The Herbaliser is an English jazz hip hop group formed by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba in London, England during the early 1990s. Although currently releasing on their own label and having previously been signed to

!K7 Records !K7 Music is a music company based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 (it has since relocated, first to Heidestrasse 52, and currently he ...

, they were one of the best-known acts from the

Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others. Inspired by a visit ...

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

. They have released 12 albums, including two DJ mixes: one for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series and the other for Fabric's Live Mix series. The Herbaliser's album ''Same As It Never Was'' was their first release on

. Their latest album ''Bring Out The Sound'' was released in 2018, on the BBE label. Jake Wherry has also recorded solo tracks as

The Meateaters ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

, released on the

Parisian Big Cheese Parisian may refer to: * a native or inhabitant of Paris * Standard French, based on the dialect of Paris * Parisian (department store chain), a department store chain bought by Belk, based in Birmingham, Alabama * Parisian stitch, an embroidery s ...

label, and has worked with

The Propheteers ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...

. Ollie Teeba is also part of Soundsci with Jonny Cuba of

Dynamic Syncopation Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός ''dynamikos'' "powerful", from δύναμις ''dynamis'' "power") or dynamic may refer to: Physics and engineering * Dynamics (mechanics) ** Aerodynamics, the study of the motion of air ** Analytical dyna ...

, Audessey ex-Mass Influence, U-George

The Hemisphere ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...

and Oxygen

Sputnick Brown Sputnik (Спутник, Russian for "satellite"NOTE: The Russian word "sputnik" can have many meanings: "satellite", "travelling companion", "fellow traveller", etc. However, in astronomy, it means only "satellite".) is a spacecraft launched u ...

History

Jake Wherry grew up in

South West London South West London may refer to several things related to London, England: *SW postcode area *South West (London sub region) (2008–2011), a regional planning designation *Western part of South London *South West (London Assembly constituency) (fro ...

and played guitar and bass in a number of jazz, funk and rock bands in his teenage years. During this time, he met Patrick Carpenter aka PC, later one of the DJs behind DJ Food, and through him became aware of the

label. Ollie Teeba, (real name Oliver Lawrence Trattles) began DJing at 15 and played his first live sets to London audiences a year later. Wherry and Teeba met years later at Wherry's Traintrax studio, and began recording together, collaborating with

DJ Malachi A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile D ...

Kaidi Tatham Kaidi is an Estonian given name, a variant of Katariina. People named Kaidi include: * Kaidi Jekimova, Estonian footballer * Kaidi Kivioja, Estonian triathlete See also *Kaidi Finland Sunshine Kaidi (Finland) New Energy Co. Oy (Kaidi Finlan ...

of Bugz in the Attic and Ralph Lamb of Easy Access Orchestra. They developed a jazzy instrumental style of hip hop, due to an absence of available rappers. They passed their recordings on to Ninja Tune bosses Matt Black and Jonathan More of Coldcut and were signed shortly thereafter. Inspired by the funk bands of previous decades, rather than performing simply with turntables, Jake Wherry decided to take a seven piece band on tour, which included Tatham, Lamb, Andrew Ross, Micah Moody Jnr and percussionist

Patrick Dawes Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...

. The band performed in Toronto, Ontario on 1999. As they progressed, they gained access to guest vocalists for appearances on their records, including What? What? (aka Jean Grae), Roots Manuva, MF Doom,

Seaming To Seaming may refer to: * Seam types * Seaming (metalworking), a metalworking process that creates a seam along an edge of sheet metal {{Disambig ...

, Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples, Blade, Phi Life Cypher, Bahamadia, Dream Warriors and Insight . The pair were subsequently employed to produce music for the likes of Motorola, the soundtracks to Guy Ritchie's '' Snatch'' and the

PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...

game '' Tony Hawk's Underground''. They were also commissioned to write the theme for ESPN's primetime

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

show ''

Sunday Night Football Sunday Night Football may refer to: * ''NBC Sunday Night Football'', the Sunday night broadcast of American NFL games by NBC since 2006 * ''ESPN Sunday Night Football'', the Sunday night broadcast of American NFL games from 1987 to 2005 by ESPN * ...

''. The group have also provided production for artists including

T Love T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''tees''. It is deri ...

, Princess Superstar and remixes for artists including DJ Food, Raw Stylus,

Push Button Objects Edgar Farinas, (born December 7, 1974), better known by his stage name Push Button Objects (abbreviated PBO), is an American hip hop producer from Miami, Florida. He is one half of Ko-Wreck Technique along with DJ Craze. Push Button Objects has r ...

, Jaffa and label-mates Coldcut's "Atomic Moog", which reached number one on the UK singles chart. In 2009, the band released its second live band album, ''Session Two''. This was recorded at The Easy Access Orchestra's studio and mixed at Jake's Train Trax Studio. Jake Wherry was featured in the Gimlet Media podcast Heavyweight featuring the collaborative production of a track with a fan. https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight/2ohrb7x #50 Nick

Discography

Albums

As The Herbaliser: * '' Remedies'' (1995,

) * ''

Blow Your Headphones ''Blow Your Headphones'' is the second studio album by The Herbaliser. It was released on Ninja Tune in 1997. It peaked at number 24 on the UK R&B Albums Chart. Critical reception In 1999, Ryan Schreiber, the founder and then- editor-in-chief of ...

'' (1997,

) * ''

Very Mercenary ''Very Mercenary'' is the third studio album by The Herbaliser. It was released on Ninja Tune in 1999. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. Critical reception Keith Farley of AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All ...

'' (1999,

) * '' Something Wicked this Way Comes'' (2002,

) * '' Take London'' (2005,

) * '' Same As It Never Was'' (2008,

) * ''There Were Seven'' (2012, Department H.) * ''Bring Out The Sound'' (2018, BBE) As The Herbaliser Band: * ''

Session One ''Session One'' is an album released by The Herbaliser on 26 May 2000. While the band had been together since the mid-1990s, contributing to and promoting Herbaliser's largely electronically produced albums, this was the first studio album recor ...

'' (2000, Department H.) * ''Session Two'' (2009,

) DJ mix albums: * '' Solid Steel Presents Herbal Blend'' (2003,

) * ''

FabricLive.26 ''FabricLive.26'' is a DJ mix album, mixed by The Herbaliser, recorded as part of the FabricLive albums and released on the Fabric label in February 2006. Track listing # Million Dan - "Dogz n Sledgez" # J-Sands (of The Lone Catalysts) - ...

'' (2006, Fabric)

Compilations

* '' Herbal Tonic'' (2010,

)

EPs

* ''The Real Killer/Blow It EP'' (1995) * ''Repetitive Loop/Scratchy Noise EP'' (1995) * ''The Flawed Hip-Hop EP'' (1996) * ''New & Improved/Control Centre'' (1997) * ''The Blend EP'' (1997) * ''Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks EP'' (1998) * ''Road of Many Signs/Moon Sequence EP'' (1999) * ''Missing Suitcase EP'' (1999) * ''8 Point Agenda/Who's Really The Reallest? EP'' (1999) * ''Good Girl Gone Bad EP'' (1999) * ''Time 2 Build EP'' (1999)

References

External links

*
Same As It Never Was MicrositeThe Herbaliser
at

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herbaliser, The English jazz ensembles English hip hop groups Ninja Tune artists English musical duos