"Musca" is the next in the series of domestic house albums to follow the groundbreaking LP classics "Around The House" (1998), and "Bodily Functions" (2001).
2021 is proving to be a bumper year for Herbert fans who can also look forward to a package of very special 12” remixes later this summer and the premiere of 10-years-in-the-making-documentary, Symphony of Noise, about his work with sound.
After the wide expanse of his last big band album "The State Between Us" made with more than 1000 musicians and singers across Europe, this album instead is inward looking. Born of both intimacy and collaboration, features eight singers, Verushka, Siân Roseanna, Allie Armstrong, Bianca Rose, Melissa Uye-Parker, Daisy Godfrey, Y’akoto and Joy Morgan - all of whom Matthew has never worked with before or met face to face. It also features musicians Nick Ramm, Tom Herbert, Tom Skinner, Finn Peters, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian and Leo Taylor, who, like the singers, all self-recorded and in isolation from each other.
TRACK LISTING
LP
A1. Two Doors Featuring Joy Morgan
A2. Hypnotised Featuring Mel Uye-Parker
A3. Might As Well Be Magical Featuring Allie Armstrong
B1. Chain Reaction Featuring Bianca Rose
B2. Fantasy Featuring Verushka
B3. The Impossible Featuring Allie Armstrong
B4. Unrestorable Featuring Siân Roseanna
C1. Tell Me A Secret Featuring Siân Roseanna
C2. The Slip
C3. The Horror Featuring Allie Armstrong
C4. The Way Featuring Y’akoto
D1. Be Young Featuring Daisy Godfrey
D2. Gold Dust Featuring Bianca Rose
D3. Let Me Sleep Featuring Bianca Rose
CD
1. Two Doors Featuring Joy Morgan
2. Hypnotised Featuring Mel Uye-Parker
3. Chain Reaction Featuring Bianca Rose
4. Might As Well Be Magical Featuring Allie Armstrong
5. Fantasy Featuring Verushka
6. The Impossible Featuring Allie Armstrong
7. Let Me Sleep Featuring Bianca Rose
8. The Slip
9. The Horror Featuring Allie Armstrong
10. The Way Featuring Y’akoto
11. Tell Me A Secret Featuring Siân Roseanna
12. Unrestorable Featuring Siân Roseanna
