Matt Elliott is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter, originally from

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, England and now based in France, who plays dark

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. He also produced and recorded electronic music under the name The Third Eye Foundation.

Biography

Elliott started recording with the band Linda's Strange Vacation, which included Kate Wright ( Movietone) and Rachel Brook (Movietone/

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), 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

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, Linda's Strange Vacation, with the help of the fledgling

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. The next three albums were released on Domino in 1997, 1998 and 2000. As Third Eye Foundation, Elliott worked with bands and artists including

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Ulver Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band h ...

, Tarwater,

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, Navigator, Urchin, Suncoil Sect, Remote Viewer,

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primarily as a

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. In 2001, a

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of his remixes was released. In 2003, he released his first album under his own name, ''

The Mess We Made ''The Mess We Made'' is an album by British electronic musician Matt Elliott, released in the UK by Domino Records and in the United States by Merge Records in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album was Elliott's first to be released under his gi ...

'', which marked a stylistic shift from The Third Eye Foundation releases.Kellman, Andy
Matt Elliott Biography

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Matt Elliott ''The Mess We Made''

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. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 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

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and

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.Raggett, Ned
''Drinking Songs'' Review

. Retrieved 26 December 2011. On

'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

As The Third Eye Foundation

* ''

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'' (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation) * ''

In Version ''In Version'' is the second album released by Matt Elliott under the name The Third Eye Foundation. It was released in 1996 on Matt Elliott's record label, Linda's Strange Vacation. It is composed of remixes of songs originally by other artis ...

'' (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation) – remixes of tracks by

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. * ''

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'' (1997,

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) * ''

You Guys Kill Me ''You Guys Kill Me'' is a studio album by Matt Elliott, released under the moniker The Third Eye Foundation. It was originally released on Domino Recording Company on 20 October 1998. Critical reception Will Hermes of ''Entertainment Weekly'' g ...

'' (1998, Domino) * ''

Little Lost Soul ''Little Lost Soul'' is a studio album by Matt Elliott, released under the moniker The Third Eye Foundation. It was originally released on Domino Recording Company in 2000. It peaked at number 102 on the CMJ Top 200 chart. Critical reception ...

'' (2000, Domino) * ''I Poo Poo on Your JuJu'' (2001, Domino) – remixes of tracks by

, Tarwater, Urchin,

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, Chris Morris,

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and Glanta. * ''The Dark'' (2010, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Wake the Dead'' (2018, Ici, d'ailleurs...)

As Matt Elliott

* ''

'' (2003,

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) * ''OuMuPo'' (2004, 0101 music) – 42 minute remix of Ici d'ailleurs back catalogue with a set of rules * ''Drinking Songs'' (2005, Ici, d'ailleurs.../Acuarela Records) * ''Failing Songs'' (2006, Ici, d'ailleurs.../Acuarela Records) * ''Collected Works'' (2006, Domino) – combines ''Ghost'', ''You Guys Kill Me'' and ''Little Lost Soul'', plus extra tracks * ''Howling Songs'' (2008, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Failed Songs'' (2009, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''The Broken Man'' (2012, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Only Myocardial Infarction Can Break Your Heart'' (2013, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''The Calm Before'' (2016, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Songs of Resignation'' (2018,

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) * ''Selected Works'' (2019, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Farewell to All We Know'' (2020, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''The End of Days'' (2023, Ici, d'ailleurs...)

Singles

* "Universal Cooler" (1996, Planet Records) * "Semtex" (1997, Domino) * "Stars Are Down" (1997, 7" given away with Obsessive Eye magazine, split with KS Kollective) * "Sound of Violence" (1997, Domino) * "There's No End in Sight" (1998,

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, split with

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) * "Fear of a Wack Planet" (1998, Domino) * "In Bristol with a Pistol" (1999, Domino) * "What Is It With You?" (2000, Domino) * "Borderline Schizophrenic" (2003, Domino)

Filmography

* "What a Fuck Am I Doing on This Battlefield" – documentary by Nico Peltier and Julien Fezans (2013, 53min)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Matt Living people British male guitarists English electronic musicians Merge Records artists 21st-century classical composers Apocalyptic folk musicians 21st-century British male musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Bristol