Matt Elliott (musician)
Matt Elliott is an English folk guitarist and singer from Bristol, England, who plays dark folk music. He also produced and recorded electronic music under the name The Third Eye Foundation.[1]
Biography
Elliott started recording with the band Linda's Strange Vacation, which included Kate Wright (Movietone) and Rachel Brook (Movietone/Flying Saucer Attack), around the time Wright and Brook formed Movietone, and Brook and Dave Pearce formed Flying Saucer Attack. Elliott was a part time member of both bands.
He recorded Semtex, his first album under the name The Third Eye Foundation, and released it on his own record label, Linda's Strange Vacation, with the help of the fledgling Domino Records. The next three albums were released on Domino in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
As Third Eye Foundation, Elliott worked with bands including Hood, Yann Tiersen, Mogwai, Ulver, Tarwater, The Pastels, Navigator, Urchin, Suncoil Sect, Remote Viewer, Thurston Moore, primarily as a remixer. In 2001 a compilation album of his remixes was released.
In 2003 he released his first album under his own name, The Mess We Made, which marked a stylistic shift from the Third Eye Foundation releases.[1][2][3] The next three albums were released as a trilogy on the French label, 'Ici, d'ailleurs...'. By the release of Drinking Songs (2004), his sound had changed considerably from his earlier work, now being compared to Tindersticks and Black Heart Procession.[4]
On Yann Tiersen's 2009 tour, Elliott was support act, and later in the show was part of Yann's band onstage.
Discography
All recordings were released under the Third Eye Foundation name up to and including 2001's I Poo Poo on Your Juju, later recordings were released under Elliott's own name. 2010's The Dark was again released under The Third Eye Foundation.
Albums
- Semtex (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation)
- In Version (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation) - remixes of Flying Saucer Attack, Amp, Crescent, Hood.
- Ghost (1997, Domino Records)
- You Guys Kill Me (1998, Domino Records)
- Little Lost Soul (2000, Domino)
- I Poo Poo on Your JuJu (2001, Domino) - remixes of Yann Tiersen, Tarwater, Urchin, The Remote Viewer, Chris Morris, Blonde Redhead, Faultline and Glanta.
- The Mess We Made (2003, Merge)
- OuMuPo (2004, 0101 music) - 42 minute remix of Ici d'ailleurs back catalogue with a set of rules http://www.0101-music.com/oumupo.htm
- Drinking Songs (2005, Ici, d'ailleurs.../Acuarela Records)
- Failing Songs (2006, Ici d'ailleurs/Acuarela Records)
- Collected Works (2006, Domino) - combines Ghost, You Guys Kill Me and Little Lost Soul, plus extra tracks
- Howling Songs (2008, Ici, d'ailleurs...)
- Failed Songs (2009, Ici, d'ailleurs...)
- The Dark (2010, Ici, d'ailleurs...)
Singles
- "Universal Cooler" (1996, Planet Records)
- "Semtex" (1997, Domino Records)
- "Stars Are Down" (1997, 7" given away with Obsessive Eye magazine, split with KS Kollective)
- "Sound of Violence" (1997, Domino)
- "There's No End in Sight" (1998, Fat Cat Records, split with V/Vm)
- "Fear of a Wack Planet" (1998, Domino)
- "In Bristol with a Pistol" (1999, Domino)
- "What Is It With You?" (2000, Domino)
- "Borderline Schizophrenic" (2003, Domino)
References
- ^ a b Diver, Mike (2006) "ReDiScover: Third Eye Foundation", Drowned in Sound, 21 December 2006, retrieved 2011-12-26
- ^ Kellman, Andy "Matt Elliott Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-12-26
- ^ Petrusich, Amanda (2003) "Matt Elliott The Mess We Made", Pitchfork Media, 15 June 2003, retrieved 2011-12-26
- ^ Raggett, Ned "Drinking Songs Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-12-26
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