new four tet

i'm intrigued.

Expect it to be very good indeed; Pause is a fantastic album. He's more organic/acoustic than Manitoba, less frenetic than UIF and less jazz than Start Breaking My Heart, with more emphasis on melody and. The penultimate track on UIF is very Four Tet.

I have no doubt that this will a terrific album and I can't wait.

Although I fear I'll have to wait til I get back to the UK, since Sydney record shops have become notorious round our house for their "Goldfrapp who?"-style knowledge.

Insight, moi?

01. David Behrman - Leapday Night (Scene 1)
02. Syclops - Mom, The Video Broke
03. Curtis Mayfield - If I Were Only A Child Again
04. Heiner Stadler - Out-Rock
05. Gary Davis - The Professor's Here
06. Heldon - Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes
07. Stereolab - Les Yper-Sound
08. So Solid Crew - Dillema
09. Akufen - Psychometry 3.2
10. Animal Collective - Baby Day
11. Madvillain - Figaro (101 Remix)
12. Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto - Love, Love
13. Four Tet - Pockets
14. Model 500 - Psychosomatic
15. Shona People Of Rhodesia - Taireva
16. Quickspace Supersport - Superspace
17. Cabaret Voltaire - Kneel To The Boss
18. Gong - Love Is How Y Make It
19. Showbiz & A.G. - Represent
20. Group Home - Up Against The Wall (Getaway Car Mix)
21. Autechre - Flutter

"late night tales" is great

New EP is good. Wing Body Wing is probably one of the better tracks. Kinda sounds like a cross between Pantha Du Prince and Invisible Conga People's 'Cable Dazed'. Glad he's momentarily stepped away from the folk-tronica tag, ugh what a term.

Hijacked from the Burial thread, the sample B1 here

For this sounds amazing, even compared to his 4/4 stuff, it sounds more more kind of at the same time plain and unlike anything else I've heard by four tet. Absolutely lovely, pitty it has to be on a limited, fetish-object release.

that 'ringer' EP was fantastic. he's really on a bit of a run lately!

I saw the 2XLP for $10 but didn't buy it (figured it get it later, but haven't seen it at the same store since)

:(

This is pretty wicked. Goes very nicely with the Field record.

Liking that a lot

Plz to tell more?

2 tracks, approx 9 minutes each, collaboration between Burial & Four Tet, very ambient-ey sort of.

Limited 12" or download as far as format goes.

Oh right.

not so limited, already repressed.

hopefully this pressing will sound less arse than the old one.

the press release for his upcoming fabriclive sounds good, like this new track locked off it. like a lot. seriously love this guy but he has never made a release that is wholly satisfied. there is love in you didn't go far enough in the direction he's been headed post-reid for me (ringer, the burial collabs etc.)

http://www.prefixmag.com/media/tinariwen/tenere-taqqim-tossam-four-tet-remix/56036/

His new Fabriclive mix is pretty excellent

yes looking forward to giving this a listen. lots of obscure garage cuts apparently so right up my street.

heard this remix of a track from Nigel Godrich's new Ultraista project the other day on Gilles' 6music show and I'm putting it here because Kieran has completely smashed it (and makes the original seem pedestrian by comparison). Srsly, this is *awesome*.

http://soundcloud.com/indietheka/ultraista-smalltalk-four-tet

Also new from Mr. Tet, not sure if it's being discussed elsewhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyQVPNo_X7Y

I have been binging on Mr Tet lately so I am happy to have some new ones!

I know ILM has generally been down on Mr Tet but god damn there is nothing he can't make sound good w a sparkly remix. I've been on the fence about Ultraista but I'd listen to Mr Tet remixing the sound of the rubbish collectors this morning TBH.

It is really annoying not being able to view/listen to anything with Flash at work.

Psychedelic Space Jellyfish with harps is SUPER DOUBLE PLUS GOOD. I think I've just been so captivated by the video, though, that I'm not really processing the song. I'm not sure about the bass, though. Don't know that wob suits Mr Tet. But who cares, it's all wibbling harps and things.

