new four tet

"Morning Side" features samples from Lata Mangeshkar's performance of "Main Teri Chhoti Behana Hoon", recorded for the 1983 film Souten.

i thought i recognised the voice - not through mangeshkar's work but she was sampled on truth hurts' "addictive" too

this is not as good as "addictive" despite the sample which is the best thing about it

i don't like his polite drum pads at all

pretty underwhelmed by this one tbh :(

I was hoping for something elongated and pseudo-ambient and pretty, based on the running times, and that's exactly what I've got, so super happy. Perfect record for sitting in the livingroom with a baby to.

First ive heard about this but if the running times averages 7 minutes 20 then I will be purchasing this immediately, although I am a little worried that my living room isn't really decorated suitably as we ran out of money when doing the extension, so at least part of me is wondering whether to play this in the Audi instead

2 tracks, 20 minutes each.

Oh that means it will work in the garden as well! We've cleared the undergrowth at the end of the garden so now we have sole access to the stream that runs along the bottom there, this sounds like it will be perfect for playing there in the summer evenings

Fell in love with this record on first listen.

i prefer the evening side. not 100% sold on either side though.

I love "Morning Side" - anything that reminds me of Jurgen Paape's "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" is a good thing and this instance it is a very good thing.

i still like this a lot but i'm maybe more into the compilation of tracks he released under the "percussions" name. lex if you feel like the rhythm on this is too polite, you might like some of it. the tracks are more dj-oriented but very good on their own too. i do like the rhythm on this too though, where it's a little turned down and cushy but still playful. the sample and the synths are glorious, obv, but what i really like about it is how casual and unpretentious it comes across as while still being kind of a trip. i'm not sure i can say what i mean by this but it sounds like he's turned the ableton production environment into his own home, taking what's digital and "correct" about the software and making it feel lived-in and alive in a certain way. that way could be criticized as a little too reliant on a glass/eno/lite ambient sensibility maybe but i feel like there's more to it than that, an appreciation of uk dance music for one. and to my ears it sounds like he's getting good / better at making straight house beats underneath the sounds / notes / compositions.

Really nice review on Consequence of Sound: http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/06/album-review-four-tet-morningevening/

Something about this record feels quite 'live' or 'improvised', somehow; not like Holden or Luke Abbott, and I suspect it's not 'live' at all in any conventional sense, but it feels quite free.

I adore the last 7 minutes or so of Evening Side, when it just depletes to nothing but drums. Reminds me of the end of the last track on The Field's second album, which I adore.

Reminds me of the end of the last track on The Field's second album

Ahhh - that's why it felt familiar! Been bugging me for a few days, that.

I'm really enjoyng this album, much more so than Beautiful Rewind, which I never grew to love.

Morning side is amazing, can't wait to get a copy of this. It's maybe the song I've heard this year that's resonated the most emotionally with me.

Morning Side definitely better than Evening.

I dunno, I adore Evening Side. Especially when the drums come in for the last six minutes or so.

Playing the hell out of this album already.

This feels like minor Four Tet to me. He really over eggs that sample on "Morning".

You're over egged, mate.

You've over egged yourself.

As far as overly "polite drum pads" are concerned, 4tets has released pure drum tracks in the past that could give Carl Craig a run for his money. If he's polite on this then it's an aesthetic decision.

it's very beautiful i think and definitely one of my favorite releases of the year so far.

You're very beautiful Mate x

You too!! Aww yeah

<3 you baby :)

*farts*

Fu

4tets has released pure drum tracks in the past that could give Carl Craig a run for his money

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Post me some gifs, tlg.

post me some pure drum tracks, son!!!

giving this another serious listen right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0mR5FoDnCo

having survived mmml i don't find the beats too light or too polite or whatever. to my ears it's suitably jacking micro house, just rough enough around the edges

i think matt is correct, that the drums are just way too far down in the mix, and i find the vocal / synths to be absurdly loud compared to the beat.

this would be better if someone put a donk on it

or at least turned the drums way up, they've got a good shuffle.

hopefully there will be remixes

tlg, I love you as much as I love Matteesslessness, I'm mostly listening to love jam by sound stream over and over again. Other than that I don't have any great suggestions!

i remember he did something similar wrt turning the drums down on glassbeadgames with martyn last year. maybe not as pronounced though.

jed have you heard the new sound stream record?

Actually M-lessness is my man so.

Is it worth mentioning that I insanely drunk?

lol good!!

Jed you're lovely and i'm fond of your display name.

It's a good one!

i'm afraid the b-sides of the new sound stream might do jed in, in his condition

morning is pretty cool but i prefer how he goes into full-blown the orb territory in evening

again though, drums at the end too quiet

i put 'morning side' in a practice set with some delay over it yesterday and cried a little bit, true story.

need to give evening another go

What's the new sound stream called? Not v easy to search for.

bass affairs / sweep magic / star strike

Ty

The Percussions thing is lovely. Kind of sad it's not just labelled 'Four Tet' and stuck out as another new album.

This arrived today. Sounds glorious on the "big" speakers.