between heaven and here
It’s a thin line between heaven and here (‘Bubbles’ The Wire – Season 1, Episode 4) and one that we navigate daily. If you’re anything like me, then music plays an important part in this journey, and all too often – with modern life as it is – it’s all too easy to miss out on some amazing records whilst you’re busy getting on with life. betweenheavenandhere is an audioblog created to highlight these albums across the soulful spectrum of music.Archive for Herbert
Herbert – Bodily Functions (k7, 2001)
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.