Ultraista, though. I feel vaguely disappointed with myself that I am utterly failing to be captivated by it. Come on, it's got my name all over it, why is this not total WCC catnip? I don't know if I'm being overly suspicious of something which feels *too* marketed to me, but if a Four Tet remix can't make me fall in love with a song, I don't know that anything will.

So the proper download of Pink has been out for a week or so. He's doing absolutely no marketing for it. Who's listening? Off one (distracted) listen I wasn't sure it hung together like a proper "album" (excuse my old fashioned rockiest ideas), but it was a distracted listen in the midst of house-buying chaos. I'm just whacking out on the iPod so I can play it via the Zeppelin and hear it in space rather than headphones.

Seemed like plenty of bass, to be fair.

Been listening to this all week, it's fantastic. I had the same 'not a proper album' issue at first too, but I suspect part of that is psychological, given that I know it's a singles comp. If he'd just released this music straight off as a single piece, I'm not sure I'd have given it a second thought.

'Locked' & 'Lions' are the highlights for me so far, really strong opening.

I need to spend more time with it because, argh, massive amounts of playlists due to various things been floating around this week.

There were a couple of moments I really really loved, but can't recall off hand the song titles.

But this feels a lot less like an album as a collection of songs, and more like a collection of extended 12" remixes, if that makes any sense. Like, this is a collection of pieces aimed for dancefloor playing as opposed to something he's sat down and planned out like an album, like the others were. Which is fine, I like it, it's just a different approach, and probably why he's not treating it like a big deal release.

You're right -- it is a collection of previously released 12"s, plus 2 new tracks. Both of the new tracks are long and mostly static. They're lovely, especially the twinkly Peace for Earth, but don't do much in the context of the album. I think it'd work better as an album with something more direct in the 2nd slot (128 Harps, maybe) and Peace for Earth moved to the end.

Locked and Pinnacles are 2 of my favorite tracks from the past year, and I'd rate Pyramid and Jupiters up there too. Love the way the percolating bass on Pinnacles drives the momentum forward and the splashy piano chords take it up to the, um, pinnacle. The triplet accents in the bass line and the off-beat timing of the piano chords drive me to OCD fits of finger tapping and air piano (on my desk, anyway), trying to sort out how the rhythm fits together. Irresistible. I've listened to a lot of Jazzanova style jazz house over the years -- this is miles ahead.

Most of Pinnacles is sampled from Buster Williams' 1975 album/track Pinnacle (starts ~4:30):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAW5GTMA7bU#!

Bonus: bassline for The Choice is Yours at 1:20

Sorry that's Noble Ego, not the title track.

Meanwhile, "this is truly glorious":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsDMkDtU9qs

His best in quite a while, surely? The last several albums blended together for me - this one seems like a fresh direction with some nods to earlier eras in his development.

Yeah, listened through today and loved it. Daydream Repeat was driving me mad reminding me off something. Just realised it's *Drift* era Underworld.

*of something

This album is amazing. His best work imho hits immediately while simultaneously begging for repeated listens.

Feels like it's going to be up there with Rounds, There Is Love In You and New Energy for me already. Every song feels delicate, rich and essential. Understated confidence on display big time.

Shoegaze hip hop.

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2024/03/21/four-tet-three-a-review/?fbclid=IwAR3VwECIX8LXYG01r3ri-vf53SeKnVmiN6EVfQmdjiqq7nuiADvRI_oNmhE_aem_AaCUhN5UCI60lW9h6FB6zmT7XlHzAX5OEZEkkv_gefWSaevKY4qJbbthjGxb08ggZf4

Fuck Facebook mangling urls.

Yeah, listened through today and loved it. Daydream Repeat was driving me mad reminding me off something. Just realised it's *Drift* era Underworld.

― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:55 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

ok this got me to listen and yeah it's Custard Speedtalk. fucking amazing. I haven't heard a Four Tet album since There is Love in You but I think I gotta get a copy of this

New Energy and Sixteen Oceans are both lush. The Parallel thing is a really nice ambient excursion. Three follows the two prior very closely really. Beautiful Reminder is quite different.

