Parliament News: Artist Tips Matthew Herbert

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While the striking jazz tunes that Londoner Matthew Herbert makes with his Big Band on There’s Me and There’s You (!K7) may not sound like the product of a sample-happy house experimenter, rest assured that behind these highfalutin trumpets and smooth vocals are intricately programmed bits yanked from clandestine recordings; beneath their feel-good sheen lies Herbert’s anti-capitalist, government-suspicious m.o., and he takes special pleasure in disguising these samples stolen from the Houses of Parliament and kitchens of McDonald’s, imbuing them with lovely brassy stabs and trombone toots. Below Herbert fills us in on the five pieces in his...