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Matt Berry - Music for Insomniacs

Review by Neil Ashman

A synth fantasia of dreamy soundscapes for the wakeful.»

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Having recently completed a Christmas special of The IT Crowd (Channel 4), his own series Toast Of London (Channel 4) Matt Berry currently features in Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's new series House Of Fools (BBC) - which has seen Matt described as "probably - the funniest person on television right now." by The Guardian. Far from being content with just acting, Matt released two critically-acclaimed records of idiosyncratic folklore pop 2011's 'Witchazel' and 2013's 'Kill The Wolf' (an album descirbed as "equal parts serious, beautiful, English and charming" by Josh Homme) It's of little surprise that Matt's forever fertile mind has been affecting his sleep. About a year ago, found himself suffering from insomnia... but he turned the deprivation into a new expressive outlet: Music For Insomniacs. An album on which every note was recorded by Matt in solitary only during the nights at his flat.
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