I went to see Matthew Herbert at Irving Plaza, great show. Opening act was Skye, lead singer for Morcheeba.
Herbert is an interesting sampler-based performer, always very original. For Wednesday’s show, he was performing with a jazz ensemble, letting them get up to speed and then seamlessly joining in with his sampler magic.
His stage persona is very funny: an eccentric, jerky hybrid of David Byrne and Buster Keaton.
One of the most original performances I’ve seen in a long time: the music, technique and staging all different from anything I’d seen before.