the staples on it so, it's worth a listen or four :) Also, you gotta give it up to the dudes for putting together this mix with the original vinyl!

Download: Something Isn't Right - Matthew Herbert

LOVES!!