The Third Eye Foundation & Matt Elliott

As part of the Bristol scene that spawned AMP, Flying Saucer Attack and Crescent, among others, Matt Elliott has been involved with various of those bands beside his own Third Eye Foundation. Some of these bands (Lynda's Strange Vacation and The Secret Garden) never released any records (as far as I know), and are not included here - also because I don't have any details about them whatsoever. Anyone with any info about any of them (or other bands that involved Matt), please let me know. Listed here are the other bands and records that I know that Matt was involved with in a capacity other than producer or remixer.
jump to:
• AMP • Flying Saucer Attack • Foehn • Movietone • other

AMP formed out the musical wanderings of Richard formerly a collaborator with Dave Pearce (FSA) in The Secret Garden and the Distance project. After inspiring French singer Karine Charff with a cassette/short story produced in 1992 (recorded with Ray Dickaty/Skree/Moonshake/Spiritualized) AMP as we know it was born on record in 1995/96 when their first single 'Get There' was released.
They initially recorded some material at home and in Wales with Matt Elliott now of Third Eye Foundation and Matt Jones of Crescent. The first singles 'Get There', 'Le Petit Chat' and first album 'Sirenes' were released in 1996.
Karine and Richard went on to work more closely with Guy Cooper and Gareth Mitchell, former compatriots in The Secret Garden after the two Matt's departed to work on their own projects. More sessions at home and in Wales resulted in the first album for the Kranky label 'Astralmoonbeamprojections' in 1997.
(adapted from the AMP site at Southern Records.)

Beneath are all the AMP records that feature Matt Elliott:

Karine & Richard

AMP: Get There 7"

UK: Linda's Strange Vacation LSD 01 (1995)

(n.b. 'Get There' is listed just about everywhere as the single's A-side, but on my copy it really is 'Remember?' that is on side A)

tracks:
A.	Remember?	(Matt Elliott: guitar, drums)
B.	Get there	(Matt Elliott: guitar, drums & viola)

AMP: Frise 7"

UK: Würlitzer Jukebox WJ7 (1996)

tracks:
A.	Frise	(Matt Elliott: programming & guitar)
B.	Le petit chat	(Matt Elliott: guitar & drum programming)

AMP: Sirènes LP/CD

UK: LP: Linda's Strange Vacation LSD 03 (1996)
UK: CD: Würlitzer Jukebox WJ9 (1996) [edition of 1000]
US: CD: Petrol OIL 004-2 (1996)

Playing on this album are Richard and Karine, Matt Elliott, Dave Mercer (Light), Paul Gulatic (Soundsmith), Matt Jones (Crescent), Gareth Mitchell (Philosopher's Stone) and Guy Cooper.

tracks:
A.	Souvenir
	Frieze
	Perdu
	Merry go down
	November
B.	Rave mantra
	Matilda's shorts wave
	Soft stone soul
	Eternity
	So be it

AMP: Astralmoonbeamprojections 2xLP/CD

US: Kranky KRANK017(CD) (1997)

tracks:
A.	Onehopesinuncertainty
	Lightdripglow
B.	Transmigration
	Interlude
C.	Stellata	(feat. Matt Elliott)
	Shiftime
	Polemic
D.	Celestialreturn

AMP: Passe Present 2xLP/CD

UK: Enraptured (1997)

A compilation of early singles.
Last two tracks available on the double vinyl only.

tracks:
Remember		(Matt Elliott: guitar, drums)
Ombres		(Matt Elliott: guitar, programming)
Scarborough fair
Get there		(Matt Elliott: guitar, drums, viola)
Le petit chat		(Matt Elliott: guitar, drum programming)
Noir et noir
Lutin.2
Frise		(Matt Elliott: programming, guitar)
Yonder
Untitled demo
Le petit chat (live)

AMP: All Of Yesterday Tomorrow 3xCD

UK: RROOPP RR02PP (07/2007)

3CD compilation featuring several tracks featuring Matt:

Remember, Frise, Get There, Le Petit Chat and Ombres

Flying Saucer Attack, also from Bristol, is Dave Pearce. Released their first single in 1993, when they were still a duo, also featuring Rachel Brook, now of Movietone. Various people were at one point part of FSA's live line-up; among them, Kate Wright and Matt Elliott who both played with the band during their first live outings.

