Three Four Tet

• 1Loved04:03
• 2Gliding Through Everything04:08
• 3Storm Crystals06:40
• 4Daydream Repeat06:08
• 5Skater04:15
• 631 Bloom05:52
• 7So Blue05:29
• 8Three Drums08:15
• Total Runtime44:50

Info for Three

The 12th album at least shows Kieran Hebden's project, which has existed since the late 90s, as an electronaut between breakbeat-backed tracks with the look he once started out with, ambient-orientated, elegiac space gliders, glitchy songs with meandering EDM synthesiser melodies over slow-motion breakbeats, but also with minimal techno borrowings such as on "31 Bloom", which follows on from "Ringer" from 2008. On "Daydream Repeat", Hebden switches into dancefloor mode and anchors a flying harp melody with a rough, house-inspired rhythm. The harp is heard again and again. But even then, the mood remains dreamy, even to the physical beat. The skilfully crafted album reveals much to the second ear and opens up to reveal hidden spaces within hidden spaces.

"There’s much more here than meets the ear: interruptions you never see coming, intimations of sounds in the depths of the mix you can’t quite make out. That’s what separates Three from the merely chill; it takes a master craftsperson’s skill to create music that scans so simply on the surface but then opens up to reveal hidden rooms within hidden rooms—just like it takes a seasoned selector to drop “Country Riddim” and get away with it. In tone and mood, Three is the opposite of Hebden’s stadium setlists. But within the carefully thought-out parameters of what makes a Four Tet record, he’s finding new, quieter ways to surprise." (Pitchfork.com)

Four Tet

Four Tet
Four Tet is the electronic outlet for the solo work of Keiran Hebden. First single was the 36-minute ‘Thirtysixtwentyfive’ on Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings label (1998). ‘Dialogue’ was Four Tet's first full-length album, fusing hip-hop drum lines with dissonant jazz samples.

In 2001, Four Tet's second album ‘Pause’ was released on Domino and found Hebden using more folk and electronic samples, which was quickly dubbed "folktronica", while “Rounds”, Hebden's most ambitious album to date, was released in May 2003.

In March and April of 2005, Four Tet performed two shows of improvisational music, in collaboration with jazz drummer Steve Reid, in Paris and London. He also appears on Steve Reid Ensemble 2005 album Spirit Walk. This collaboration was extended into a series of international tours, and the release of two albums, The Exchange Session Vol. 1 and The Exchange Session Vol. 2 over the course of 2005 and 2006.

Hebden has also remixed artists including Madvillain, Bloc Party, Super Furry Animals, Beth Orton, Badly Drawn Boy, The Notwist, Boom Bip, Kings of Convenience and Radiohead.

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