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Matthew Herbert
Bodily Functions

Album 2001 on !K7 Records label
Electronic and Jazz (Deep House, Downtempo, Experimental)

All tracks recorded in Swingtime, except: tracks 5 & 7 recorded at R.G. Jones Track 1 - Recorded in October 00 before the birth of Sunray Star. All percussion sounds are from Ray herself and were added after her birth on 12.10.00. Lyrics started by Matthew Herbert and Dani Siciliano on Plakes Beach, Agios Ioannis, Greece August 00. Written according to the rules of PCCOM. Track 2 - Started in 1996 at Cheap Studios Vienna and completed in Swingtime Dec 98 Track 3 - Recorded Jan 2001. All Percussion taken from Bodily Function Sounds kindly donated by Strangers. Track 4 - Recorded August 00. Lyrics based on an Idea by Dani Siciliano. Track 5 - Recorded June 97. Trumpet and Flute (by) Peter Wraight added in Swingtime Sept 00, additional percussion sampled from the recordings added six months and three years later. Written according to the rules of PCCOM. Track 6 - Recorded originally in Jan 97 then completed over the next three years. Horns and Vocals that are no longer in it Peter Wraight and Shingai Shoniwa respectively, door slams recorded at Five Oak Green. Track 7 - Recorded June 97. Additional percussion sampled from the recordings and added in Swingtime later. Original Version appeared on "Around The House" LP 1998. Written according to the rules of PCCOM. Track 8 - Recorded in November 00. Percussion sounds taken from recordings of laser eye surgery (Laser in Situ Keratomileusis) kindly provided by Matmos in San Francisco and originally recorded for their album "A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure". Written according to the rules of PCCOM. Track 9 - Recorded October 00. Percussion sounds taken from the knuckles, hair skin, teeth and bones of Dani Siciliano, Matthew Herbert and Nick Detnon. Written according to the rules of PCCOM. Track 10 - Recorded December 00. Written according to the rules of PCCOM. Track 11 - Recorded September 00 and re-recorded Jan 01. All percussion sounds taken from bottles recycled behind London Road SE23. The scratch sound at the beginning is of a mouse trying to get out of a waste bin it had fallen into at the studio. Written according to the rules of PCCOM. Track 12 - Recorded August 98. All eight vocal takes are used simultaneously. Written during the brits for MRH. Track 13 - Recorded September 00. See track 2 for credits. Track 14 - Recorded between January 00 and November 00. All percussion up to 4' 12" taken from the random contents of Dani's bag of the day of composition. Published by Soundslike Music/Bucks Music. Mastered at The Exchange. Made in France Under exclusive license from Soundslike, part of Accidental Records. ℗ 2001 Soundslike © 2001 !K7 Records Incidental info: Issued in a 6-panel Digipak (manufactured by Van de Steeg, Holland, under license from AGI, USA) with a clear tray. Lyrics printed on Cd.

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	Matthew Herbert ep, key, p, *1972 GB lyrics by, producer, written by, album by, piano, violin, arranged by, horns, bass, percussion, knuckles, hair, skin, teeth and bones, piano, bass, electric piano, rhodes
	Peter Wraight , bass clarinet, arranged by, wind, flugelhorn, flute, trumpet, arranged by, horns, trumpet, flute
	Sunray Star , percussion
	John Matthias , violin
	Dani Siciliano voc, US vocals, lyrics by, vocals, lyrics by, performer, digestion, vocals, lyrics by, based on an idea by, vocals, percussion, knuckles, hair, skin, teeth and bones, clarinet, performer, new orleans funeral clarinet band
	Shingai Shoniwa voc, bvoc, *1980 GB vocals, samples
	Martin Schmidt syn, *1964 US percussion, blood
	Achim Brauweiler , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Andrei Dubinin voc, percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Jeff Klein voc, g, *1976 US percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	John Wraight , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Mario Simeunovic , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Mark Cremins , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Olly Fay , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Ricky Antolini , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Robert De La... Gauthier , CA percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Sasha Kane , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Scott Stone eu, GB percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Simon Angel , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	The 202 Owl , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Wayne Stronell , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Zero , percussion, kindly donated bodily function sounds
	Matmos , *1995 US recorded by, blood, recorded by, percussion
	Dave Green b, cb, *1942 GB bass
	Phil Parnell p, key, US piano, arranged by, piano, piano, samples, electric piano, rhodes
	Paul Clarvis perc, dr, *1963 GB drums
	Luca Santucci , vocals
	Ashley Marlowe dr, cymbal, ride
	Nick Denton , percussion, knuckles, hair, skin, teeth and bones
	Jim Mullen g, *1945 GB guitar

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