Flying Saucer Attack LP/CD

UK: LP: FSA FSA-62 (1993)
US: LP/CD: VHF VHF#11 (1994)

nb: the 'Third Eye' credited on this album could be Matt, but I read a quote from Dave Pearce somewhere that said that in the early days, Third Eye Foundation '...was a bunch of people including self [Dave], Rachel, and indeed Matt Elliott, banging bongos. Not much to do with current Third Eye I'd say.', so who knows.

tracks:
A.	My dreaming hill
	A silent tide
	Moonset	(bongos & clarinet by Third Eye; written by FSA/3EF)
	Make me a dream	(bongos by Third Eye)
	Wish
B.	Popl Vuh 2
	The drowners
	Still
	Popol Vuh 1	(bongos by Third Eye)
	The season is ours

Flying Saucer Attack: Distance LP/CD

UK: Domino WIG(LP/CD)12 (1994)
USA: VHF Records VHF#14 (1994; CD only)

tracks:
A.	Oceans	(percussion by The Third Eye Foundation)
	Standing Stone
	Crystal Shade
	Instrumental Wish
B.	Distance
	November Mist
	Soaring High
	Oceans 2

Flying Saucer Attack: Further LP/CD

UK: Domino WIG20(CD) (1995)
US: Drag City DC69 (1995)

tracks:
A.	Rainstorm blues
	In the light of time
	Come and close my eyes
	For silence
B.	Still point	(lead accoustic by Matt)
	Here am I
	To the shore
	She is the daylight

Flying Saucer Attack: In Search Of Spaces CD

OZ: Corpus Hermeticum HERMES 017/018 (1996)

Live tapes from early '94; I don't know if there is any personnel listed on the cover of the CD, but since Matt was part of the early FSA live line-up, it's likely that he is present on at least some of the tracks on the CD.

(no tracklisting)

Flying Saucer Attack: P.A. Blues CD-R

USA: VHF VHF#74 (2004)

Live material compiled by Dave Pearce. Recorded at various shows and rehearsals in 1994/1995.

tracks:
P.A. blues		(features Matt Elliott)
She moved through the fair / Destruction
The season is ours		(features Matt Elliott)
Instrumental		(features Matt Elliott)

Foehn is Deb Parsons, who has collaborated with Movietone and Third Eye Foundation. Foehn is the sound of treated guitars, clarinets, samples and whispered vocals. 'Inside-out eyes' from 1998 is her debut album, the second album 'Silent Light' was released in 1999, both on Swarffinger records.
Deb collaborated with Matt on the first two Third Eye Foundation albums; the track 'The Star's Gone Out' on 3EF's 'Ghost' is also credited to Foehn. (adapted from the Foehn site at Swarffinger Records.)

Foehn: Insideout Eyes LP/CD

UK: Swarffinger sfr016(CD) (1998)

All copies with individually painted sleeves.

tracks:
A.	I don't find you very funny
	Just a while longer
	Two bodies tangled in love	(co-written by Matt Elliott)
	Sleep - goodnight
B.	Looking for something real
	Shrouded
	It's oh so strange	(co-written by Matt Elliott)
	Numb silence
	Sailing in oval rooms
	We fell

Foehn: XY Experiment

Track on A Label Supreme compilation

UK: Swarf Finger SF022CD (1998)

Co-produced by Matt Elliott.

Bristol based band, with Kate Wright, Rachel Brook and Matt Jones at it's core. The threesome released their first 7", 'She Smiled Mandarine Like' on Planet records on 1994. Soon after, they were joined by Ros Walford and Matt Elliott to record a Peel session, a second single and their self-titled debut album, both on Planet records. Matt stayed on board until 1997, appearing on the second album, 'Day And Night' and the follwing Peel session. Other members (have) include(d) Clare Ring, Flo Lovegrove, Chris Cole and Sam Jones.

Learn more about Movietone at the Domino Records Movietone site.

Only the Movietone records that Matt Elliott appears on are listed here. Besides these, Movietone did three Peel sessions while Matt was a member, in June 1994, February 1996 and September 1997.

Back row:
Florence Lovegrove, Matt Elliott, Rachel Brook
Front Row: Kate Wright, Matt Jones
photo ©Kate Wright

Movietone: Mono Valley 7"

UK: Planet PUNK009 (1995)

Matt Elliott plays guitar on both tracks.

tracks:
A.	Mono valley
B.	Under the 3000 foot red ceiling

Vinyl etchings

- OUT THERE - IT REALLY SWINGS..

Movietone LP/CD

UK: Planet PUNK010(CD) (1995)

UK: Geographic GEOG19 (CD only; remastered) (2003)

CD extra tracks only on 2003 re-issue.

Features Matt Elliott on guitar.

tracks:
A.	Chance is her opera
	Heatwave pavement
	Green ray
	Orange zero
	Late july
	Darkness - blue glow
B.	Mono valley
	Coastal lagoon
	Alkaline eye
	3am walking smoking talking
	Three fires
CD	She smiled mandarine like
CD	Under the 3000ft red ceiling
CD	Orange zero (single)
CD	Chance is her opera (demo)