RE: Phono label


Mark Turner (nugroove@pacbell.net)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:33:15 -0800



> If you've been experimenting with deep/ tech house like i've been
> lately, you're sure to come across Herbert and his Phono label. My god,
> this shit is out there. I love it. The first time I heard I:Cube I felt
> that way in '97. Now it's been a year making myself familiar w/ Mr.
> Matthew Herbert. This guys a genius. The way he manipulates sounds,
> textures, and rhythms like Picasso painted, abstract! I just got Phono's
> comp (on vinyl), The "beginning of the end" and there is angular bleepy
> tech house (Herbert) to underwater deep house (Freaks- Luke Solomon) to
> some breakbeat (Micronauts). I suggest you deeper, more experimental
> house dj's buy this stuff.

Be sure to check out Herbert's latest release on Repap: the "Homemade EP" by
"The Music Man." Four tracks put together using sounds from ordinary
household utensils that he received anonymously in the mail. I think it's
the best thing he's done since his Dr. Rockit days.

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Mark Turner nugroove@pacbell.net

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