And if you haven’t heard Morning/Evening you’re in for a massive treat. So lush.

i have not but i think my local shop has a copy of that in

Morning/Evening is fantastic yeah. Sixteen Oceans is really solid, but starts to thin out in the latter half though. Three is just about freakin' perfect.

morning/evening xpost to "jams that aren't on spotify" (at least not in the us). shame.

yes, new record is decent. he's been really good again for a while. the william tyler collab!

My album of the year.

I'm all about Morning Side, used to be on Spotify too

other relatively recent four tet tracks I love:
Planet
Baby
Nova (with Burial)
Looking at Your Pager (as KH)

remixes:
Opal (BICEP)
18HUNNA (Headie One feat. Dave)
Kiss It Better (Rihanna)
Opus (Eric Prydz)

as a bonus he really seems like a great human being

I often think abt his advice on mastering:

just turn everything up and put limiter on the master to catch any mad peaks

the episode of Hanging Out with Audiophiles with him is also great

I'm very happy he won the royalty rate case https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/20/four-tet-settles-royalty-rate-dispute-domino-records-keiran-hebden

haven't heard the new album, but have been obsessively listening to "darkness, darkness," his collab with william tyler

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2024/03/21/four-tet-three-a-review/?fbclid=IwAR3VwECIX8LXYG01r3ri-vf53SeKnVmiN6EVfQmdjiqq7nuiADvRI_oNmhE_aem_AaCUhN5UCI60lW9h6FB6zmT7XlHzAX5OEZEkkv_gefWSaevKY4qJbbthjGxb08ggZf4

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, March 21, 2024 4:33 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Great review. There is Love in You will always be my favorite but agree with your comment that he's never made a mediocre album. Totally agree with your comments on Jason Evans's artwork.

thanks for sharing that review, very otm

I went back and listened to a lot of his discography after the new one dropped. Everything Ecstatic is very mediocre to me still (felt the same way when it came out). Just feels way to mired in self indulgent noodling. Nothing sticks to you, and sounds closer to a spastic, jazz freakout record, which may or may not be your thing. In the context of Four Tet's aesthetic it was not my thing. Startling how that one is sandwiched between two of his best, most iconic and career defining records. There Is Love In You genuinely felt like a "comeback" album when it dropped.

Four Tet is an artist who, for a very long time, I felt distinctly "meh" about - an indie rocker's idea of electronic music: pretty enough, but flimsy and anaemic; neither quirky or interesting enough to compete with the IDM/Warp crowd, too sketchy and bodiless to count as dance music, and lacking the satisfying largesse of chilled out home-listening music by contemporaries such as Bonobo or somesuch.

Then a few years ago he started releasing stuff that really made me sit up and pay attention. It was like he'd had some sort of production evolution where suddenly his productions were lush, enveloping, hypnotic and super-satisfying. Loved the more dancey stuff too from KH and some of the remixes and collabs he was doing - definitely someone who had finally grokked onto the idea of music made for soundsystems rather than Apple speakers.

So I'm realy not sure about this record: It really feels like the kind of thing he'd have released ten or even twenty years ago. Pretty, but simplistic chiming melodies, box-ready drum-loops, a noticeable thin-ness and lack of overall bite. It's nice, but it's too nice for me.

Yeah this sounded a bit like an early 00s indietronica record to me too. Nice but anaemic. I keep hoping it will push past the politeness and go somewhere interesting but it never does

idk if i agree. are "31 bloom" and "three drums" polite indietronica

what impresses me about this record is how often it shifts approaches and palettes while remaining cohesive. feels like a four tet greatest hits on some level (not complaining)

Three Drums is a standout and made me keen to hear the album. But yes, washy shoegaze moments aside I'd say it's a fairly tame piece of music. I've heard vaguely Boards Of Canada'y drumloops like that too many times in my life to feel super-hyped over something like this. Same as the shoegaze influence I guess; I mean, it's cool and all and I the track is "nice" but shoegazetronica isn't something that's going to blow me away in 2024.

