S5E6 with Matthew Herbert

S5E6 with Matthew Herbert

From What Goes Around? by Deb & Eamon

December 22, 2025 · 1h 6m · Season 5 · Episode 6

About this episode

Matthew Herbert, a maverick of sampling and innovative music production, discusses his unique approach to creating music.

The world of electronic music is now a seething mass of tropes and genres that belie the innovation that made electronica so exciting in the first place. Very few acts possess the ability to truly innovate or even experiment without a commercial endgame in mind. But todays guest is a genuine maverick of the sampler. Like the Art of Noise before him, Matthew Herbert is the quintessential English eccentric who has been popping out of his mental shed every few years to cry 'EUREKA!' as yet another impossibly original production is released. A man who can make music out of anything. A man who takes great pleasure in following bizarre conceptual ideas through to a fruitful end. Like the time he recorded 3500 people biting into an apple all at once, or his award winning Horse suite which captured the eternal equine spirit perfectly. His grand ideas capture the imagination of his audience and continually push his sound in unexpected directions. He has also made dancefloor bangers and killer remixes for the likes of Moloko, Bjork, Yoko Ono, Perry Farrel and many others. His current project with drummer and vocalist Momoko Gill is another triumph of rhythm, invention and ideas. We are…

People in this episode

Hosts: Deb, Eamon

Guest: Matthew Herbert

Topics covered

  • electronic music
  • innovation
  • sampling
  • conceptual music
  • music production

Keywords

  • electronic music
  • sampling
  • innovation
  • conceptual ideas
  • dancefloor bangers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Art of Noise

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