Matt Elliott - The Calm Before Artist_Gus Viseur

Matt Elliott - The Calm Before Artist_Gus ViseurAs we are now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of The Third Eye Foundations Semtex, one of the most influential drum & bass albums of its time, it is worthwhile revisiting the career of Matt Elliott, its composer. Matt was not even 16 while he decided to stop his studies to devote himself to his passion for music, getting a job at the famous Revolver records shop, and deejaying in Bristol clubs he wasnt legally allowed to enter at this

but after a while

‘Uncomfortably Numb’

”Hallelujah” and ”Love Will Tear Us Apart”

other times pillowing the melodies with the softest of brushstrokes and the kindest of tones

The album emphasizes Yukihiro as a singer and it reached #11 on the Japanese music charts

the stunning score to the critically acclaimed theatre production directed by London Olympics ceremony video designer Leo Warner

the breath lights up the air

to express that and not get chased out of town or beat up

New Age Doom continues to draw more artists into its instrumental orbit

documentaries and television for directors such as Harmony Korine and clients such as BBC

The New York City duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper aka Tempers specialize in a sleek strain of low-lit poetic synth-pop

and I’m tired of looking for home and asking about my loved ones