This album didn’t receive anywhere near the attention it deserved at the time of it’s release back in mid-2001. It’s one of those magical albums that’s hard to pigeon-hole, easy to pass by, but impossible to forget. I’m not surprised that Dani Siciliano (on vocal duties for the album) and Matthew Herbert (on production) got married after working together on this – I’d have married either of them if I was in the studio whilst this was being made. This is truly an album that covers all bases. You’ve got “It’s Only” and “Leave Me Know” representing Herbert’s trademark soul-tinged deep minimal house. On the flip side you’ve got “I Know” and “On Reflection” straying into more mainstream jazz tings. Even Slum Village saw it essential to sample Herbert’s “Foreign Bodies” on their “Trinity: Past, Present and Future” album.
There’s two other Herbert-related beauties you shouldn’t miss either, The first is picko-d’s excellent tribute mix, and if you search the interweb hard enough you should find the second which is a recording of Herbert live at BBC’s Maida Vale studios for Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show.
