Matt Elliott (musician)

Matt Elliott
Also known as The Third Eye Foundation
Origin Bristol, England
Genres Neofolk, electronic music
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Guitar, voice
Years active 1996–present
Labels Linda's Strange Vacation, Planet, Domino, Fat Cat, Merge, Ici, d'ailleurs..., Acuarela
Associated acts Movietone, Flying Saucer Attack, Amp, Hood, Yann Tiersen
Website www.thirdeyefoundation.com

Matt Elliott is an English guitarist and singer from Bristol, England, who plays dark folk music. He also produced and recorded electronic music under the name The Third Eye Foundation.[1]

Biography

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 was 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 record label, Linda's Strange Vacation, with the help of the fledgling Domino Recording Company. The next three albums were released on Domino in 1997, 1998 and 2000.

As Third Eye Foundation, Elliott worked with bands and artists including Amp, Hood, Yann Tiersen, Mogwai, Ulver, Tarwater, The Pastels, Navigator, Urchin, Suncoil Sect, Remote Viewer, Thurston Moore primarily as a remixer. In 2001, a compilation album of his remixes was released.

In 2003, he released his first album under his own name, The Mess We Made, which marked a stylistic shift from the Third Eye Foundation releases.[1][2][3] The next three albums were released as a trilogy on the French label Ici, d'ailleurs.... By the release of Drinking Songs (2004), his sound had changed considerably from his earlier work, now being compared to Tindersticks and The Black Heart Procession.[4]

On Yann Tiersen's 2009 tour, Elliott 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.

Studio albums

Singles

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Diver, Mike (21 December 2006). ReDiScover: Third Eye Foundation. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Kellman, Andy. Matt Elliott Biography. Allmusic. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Petrusich, Amanda (15 June 2003). Matt Elliott The Mess We Made. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Raggett, Ned. Drinking Songs Review. Allmusic. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "OuMuPo". 0101. Archived from the original on October 15, 2006.

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