Not even one of those faux-arty car ads where the Saab drives across an alien landscape while it rains oil?
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
lol! I'd rather play Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm over that sweet ad.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i think the things that are kinda dubsteppy abt this album have been there all along w/ him (shuffled grooves, cut up samples etc) but they just feel more explicit and the production is richer and bassier than b4 but also like i said sleeker and housier
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing dubsteppy about this album in my opinion. it's only mentioned because Joy Orbison remixed Love Cry. if you're boycotting over straight kick drums, you're an idiot. this is a classic Four Tet album. the kicks are incidental on most tracks, really just a guide/scaffold for the cut-ups, bell melodies and atmosphere. i'm on my 4th time through and it's gotten better each time.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
also, richie aprile OTM 43mins ago.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree almost cept that the atmosphere is v. different and this feels abt a million times less pastoral than all his previous stuff
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
This is his best record.
― brain thoughts (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 22 January 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
But it's in 4/4!
― EDB, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Downloaded one of those promo album mixes, will riffle through it when I get the chance. Don't doubt this album is a doozy, though.
― EDB, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
better than Rounders? Hmmmmmmm. . . .
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 22 January 2010 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought I'd love Four Tet based on Everything Is Alright back in the day, but listening to the Pause made me a bit nauseous about 2/3 through, it really sagged and ran out of ideas despite some nice acoustic drum sounds, sun-dappled textures etc. That and "She Moves She" put me off investigating subsequent albums. I DLed a nice mix early on, with Can, Hendrix, Byrds, Jay Z, BoC, etc. and a nice segue from Prince Ballad Of Dorothy Parker "it was Joni singin' 'Help me I think I'm fallin'" into... Joni singing "Help me I think I'm fallin'", of course.
First LP streaming track sounds like Hyph Mngo without the groove or uplift, a bit meh. And I thought we left bells/music boxes/xylophones behind with folktronica. Second track is nice. Fourth track sounds like a Bjork sample. Dreaded trip hop beats give way to house beats next. The four-to-the-floors make it all a lot more listenable than sagging boom-boom-bap-boredom. I'm not sure that it says anything whatsoever about "2009/2010 dance". It all sounds pretty pastoral to me still.
Four Tet is... nice. The Moth track with Burial is fenatastic though, a nice update on AFX's Xtal tape degraded dream house with added Burial atmospherics (robbed from video game st's probably), and could go on forever.
― superflyguy, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
For what it's worth, I totally love the Tet but still don't regret having sold my copy of Pause.
― EDB, Friday, 22 January 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
People need to get acquainted with Dialogue.
― counter-clockwise (lukas), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
thread needs more nerd zings about 4/4
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
you started it
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
guess you didn't read the OG post. just think, you coulda been zinging 4 hours earlier!
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
r u still here?
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
wait in 4/4 time
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
granny i love when you act a fool then try to blame me somehow
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
cutty i love when you think i care you or your peeps think i act a fool
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
also love when you use the word blame in a illogical way.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img4.realsimple.com/images/daily-finds/food/0309/df-yellow-peep_300.jpg
lol'n @ u
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
blame = thread needs more nerd zings about 4/4
^^^ you think it's my fault everyone is making fun of your dumb ass
but you know what, you'll thank us (me and my "peeps"), next time you are at a party and want to discuss your distaste for any music with 4/4 beats
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf kinda parties
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
parties where peeps talk about various beats
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/nerveinsider/2008/03/08-15/peeps.jpg
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
BEAT
DISCONNECTION
― brain thoughts (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha what kind of dweebs feel the need to make fun of someone for misusing the term 4/4. esp AFTER i copped to it. can't wait to go to the kind of party you go to. ok dude, you're smarter than me, you're funnier than me, you're pretty much my superior in every way. now get the fuck over yourself.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
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― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha what kind of dweebs feel the need to make fun of someone for misusing the term 4/4.
I've only been reading this thread silently and smiling, but just want to raise my hand for this.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, can't wait to hear this.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
just fyi dont want 2 disappoint u but - there are a lot of 4/4 beats on this album
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i have been to parties where we discuss various beats :/
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
pervert.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
CONFUSION
― brain thoughts (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Jordan, at those parties, when someone is talking fast and mistakenly says "4/4 beats" instead of "four on the floor beats", everyone mocks the guy endlessly and just can't get over it, right? And then said dude leaves to go to a party that isn't filled with dick-waving nerds. Bye.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
there are a lot of drummers at these parties so no one would say that
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
my guess is that it would depend on if the person inserted himself into a conversation about how awesome a new album was by saying, "ugh 4/4 beats".
― richie aprile (rockapads), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i'm a drummer. totally taking all the beer with me.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
right cause god forbid someone have a contrary word to say about an album people like. they're clearly insulting you and everything you stand for, and no fate is too awful for them.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
my point is that people might be more forgiving of someone using "4/4 beats" if they were being nice when they used it. don't mean to pile on or anything - just hoping to help clear that up for future reference.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks. i'll be more judicious with my use of "ugh". Inflamatory rhetoric, that.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Will you lot fuck off out of my thread. I really really love this record and this pathetic pedantry is harshing my considerable buzz.
― brain thoughts (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Serious question, Granny - did you listen to this yet? What did you think? I had a downer on "4/4"s too for a few years back when all I listened to was jungle/dnb but this album is pretty far from being Deadmau5 in its use of kick drums (nothing wrong with dm5, but he's just whomp-whomp-whomp-whomp on every track, which I sense is where your dislike lies?).
― Bill A, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
how long is this album, it feels like it is over v. quick
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
47.12 according to the streaming version, I know what you mean though - I had it on at work the other day and it just zipped by.
― Bill A, Friday, 22 January 2010 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
similar vibe to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1l4pDXbkic
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
gotta say, this makes great software testing music.
(must be the 4/4 beats)
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
...i didn't really like the cast in Rounders (besides Matt Damon), but I liked all of the folktronica elements that they tried to employ. Kieran has stated that this album was inspired by his DJ club nights; so it's no surprise to hear the four on four beats. There's no doubt that Kieran has talent, producing alot of his stuff with a very basic setup/pc and audiomulch. His real skill is in the assembly of his samples, which is still evident here/however the overall result feels less accomplished, perhaps because of the disappearance of the jazz inspired drum flourishes. I was hoping to find some of the zaniness of the Steve Reid stuff mixed with the usual sublime fout-tet melodic arrangements - this album at this stage in his career doesn't sound very inventive.
my four tet album/ep rankings:
1. Rounders2. Pause3. Everything Ecstatic4. Remixes5. Dialogue6. There is Love in You7. Ringer
― tin cub, Sunday, 24 January 2010 05:54 (fourteen years ago) link
jazz inspired drum flourishes
i haven't listened to rounders in ages, but i think this is what made it so special.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 24 January 2010 06:09 (fourteen years ago) link