British experimental producer and composer Matthew Herbert undoubtedly has a knack for setting political issues to music; drawing attention to mass produced meat by sampling a pig from birth to butchering or recording a bomb exploding in Libya to name a few. His latest project, the Brexit Big Band, now follows the UK leaving the EU in real-time: from Theresa May triggering Article 50 until March 2019. In July, Herbert will take this enormous collaborative endeavour, comprising countless acoustic contributions to his Brexit Sound Swap website and hundreds of local musicians he worked with on his so-called "apology tour" through the UK and EU, to Berlin.
Michael Hoh
Berlin
Interview