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Accidental Records is the overall name for Matthew Herbert's family of labels, incorporating Soundslike and, until the beginning of 2004, Lifelike. It was set up in January 2000 to administer and oversee the release and distribution of Herbert's music after all the labels he'd previously recorded for finished. Initially each label provided a home to one of his recording names: Soundslike for Herbert, Lifelike for Doctor Rockit and Accidental for Radio Boy. It grew into something much more, eventually assimilating artists from Lifelike and becoming a home to many Ms: Mara Carlyle, Matthew Herbert, Mugison and Max de Wardener. And Lenka Clayton. Guests such as Kippi Kaninus , Jamie Lidell, Arto Lindsay, Mouse On Mars, Plaid, Shingai Shoniwa and Dani Siciliano have all collaborated or appeared on the label's releases.
Accidents and mistakes often provide humanity in a sterile world. To paraphrase Don Delillo, crowds (in sport) are always waiting for something to happen between magic and accident. The general philosophy behind much of the music on both Accidental and Soundslike is to get the best out of the unexpected. Accidental's aim is to create an independent home for itself and its artists on its own terms.
This creative freedom allowed the label to give away over 12,000 copies of Radio Boy's 'The Mechanics of Destruction' CD free of charge at live performances or to anyone who sent the office a stamped addressed envelope. It also allows the label to think of the possibilities of edible packaging.
www.magicandaccident.com
Accidents and mistakes often provide humanity in a sterile world. To paraphrase Don Delillo, crowds (in sport) are always waiting for something to happen between magic and accident. The general philosophy behind much of the music on both Accidental and Soundslike is to get the best out of the unexpected. Accidental's aim is to create an independent home for itself and its artists on its own terms.
This creative freedom allowed the label to give away over 12,000 copies of Radio Boy's 'The Mechanics of Destruction' CD free of charge at live performances or to anyone who sent the office a stamped addressed envelope. It also allows the label to think of the possibilities of edible packaging.
www.magicandaccident.com
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Accidental Records Presents Max De Wardener
Where is Max De Wardener today?
Today Max is in New York, playing bass in Dani Siciliano's band. Today Max is in a church in Putney recording the organ for a track on his album. Today Max is making Harry Partch's cloudchamber bowls for a different track. Today Max is writing and recording with fellow Accidental artist and friend Mara Carlyle. Today Max is playing a gig with Zimbabwean mbira player Chartwell. Today Max is in a very quiet room in West London, recording the nearly inaudible tones of wires being hit together (or played) by a percussionist. Today Max is at home writing music for a film.
Max de Wardener is a true original, a talented multi-instrumentalist and composer. His debut EP for Accidental Records, "Stops" (2002) wove a solemn tapestry of gentle oratorio, tonal grandeur and shimmering, cut-up electronics. With his debut album, 'Where I am today' (2004) he presented the widescreen version of his musical vision.
'Where I Am Today' manages that rare thing, an electronic album that relies more on actual musicianship than recording techniques. The sound sources are part arch-experimentalist and part Sunday-school music room, so we find recorders and organs rubbing shoulders with cloudchamber bowls, transistors and the sound of wires. It is an album with a clear-cut experimental agenda that has managed to remain beautiful and emotive.
Max composed the music for Paul Pavlikovsky's feature-length film, 'The Last Resort' and Kenneth Glenaan's 'Gas Attack' . He is also a member of both Dani Siciliano and Mara Carlyle's live bands.
www.magicandaccident.com
Today Max is in New York, playing bass in Dani Siciliano's band. Today Max is in a church in Putney recording the organ for a track on his album. Today Max is making Harry Partch's cloudchamber bowls for a different track. Today Max is writing and recording with fellow Accidental artist and friend Mara Carlyle. Today Max is playing a gig with Zimbabwean mbira player Chartwell. Today Max is in a very quiet room in West London, recording the nearly inaudible tones of wires being hit together (or played) by a percussionist. Today Max is at home writing music for a film.
Max de Wardener is a true original, a talented multi-instrumentalist and composer. His debut EP for Accidental Records, "Stops" (2002) wove a solemn tapestry of gentle oratorio, tonal grandeur and shimmering, cut-up electronics. With his debut album, 'Where I am today' (2004) he presented the widescreen version of his musical vision.
'Where I Am Today' manages that rare thing, an electronic album that relies more on actual musicianship than recording techniques. The sound sources are part arch-experimentalist and part Sunday-school music room, so we find recorders and organs rubbing shoulders with cloudchamber bowls, transistors and the sound of wires. It is an album with a clear-cut experimental agenda that has managed to remain beautiful and emotive.
Max composed the music for Paul Pavlikovsky's feature-length film, 'The Last Resort' and Kenneth Glenaan's 'Gas Attack' . He is also a member of both Dani Siciliano and Mara Carlyle's live bands.
www.magicandaccident.com
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| Disco | Funk | Soul | R & B |
| Breaks | Dubstep | Broken | Drum & Bass |
| Hip-Hop | Glitch | Garage | Scratch |
| Electronica | Downbeat | Ambient | Noise |
| World | Reggae | Jazz | Rock |
| Crossover | Mash-up | Eclectic | Verbal |
| Deep | Balearic | Future | Anthem |
| New | Cosmic | Tribal | Prog |
| Dark | Hard | Bit | Dub |
| Urban | Jazzy | Funky | Hardcore |
| Classic | Abstract | Retro | Minimal |
| Dirty | Latin | Afro | Punk |
