Matt Elliott (musician)
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Matt Elliott is a guitarist and singer from Bristol, UK, who plays dark folk music. He also produced and recorded electronic music under the name The Third Eye Foundation.
Matt Elliott started recording with the band 'Linda's Strange Vacation', which included Kate Wright (Movietone
) and Rachel Brook (Movietone/Flying Saucer Attack
), around the time Wright and Brook formed Movietone, and Brook and Dave Pearce formed Flying Saucer Attack. Elliott would be a part time member of both bands.
He recorded 'Semtex', his first album under the name 'The Third Eye Foundation', and released it on his own label 'Linda's Strange Vacation' with the help of the fledgling Domino Records.
The next three albums proper were released on Domino Records in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
As Third Eye Foundation, Matt Elliott worked with bands including Hood, Yann Tiersen, Mogwai, Ulver, Tarwater, The Pastels, Navigator, Urchin, Suncoil Sect, Remote Viewer, Thurston Moore
, primarily as a remixer. In 2001 a compilation of his remixes was released.
in 2003 he released his first album under his own name, 'The Mess we Made'.
The next three albums were released as a trilogy on French label 'Ici, d'ailleurs...
'.
On Yann Tiersen
's 2009 tour, Matt was support act, and later in the show was part of Yann's band onstage.
Matt Elliott started recording with the band 'Linda's Strange Vacation', which included Kate Wright (Movietone
Movietone (band)
Movietone is an English post-rock band. They formed in Bristol, England in 1994. Core members are Kate Wright and Rachel Brook . Brook was also a member of Flying Saucer Attack during the first few years of the band's existence, and Wright is also currently the bass player for Crescent...
) and Rachel Brook (Movietone/Flying Saucer Attack
Flying Saucer Attack
Flying Saucer Attack was an experimental space rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1992. David Pearce was the core member of the group, and Rachel Brook was a member for most of the band's lifetime....
), around the time Wright and Brook formed Movietone, and Brook and Dave Pearce formed Flying Saucer Attack. Elliott would be a part time member of both bands.
He recorded 'Semtex', his first album under the name 'The Third Eye Foundation', and released it on his own label 'Linda's Strange Vacation' with the help of the fledgling Domino Records.
The next three albums proper were released on Domino Records in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
As Third Eye Foundation, Matt Elliott worked with bands including Hood, Yann Tiersen, Mogwai, Ulver, Tarwater, The Pastels, Navigator, Urchin, Suncoil Sect, Remote Viewer, Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label...
, primarily as a remixer. In 2001 a compilation of his remixes was released.
in 2003 he released his first album under his own name, 'The Mess we Made'.
The next three albums were released as a trilogy on French label 'Ici, d'ailleurs...
Ici, d'ailleurs...
Ici, d'ailleurs... is an independent record label based in Nancy, France and established by Stéphane Grégoire in 1997 from his associative label "Sine Terra Firma"...
'.
On Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...
's 2009 tour, Matt was support act, and later in the show was part of Yann's band onstage.
Discography
All recordings were released under the Third Eye Foundation name up to and including 2001's I Poo Poo on Your Juju, later recordings were released under Elliott's own name. 2010's The Dark was again released under The Third Eye Foundation.Albums
- Semtex (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation)
- In Version (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation) - remixes of Flying Saucer AttackFlying Saucer AttackFlying Saucer Attack was an experimental space rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1992. David Pearce was the core member of the group, and Rachel Brook was a member for most of the band's lifetime....
, AmpAmp (band)Amp is an electronic space rock band formed in London by Richard F. Walker in 1992, after collaborating with David Pearce on the The Secret Garden and the Distance projects...
, CrescentCrescent (band)Crescent are an alternative music band from Bristol, England, formed in the early 1990s by Matt Jones , Chris Locke and Jasper Larsen . Currently, the two principal members are brothers Matt Jones and Sam Jones...
, HoodHood (band)Hood is a UK-based band from Leeds, that formed in 1991. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends .- History :...
