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Herbert

The Shakes

House The pioneering electronic musician Matthew Herbert releases 'The Shakes' his first new dance record for nine years 'The Shakes' is Matthew Herbert's first album under the name Herbert since 2006's dark orchestral disco fantasy 'Scale' K7 The album deals with intensely personal issues such as raising young children against a backdrop of an increasingly unstable world and amongst other things utilizes the sound of used bullets and shells from eBay as part of its soundscape Herbert himself suggests that the record can be seen as a treatise on how music helps to motivate provide respite and divert us from the challenges of the everyday and that it is electronic music for the soul Musicians featured on The Shakes include Dave Okumu The Invisible Jessie Ware on guitar Sam Beste Hejira Amy Winehouse on keyboards organ saxophonist Ben Castle Quincy Jones Radiohead trombonist Alistair White Van Morrison Blur and Chris Storr Beyonce James Brown on trumpet Vocalists on the album include Rahel DebebeDessalegne Hejira Nitin Sawhney who sings on Middle Smart Ones Know Silence and Warm and Ade Omotayo Kindness Amy Winehouse who sings on Battle Strong Stop Bed Safety and Peak and notable highlights include Herbert's Grandfather's piano and a piano from Wormwood Scrubs on 'Smart' the sounds of UK protest marches on 'Strong' and the sound of used bullets and shells from eBay on 'Safety'CD DigipackLP Double Vinyl housed in GatefoldBoth formats include download codes for the album plus bonus remixesnbsp

Tracklist

• 1. Battle
  2. Middle
  3. Strong
  4. Smart
  5. Stop
  6. Ones
  7. Bed
  8. Know
  9. Safety
  10. Silence
  11. Warm
  12. Peak