The Daytime Frequency

THE DAYTIME FREQUENCY IS MATTHEW SIGLEY



Formed in the UK in 2000, and taking the name from a bus timetable, The Daytime Frequency is the culmination of many years of songwriting by Matthew Sigley.



Matthew first appeared on the live scene in Melbourne, Australia with his group The Millicents (the name coming from the term for police in A Clockwork Orange. The group featured Andrew Giles on vocals and lyric writing, David Owen on bass, Tim Wilson on drums and Matthew on guitar and songwriting. The year was 1993 and by mid 1994 The Millicents had transformed into the prog behemoth that was to become Aberdeen (named after the street he was living in at the time). The lineup remained the same with the exception of Andrew Giles, who was replaced by Dan Hall on guitar. Trading his jangly Rickenbacker for a well worn Vox Continental organ and Leslie speaker, Matthew had the group rehearsing every weekend for almost two years.



Two years rehearsing led to. one gig and disbandment. A few tapes have survived from various rehearsals including one garage rehearsal at a friend's house where the beautiful paean to the Hoover Concept One

vacuum cleaner 'Concept One' was written. The vacuum cleaner made a special appearance at Aberdeen's one and only show at the Tote Hotel in Collingwood, Melbourne.



It was during this period that Matthew joined Blindside and an early incarnation of The Earthmen.



By 1997 Matthew had decided there was room for a Rickenbacker and Vox organ in his musical setup and with Marcus Ransom on bass and Derek John Yuen on drums, formed The George Ernest Collective (taken from Matthew's middle names). During this time he rejoined The Earthmen and was playing full time with Sydney band Drop City as well as guesting as a session player on various Melbourne bands recordings.



It was in 1999 that Matthew left The Earthmen and moved to London with his cache of songs that had been worked up with The George Ernest Collective. Seeking fame and fortune, he decided to fill in the meantime by answering an ad for a keyboard player in the now defunct Melody Maker magazine and joined a Brighton based group called Polak featuring former Adorable lead singer Pete Fijalkowski. A year of lugging his Vox organ on the London to Brighton train took its toll and he decided to relocate to the sunny seaside town (well it was sunny at least once in his two years there).



Joining the band enabled Matthew access to Loophole Studios in Brighton, where Polak were recording their first album. It was here that he was able to realise his four track symphonies in glorious twenty-four track sound. Five sessions and five songs later, he wasn't sure he enjoyed the vast gap between four and twenty-four track. It was certainly cheaper to record on a TDK D90 cassette.



By the end of 2001, Matthew decided it was time to return to his native Melbourne. 2002 saw the live debut of The Daytime Frequency augmented as a 4 piece by David Owen on bass (The Millicents/Aberdeen),

Derek John Yuen on drums (The George Ernest Collective) and Marcel Borrack on lead guitar. The same year also saw the release of one of the Loophole sessions 'I Should Have Trusted The Sun' on the Sixpack Records

'Longneck Music Sampler'.



In December 2002 Matthew joined Matt Tow of Drop Citys new group The Lovetones.



Early 2003 saw The Daytime Frequency reduced to just Matthew Sigley, as he continued to write and demo songs for the as yet unreleased debut 'Coming Out Of Delay'. In May 2003, a Lovetones tour of the US led to Matthew meeting The Brian Jonestown Massacre's driving force Anton Newcombe. He gave Anton a 5 track CD of Daytime Frequency four track demos that resulted in the songs being put on the BJM's website as mp3 downloads.



Now the present.



The Daytime Frequency's debut LP 'Sun Opus Is Upon Us' recorded by Matthew at home with help from Derek John Yuen on drums, Luke Howard on keyboards and Peter Monsbourgh on flute is completed. A blend of pastoral, psychedelic, electronic, folk and baroque sounds, these songs are now receiving an airing as The Daytime Frequency returns to the live scene in a new lineup of Matthew Sigley on keyboards and guitar, Luke Howard on keyboards and Derek John Yuen on drums.