Born in 1977 in London, Kieran Hebden, also know as Four Tet, has been carrying the torch for abstract pop electronica for some time now and his productions have continued to challenge some of the more traditional structures/genres within electronic music. Beginning in 1998 with his aptly titled first single 'Thirtysixtwentyfive,' a 36 minute, 25 second track on Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings, to his remix of the opening track of Aphex Twin's 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II' in 1999, Four Tet has moved quite effortlessly through genres remixing artists from Radiohead to Black Sabbath. However, with the release of his second album, 'Pause,' on Domino Records, his brand of folk music samples intertwined with electronic beats and textures, earned had many calling his style of music folktronica. In 2003 Hebden released the album 'Rounds,' considered by many to be his most ambitious to date, three tracks of which went on to become singles: 'She Moves She,' 'As Serious as Your Life,' and 'My Angel Rocks Back and Forth.' Following the release of 'Rounds' Four Tet opened for Radiohead's European tour. In 2005 Hebden released his fourth album, 'Everything Ecstatic,' which saw his style shifting once again from folktronica to a darker and more densely layered sound
Top 10 in Download Charts of Week #41
Top 8 in Download Charts of Week #37
Top 4 in Download Charts of Week #36
Pinnacles
(Track 08 on this Album)
Ocoras
(Track 04 on this Album)
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Four Tet, Matthew Dear, Robag Wruhme, Theo Parrish
Here come our summery picks for the month of August, including impressive artist albums by Matthew Dear, Holy Other, Jon Convex, and Conforce's new electronica project, Silent Harbour.
Those looking for something with a little more dance-floor punch should more...
Top 5 in Download Charts of Week #35
Ocoras
(Track 04 on this Album)
Jupiters
(Track 03 on this Album)
Top 2 in Best Rated Releases of Week #34
Pyramid
(Track 06 on this Album)
Selected as release of the week
Kieran Hebden is one of the most consistently brilliant producers of the past decade, and every new Four Tet album is met with quite a bit of excitement from pundits and the press alike. This time it's no different, and 'Pink' is fully deserving of the hype: While it might not qualify as a major work in the Four Tet oeuvre - for the most part it's a compilation of recent single releases - it is a fantastic set of tracks in its own right.
With the exception of the previously unreleased and utterly beautiful ambient track 'Peace For Earth' and mellow grooving opener 'Locked' it is a selection that comes down firmly on the dance-floor side of things.
Second exclusive track 'Lion' sets the pace with a percussive house groove and vibrant pads. 'Jupiters' and 'Ocoras' follow up on this with more nimble beat constructs and subtle arrangements that bring to mind the finest moments in Âme or Henrik Schwarz's body of work, yet never sacrificing Four Tet's jazz-inspired idiosyncrasies for pure dance-floor efficiency. Outstanding.
With the exception of the previously unreleased and utterly beautiful ambient track 'Peace For Earth' and mellow grooving opener 'Locked' it is a selection that comes down firmly on the dance-floor side of things.
Second exclusive track 'Lion' sets the pace with a percussive house groove and vibrant pads. 'Jupiters' and 'Ocoras' follow up on this with more nimble beat constructs and subtle arrangements that bring to mind the finest moments in Âme or Henrik Schwarz's body of work, yet never sacrificing Four Tet's jazz-inspired idiosyncrasies for pure dance-floor efficiency. Outstanding.