September 20 will see the release of One Club, a new album from Matthew Herbert.

It’s the second part of Herbert’s projected One Trilogy, which commenced earlier this year with the intimate electronic pop album One One. While that record was a rigorously solo undertaking, One Club calls upon a cast of thousands: it is made entirely from sounds created by the audience and building of the Robert-Johnson club in Frankfurt on a single night. It is, quite simply, “club music made out of a club”.

In a sense, it represents a return for Herbert to his dance music roots after a decade focussed on his Big Band, although those expecting sultry, burbling micro-house grooves a la Bodily Functions or 100lbs will be in for a bumpy ride: for all its warmth and rich detail, One Club is certainly not dancefloor-friendly in any conventional sense. The highlight of the collection is the ebullient closer ‘Kerstin Basler’, which teams mass vocal cheerleading with a trancey riff reminiscent of Booka Shade’s ‘Mandarine Girl’, and is as genuinely odd as it is life-affirming. The hypnotic, industrial techno concréte of ‘Jalal Malekidoost’ also stands out, while ‘Marlies Hoeniges’ is probably the closest Herbert comes to revisiting his drolly funky 90s fare. ‘Oliver Bauer’ is breathless, grinding avant-rave in the vein of Errorsmith and Soundhack.

The album will be released via Herbert’s own Accidental label. Not long now until we hear One Pig, the third part of the One trilogy; you can probably guess what Herbert’s sample source for that one is.

Tracklist:
1. Robert Johnson
2. Jenny Neuroth
3. Alex Duwe
4. Oliver Bauer
5. Marcus Bujak
6. Marlies Hoeniges
7. Nicolas Ritter
8. Jalal Malekidoost
9. Rafik Dahhane
10. Kerstin Basler