Jun 25, 2018
“What brought the audience cheering to its feet at the end… was the metaphor for human solidarity presented by all those joyous musicians” the Telegraph, 4/5 “A more gloomy, depressed, bleak attitude than his own could scarcely be imagined.” Melanie Phillips, the Times www.brexitbigband.eu The Brexit Big Band is the controversial, ever-evolving musical collaboration created...
May 10, 2018
In a new audio-visual project in response to Brexit, pioneering electronic musician Matthew Herbert presents an exclusive commission for Splice in collaboration with media artist Christopher Thomas Allen (The Light Surgeons). The performance will examine the things we will lose as a result of Brexit and it’s impact, by exploring the themes of scale and...
May 1, 2018
Matthew has created the music for the new film ‘Disobedience’ from director Sebastian Lelio to continue their partnership following the oscar winning ‘A Fantastic Woman’ earlier this year. Disobedience has already been released in the US and will be released in UK and Europe later this year.
Apr 9, 2018
Matthew worked with multi-instrumentalist and sound explorer Cosmo Sheldrake on the creation of his debut album. Watch the video for ‘Wriggle’…
Mar 6, 2018
Experience the work of Andreas Gursky from a new perspective, with live music by producer, writer and pioneering electronic musician Matthew Herbert. His latest London Sinfonietta commission more, more, moreresponds to Gursky’s Untitled XIII (2002), a fascinating and un-nerving photograph of a landfill site in Chimalhuacán, Mexico City. A comment on endless consumerism, more, more, more will be made from the...
Mar 5, 2018
The Chilean film directed by Sebastian Lelio for which Matthew Herbert composed the music has won the Oscar for best foreign language film at 2018′s awards ceremony. More…
Feb 14, 2018
Matthew has written the music for a new play ‘Gundog’ that has just opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London which The Guardian describe as “a compelling, unforgiving glimpse into rural life, and one in which there is not a single fluffy, gambolling lamb in sight” read the full review here. More info and...
Jan 18, 2018
Exploring the ethical front lines of sound. Matthew Herbert is joined by guests to explore the ethical front lines of sound. What is it acceptable to record and listen to? With live music and recordings, including some made in Manhattan on 11 September 2001. Part of a Season of Sound, celebrating the Library’s sound archive. More...
Jan 18, 2018
Matthew brings the Brexit Big Band project to the very heart of the EU on Saturday 20th Jan for the closing concert of the 2018 Brussels Jazz Festival at Flagey. Tickets
Jan 3, 2018
The Golden Globe nominated and Academy Award shortlisted film ‘A Fantastic Woman’ from director Sebastian Lello is a getting an album release for the original soundtrack composed by Matthew Herbert. The album is released January 5th on Milan Records. More information via Pitchfork
Nov 17, 2017
Following a variety of news stories about the Matthew Herbert’s Brexit Big Band project, I feel I should respond. Most importantly, this is not an anti-Brexit project. This is a project that, having accepted Brexit will occur, attempts to work out what a new kind of relationship with our European neighbours may look like. That...
Nov 15, 2017
Following two acclaimed big band albums, Matthew Herbert announces a third in response to Brexit. This time though, it’s being put together differently. It is a two year collaborative project right across Europe celebrating artistic and musical collaboration and communities across national borders. The project will begin in England at the point at which the...
