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artist · doctor rockit
release · woosh
year · 1996
genre · lo-fi
label · clear
catalogue · clr423
website · www.formstudio.com/thesesubjects/music/clear/
date · 20-feb-2005
quality · 209kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 untitled (clr423) 5:36
a2 untitled (clr423) 3:41
b1 untitled (clr423) 2:08
b2 untitled (clr423) 5:38
playtime · 00h 17m 03s
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matthew herbert, a british dj and producer of modern house who is
also known as radio boy, wishmountain, doctor rockit, shares with
matmos the honor of having pioneered the use of "organic" samples
(noises, not instruments) to compose dance music.
the building blocks for his music are often random people's
noises. percussion sounds are manufactured out of sources as a
heart or an unborn child (herbert abhors drum machines). the
sounds of everyday life is not only the source but also the
meaning of his art.
a student of drama at exeter university, herbert started sampling
found sounds as a way to create realistic soundtracks for his
plays. soon, he would entertain with live shows in which the
sounds were created out of everyday objects and the environment.
eventually, he started applying the same technique to the dance
floor.
he relocated to london in 1994 and in january of 1996 released the
three eps that marked the directions of his career: wishmountain's
radio (ambient and techno), doctor rockit's ready to rockit (jazzy
electro) and herbert's part one (house). in a little over four
years, herbert would release 25 singles and 4 albums, and become a
fashionable disc jockey and producer.
doctor rockit released the eps d for doctor (clear) and recorded
in swingtime (clear), the singles pockit doctor (clear) and pager
(multiplex), and the albums the music of sound (clear, 1996),
indoor fireworks (lifelike, 2000), with cafe' de flore, and the
compilation the unnecessary history (accidental, 2004), all
devoted to domestic vignettes.
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