Bleep

Musical master Matthew Herbert resurrects his house moniker for the first time since 2006 with excellent results. Part 6 is a brief yet effective reminder just how much this brilliant, conceptual musician can do working in a relatively simple medium. Uplifting opener ‘One Two Three’ features a jaunty micro-house groove, warm keys and a lovely vocal turn from Hejira’s Rahel Debebe-Dessalegne. Herbert mulls over eerie, clipped vocal snippets on the choppy ‘Manny’, while on ‘My DJ’, he twists his sped-up, chipmunk source samples into a sinister cut that actually has some bite. Likewise, closer ‘Grab The Bottle’, with its loopy synths and metallic hats, is as rhythmically rich as anything the producer’s put out in years.