Matt Elliott (musician)

{{Short description|English guitarist and singer-songwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Matt Elliott | image = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = The Third Eye Foundation | birth_date =  | origin = Bristol, England | instrument = Guitar, vocals | genre = {{hlist|Post-rock|electronica|slowcore|contemporary folk}} | occupation = Musician, producer, songwriter, singer | years_active = 1996–present | label = Linda's Strange Vacation, Planet, Domino, Fat Cat, Merge, Ici, d'ailleurs..., Acuarela | associated_acts = Movietone, Flying Saucer Attack, Amp, Hood, Yann Tiersen | website = [https://icidailleurs.fr/en/artist/matt-elliott-2/ Matt Elliott] }}

'''Matt Elliott''' is an English music producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter, originally from Bristol, England and now based in France. He produced and recorded electronic music as '''The Third Eye Foundation''',<ref name="Diver">{{cite web | last=Diver | first=Mike | date=21 December 2006 | url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1433641 | title=ReDiScover: Third Eye Foundation | publisher=Drowned in Sound | accessdate=26 December 2011 | archive-date=30 November 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130194317/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1433641 | url-status=dead }}</ref> before pivoting towards releasing folk music under his name.

==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.<ref name="wire2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/matt-elliott |title=Matt Elliott |last=Stannard |first=Joseph |date=September 2010 |website=The Wire |access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref>

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, and 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.<ref name="Diver" /><ref name="Kellman">Kellman, Andy. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/matt-elliott-p558296/biography Matt Elliott Biography]. Allmusic. Retrieved 26 December 2011.</ref><ref name="Petrusich">Petrusich, Amanda (15 June 2003). [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2754-the-mess-we-made/ Matt Elliott ''The Mess We Made'']. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 December 2011.</ref> 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.<ref name="Raggett">Raggett, Ned. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/drinking-songs-r790596/review ''Drinking Songs'' Review]. Allmusic. Retrieved 26 December 2011.</ref>

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.<ref name="wire2010" />

=== Studio albums ===

==== As The Third Eye Foundation ==== * ''Semtex'' (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation) * ''In Version'' (1996, Linda's Strange Vacation) – remixes of tracks by Flying Saucer Attack, Amp, Crescent, Hood. * ''Ghost'' (1997, Domino) * ''You Guys Kill Me'' (1998, Domino) * ''Little Lost Soul'' (2000, Domino) * ''I Poo Poo on Your JuJu'' (2001, Domino) – remixes of tracks by Yann Tiersen, Tarwater, Urchin, The Remote Viewer, Chris Morris, Blonde Redhead, Faultline and Glänta. * ''OuMuPo'' (2004, 0101 music) – 42 minute remix of Ici d'ailleurs back catalogue with a set of rules<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.0101-music.com/oumupo.htm |title=''OuMuPo'' |publisher=0101 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015174430/http://www.0101-music.com/oumupo.htm |archivedate=15 October 2006 }}</ref> * ''Collected Works'' (2006, Domino) – combines ''Ghost'', ''You Guys Kill Me'' and ''Little Lost Soul'', plus extra tracks * ''The Dark'' (2010, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Wake the Dead'' (2018, Ici, d'ailleurs...)

==== As Matt Elliott ==== * ''The Mess We Made'' (2003, Merge) * ''Drinking Songs'' (2005, Ici, d'ailleurs.../Acuarela Records) * ''Failing Songs'' (2006, Ici, d'ailleurs.../Acuarela Records) * ''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, self published) * ''Selected Works'' (2019, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Farewell to All We Know'' (2020, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''The End of Days'' (2023, Ici, d'ailleurs...) * ''Drinking Songs Live 20 years on'' (2024, Ici, d'ailleurs...)

===Singles=== ==== As The Third Eye Foundation ==== * "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, Fat Cat Records, split with V/Vm) * "Fear of a Wack Planet" (1998, Domino) * "In Bristol with a Pistol" (1999, Domino) * "What Is It With You?" (2000, Domino) ==== As Matt Elliott ==== * "Borderline Schizophrenic" (2003, Domino) * "The Broken Man" (2011, Ici, d'ailleurs..., 7" with tracks from the album The Broken Man) * "Manyfingers / Matt Elliott" (2012, Ici, d'ailleurs..., split 12" with Manyfingers) * "Radius" (2024, Ici, d'ailleurs...)

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Bandcamp|artiest=https://mattelliott.bandcamp.com/}} * [https://icidailleurs.fr/en/artist/matt-elliott-2/ Matt Elliott] on Ici, d'ailleurs...

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