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Biography
refimprove|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Herbaliser| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| alias = The Herbaliser Band| origin = London , England | instrument =| genre = Hip hop Jazz Funk | years_active = 1995–present| label = 1995–2008. Ninja Tune 2008 – 2011: !K7 Records | associated_acts = Kid Teeba The Process (band)|The Process | website = http://www.herbaliser.com/ www.herbaliser.com| current_members = Ollie Teeba Jake Wherry| past_members = The Herbaliser is a jazz rap band formed by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba (Born Oliver Laurance Trattles) London , England during the early 1990s. Although currently signed to !K7 Records , they were one of the best-known acts from the Ninja Tune independent record label . They have released 8 LPs, including two Disc Jockey|DJ mixes: one for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series and the other for Fabric (club)|Fabric's Fabric Live Mix Albums|Live Mix series . The Herbaliser's album Same As It Never Was (album)|Same As It Never Was was their first release on !K7 Records . Their new album "There Were Seven" will be released in September 2012 on their own label Department H.
Ollie Teeba has also recorded solo tracks as Kid Teeba and alongside Jonny Cuba of Dynamic Syncopation , under the band name The Process (band)|The Process .
Jake Wherry has also recorded solo tracks as The Meateaters , released on the Parisian Big Cheese label, and has worked with The Propheteers .
History
Jake Wherry grew up in South West LondonWhere|date=July 2011 and played guitar and bass in a number of jazz, funk and rock bands in his teenage years. During this time, he met Patrick Carpenter aka PC, later one of the DJs behind DJ Food , and through him became aware of the Ninja Tune label. Ollie Teeba, (real name Ollie Trattles) began DJing at 15 and played his first live sets to London audiences a year later.
Wherry and Teeba met years later at Wherry's Traintrax studio, and began recording together, collaborating with DJ Malachi , Kaidi Tatham of Bugz in the Attic and Ralph Lamb of Easy Access Orchestra . They developed a jazzy instrumental style of hip hop, due to an absence of available rappers. They passed their recordings on to Ninja Tune bosses Matt Black and Jonathan More of Coldcut and were signed shortly thereafter.
Inspired by the funk bands of previous decades, rather than performing simply with turntables, Jake Wherry decided to take a seven piece band on tour, which included Tatham, Lamb, Andrew Ross, Micah Moody Jnr and percussionist Patrick Dawes .
As they progressed, they gained access to guest vocalists for appearances on their records, including What? What? (aka Jean Grae ), Roots Manuva , MF Doom , Seaming To , Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples , Blade (rapper)|Blade , Phi Life Cypher , BahamadiaDream Warriors and Insight .
The pair were subsequently employed to produce music for the likes of Motorola , the soundtracks to Guy Ritchie 's Snatch (film)|Snatch and the PlayStation 2 game '' Tony Hawk's Underground ''. They were also commissioned to write the theme for ESPN 's primetime NFL show ESPN Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football .cite web | title = The Herbaliser | work = Biography | url= http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artist.php? id=9 | publisher = NinjaTune.net | accessdate = 2008-08-01
The group have also provided production for artists including T Love , Princess Superstar and remixes for artists including DJ Food , Raw Stylus , Push Button Objects , Jaffa and label-mates Coldcut's "Atomic Moog", which reached number one on the UK singles chart.cite web | title = The Herbaliser
In 2009, the band released its second live band album, Session Two . This was recorded at The Easy Access Orchestra's studio and mixed at Jake's Train Trax Studio.