31 Bloom is as polite as it gets as far as I can tell. Again, it's not unpleasant, but that paper-thin house beat makes me feel like I'm listening to a Kompakt Total compilation on a shower-radio.

So Blue is my fave so far, I like the vocal snatches and the laid-back jazzy feel.

Mostly it's the rhythm on this album, and a lot (but not all) of his other work: Too often it's a vaguely pretty melody just slipping in and out over a jazzy hip-hop drum loop straight out of a Grand Central compilation from 2001; not much in the way of low end. It's all a bit Grizzly Bear for my tastes.

I know he can do stuff with bite. Mango Feedback was great, really effective. Teenage Birdsong was sweet and felt satisfying to listen to. His stuff as KH fkn SLAMS. So he knows his way around a beat. Just here it sounds a bit reserved, dare I say uninspired, rhythm-wise.

I'm with DL, it's his dance singles that really hit for me these days.

this is nonsense, four tet has and always had some of the best drums in the business, instantly recognizable

corrs otm, i've never been a super big four tet fan. i like him just fine, he has never made a fully classic album tho.

that being said, even i've jacked his open drums on several occasions because they're always fucking sick.

"Three Drums" and "Daydream Repeat" are loud.

neither quirky or interesting enough to compete with the IDM/Warp crowd

As one of those IDM/Warp peeps from the late 90's, Pause and Rounds felt iconic and essential when they came out, and sounded as good and as "new" as any IDM record I was listening to at the time. Was refreshing to hear acoustic sampled instruments configured in a very mid 90's melodic IDMish style, with hip hop at its base. Evoked the vibes of Susumu Yokota and Boards of Canada to me, while feeling fresh and distinct. I revisit Four Tet's older records far more than I do by anything from Bonobo from that same era.

Whatever people think of Four Tet, Bonobo has always struck me as Diet Four Tet.

Bonobo is Fisher Price Four Tet.

My First Dancey Melodic Electronica Record.

octo otm. it's more post-rock but I also go back to Dialogue a lot

When I mentioned Bonobo I was using it as a shorthand for "pleasant chill-out music for normies", which isn't really a slight because everyone needs relaxing beats to chill to/study to.
But as others are saying, Four Tet should be way beyond and outside of that realm, especially at this point in his career. I just don't hear it on this album.

Is anything on Three as good as, arbitrary example, Flim? No. But Three Drums is close, as is Daydream Repeat. Is it chilled beats to relax to for normies? Wtf is a normie? I’ve got two kids and I’m 45 next month and I love this record and I saw Four Tet live in 2003 etc etc etc.

my favorite four tet thing is that madlib album he put together a few years ago

Okay so the hierarchy goes

Bonobo = Diet Four Tet
Four Tet = Diet Aphex Twin

What is Aphex the Diet version of? VSnares? Ae?

don't think Four Tet compares to Aphex much at all, maybe Boards of Canada though. I always did think Pause kinda made me recall my teenage years the same way MHTRTC makes me think of childhood

VSnares is definitely a Four Loko by the way

love this new one. very simple, very effective

What is Aphex the Diet version of? VSnares? Ae?

the real snob move here is to say that his emotiveness can't compare to the Detroit guys

Four Loko? That's like the US version of Buckfast or something isn't it? In which case, definitely.

the real snob move here is to say that his emotiveness can't compare to the Detroit guys

― default damager (lukas), Thursday, April 4, 2024 3:50 AM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Real snobpinions

xp yes indeed though I'd bet anything Buckfast tastes better. also important to note Four Lokos cost about $1.99

there are very few things that Buckfast tastes better than

last time I had a Four Loko I thought it tasted like someone dropped a bag of Jolly Ranchers into a pint of paint thinner

Does anyone else hear 'Storm Crystals' referencing 'Ending (An Ascent)' around the 4-minute mark?