Third Eye Foundation/Matt Elliott

new third eye foundation album has appeared. on first listen, pretty excellent. had no idea that a new third eye foundation record was even a possibility.

really fantastic actually.

Whoa, did not expect this!

I definitely didn't expect this ... and this might be the best TEF album too.

Has this leaked, or are you guys getting advance copies? Can't find it anywhere.

Mine is a leaked copy.

Got it. This is some deep and eerie music.

Bit much with a mild hangover in fact.

Just hearing this for the first time... this is awesome.

Must get this

on spotify!

omg this is intense

what's on spotify? the first lp?

The new one, "The Dark". Tempted to say album of the year, after one listen. Seriously heavy and melancholic.

Can't listen to it through in one go, I get bored.

this is GORGEOUS

<3 u ILX

<3 u 2 Spotify haha

holy god. this is...wonderful

d/ling now, have always liked his stuff. he used to work in an excellent record shop called Revolver on the Triangle in Bristol. When it shut in the late 90s, rumour was that they chucked all there excess stock in a skip.

I thought this couldn't get better than the first two tracks, then I heard Closure. Holy mother of god.

Dälek should ask to sample the whole of that track and rap over it, btw

love the way it builds over the whole first two tracks, from 'bog standard' TEF to 'omg i am being crushed under an ocean of sadness'.

yeah srsly, at first I was all 'this is some neat dark electro' and then halfway thru part 2 I was basically reduced to 'my god this is the end of days'

only clicked on this thread coz I dimly remembered the dude having produced Hood's two best (by fucking MILES) albums

The new one, "The Dark". Tempted to say album of the year, after one listen.

It's my album of the year, and my reaction was the same as yours the first time I heard it. It had been years since I was so floored by an album on the first listen.

more ppl plz listen to this

when it winds up at like #20 in the ILX year-end ballot a lotta folks are gonna be 'whu'?

but it's shot to my top 3, just like fucken that

Hmmm, I should listen to this I guess.

It's good, more dubby than his earlier stuff IIRC

oh shit how did i miss this

i have no time to get to a record store until after retail death march december but maybe i will poke around on line a bit

this

this is great

cmon ILX a record hasn't had a first-listen reaction like this since idk A VERY GOOD ALBUM

Listened to this at full blast while reading about the inhumane incarceration of Bradley Manning. Unsurprisingly, seriously bummed myself out. Incredible bass though.

this soundtracks absolutely everything really well

Okay, I'm liking this whole dub-rovnik thing.

really good album indeed

Quite wonderful to hear this, and as an immediate followup to the These New Puritans album at that. Sonically dissimilar but crucially allied in terms of uneasy mood...

hey this is still album of the year you guys

alright guys, can we do a quick Third Eye Foundation C/D, S/D for a new listener & potential fan? for some reason i just found out abt this guy's origins w/ flying saucer attack (obv. awesome & untouchable) so must explore TEF now

- what do i seek out first?

- what's essential?

- is there anything i should avoid/save for later?

- etc.

"Ghost" and "The Dark" would make for a good bookendish overview, I think. Much of the other stuff is either too wishy washy shoegaze for me or goes too far in the other direction with the masturbatory breakbeat stuff. Hes's at his best when he finds the middle.

Ghost is great and all but good lord you have to start with Semtex.

Still one hell of a way to start a career, this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90rIyiuQ5B0

I think the Semtex 12", which is different from the Semtex album, is better.

Oh and I agree that to get a quick and dirty introduction, Ghost and The Dark would be the best way to go. You can tell from there how much deeper you want to get -- it's all good.

ned: yesss that is awesome

incidentally, i ended up getting Little Lost Souls, which i found for $2 in one of the local used bins on my way home. played 3 or 4 tracks, digging it so far -- vaguely shoegazy textures, dubby basslines,, breakbeats that sound a bit like autechre stoned/on downers, and disembodied female vocal wails looped over the top at various points. not mindblowing, but pleasantly right up my alley.

Little Lost Souls is my favourite of the TEF albums I've heard I think. For all the praise The Dark has been getting, I find it quite a slog to listen to.

Same for the track Ned just posted. Interesting, but not actually enjoyable for me. Obviously I'm a lightweight when it comes to such things.

good lord you have to start with Semtex.

YES. Then Ghost. And the Semtex Remix 12" in between, like Marmite.

I've briefly investigated this dude's other stuff but as things stand it's stone-cold clear to me that The Dark is his masterpiece. As an album experience it's...nigh-on perfect, the use of sound and narrative here is exquisite. Haven't heard Semtex yet, however - am fully prepared to believe that one's on a similar level, and of course the others may grow on me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7GvAThPm5g

Via his Facebook:

Damn! Once again I forgot to spam for the release of my new album! So, yeah, I've got a new album out available from my wonderful independent label ici d'ailleurs http://www.icidailleurs.com/index.php… If you like what we do please help us to continue making music (Third Eye Foundation is the next project in the pipeline)

Christ, this gets intense

Pleasantly surprised to find a new TEF album released today, Wake the Dead: https://open.spotify.com/album/6yIG5cMp3wolz2W6REn5uR?si=Y_EqoCY8SdOvm7NtOJ81Ag

whaaaaatt!!!

That is... unexpected, after so many Elliott records. Going to save this one for tonight.

woah!

holy shit the way this has begun

he seems to have synthesised his various interests into one terrifying whole

I find myself wondering how to buy an *un-signed* version in the UK unless anyone can vouch that Matt has lovely handwriting.

Wouldn't count on it.

This is one hell of an album though. That bass!

Weird, the album disappeared from Spotify,ad so did The Dark

Was just coming to say that: very odd

I can't find anywhere to hear it, but ordered the LP from Norman Records. They have the CD too, and presumably Matt isn't writing on all of them?

can be peeped here - https://thethirdeyefoundation.bandcamp.com/

Ha, yes. Also bought from Norman in a "not scribbled on" version.

Even played quietly, the bass on the opening track prompts grumbles from the next room.

I realized I haven't listened to Semtex in forever so I just put it on and "Sleep" is still incredible

Pretty much every 3EF release is amazing, I still regularly play them. I'm a huge stan for Elliott's work under his own name, too, though that's very different.

By coincidence or otherwise, I've been playing various TEF tracks recently.

Yes, Sleep is incredible. I'm enjoying Wake The Dead tonight.

Do you have the extended version of Semtex? It was expanded to a double cd and came with a download code for another two hours, 29 tracks total.

I... do not

They was a solid couple of months when I'd hear something unfamiliar but that I liked on my MP3 player and when I'd take it out and look it'd be one of those extra tracks.

I must have this extended version.

me too!

I only got around to listening to Wake The Dead a couple of weeks ago, it's very dark.

Did anyone ever watch the film?

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whatafuck

First I'm hearing about it but it looks great. Will try to make some time to watch this weekend