. - Ghost (1997, Domino Records)
- You Guys Kill MeYou Guys Kill MeYou Guys Kill Me is the fourth album by Bristol, UK musician Matt Elliott under the name The Third Eye Foundation. It was released on the Domino label in November, 2000.- Track listing :# "A Galaxy of Stars" – 6:55...
(1998, Domino Records) - Little Lost SoulLittle Lost SoulLittle Lost Soul is the fifth album by Bristol, UK musician Matt Elliott under the name The Third Eye Foundation. It was released on the Domino label on February 8, 2000 .The track "What Is It With You" was released as a single....
(2000, Domino Records) - I Poo Poo on Your JuJuI Poo Poo on Your JuJuI Poo Poo on Your JuJu is the sixth and final album by Bristol, UK, musician Matt Elliott under the name The Third Eye Foundation. It was released on the Domino label on May 22, 2001 ....
(2001, Domino Records) - remixes of Yann TiersenYann TiersenYann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...
, TarwaterTarwaterTarwater is a German music duo comprising Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok. Tarwater have recorded several albums of mostly instrumental music usually tagged as post-rock.-History:...
, Urchin, The Remote ViewerThe Remote ViewerThe Remote Viewer was originally released in CD-R format by Coil. The three track album was released in 2002 May in an edition of 500 copies. The initial three copies were signed and numbered, then auctioned off. The album was later re-edited by Peter Christopherson and expanded to include a second...
, Chris MorrisChris Morris (satirist)Christopher Morris is an English satirist, writer, director and actor. A former radio DJ, he is best known for anchoring the spoof news and current affairs television programmes The Day Today and Brass Eye, as well as his frequent engagement with controversial subject matter.In 2010 Morris...
, Blonde RedheadBlonde RedheadBlonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace , which formed in New York City in 1993....
, Faultline and Glanta. - The Mess We MadeThe Mess We MadeThe Mess We Made is an album by British electronic musician Matt Elliott, released in the UK by Domino Records and in the United States by Merge Records in 2003...
(2003, Domino Records) - OuMuPo (2004, 0101 music) - 42 minute remix of Ici d'ailleurs back catalogue with a set of rules http://www.0101-music.com/oumupo.htm
- Drinking Songs (2005, Ici, d'ailleurs...Ici, d'ailleurs...Ici, d'ailleurs... is an independent record label based in Nancy, France and established by Stéphane Grégoire in 1997 from his associative label "Sine Terra Firma"...
/Acuarela Records) - Failing SongsFailing SongsFailing Songs is an album by Matt Elliott, the second in the Drinking Songs Trilogy.The album was recorded mainly in Matt Elliott's home, though the violin tracks were recorded in the village church. The songs are serious and melancholy, many of them commenting on the current political climate in...
(2006, Ici d'ailleurs/Acuarela Records) - Collected Works (2006, Domino Records) - combines Ghost, You Guys Kill Me and Little Lost Soul, plus extra tracks
- Howling Songs (2008, Ici d'ailleurs)
- Failed Songs (2009, Ici d'ailleurs)
- The Dark (2010, Ici d'ailleurs)
Singles
- Universal Cooler (1996, Planet Records)
- Semtex (1997, Domino Records)
- Stars Are Down (1997, 7" given away with Obsessive Eye magazine, split with KS Kollective)
- Sound of Violence (1997, Domino Records)
- There's No End in Sight (1998, Fat Cat RecordsFat Cat RecordsFat Cat Records is an independent label based in Brighton on England’s South Coast. Their output includes electronica, post rock, indie, downtempo, minimal techno, noise and punk-pop...
, split with V/VmV/VmV/Vm is the experimental music and sound collage project of James Leyland Kirby, from Stockport, England. Although starting out mainly in the style of noise music, Kirby is also a composer of original electronic music and remixes. His vast output is released primarily on his own V/Vm Test Records...
) - Fear of a Wack Planet (1998, Domino Records)
- In Bristol with a Pistol (1999, Domino Records)
- What Is It With You? (2000, Domino Records)
- Borderline Schizophrenic (2003, Domino Records)