I'm a Parallel 6 guy
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
(can't resist fake gamelan)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
TY for the podcast links. i started listening and got curious about how he operates in the studio. found a very generous walkthrough here. good stuff. now i'm inspired to start working with samples much more, and print/re-sample my own instrumental noodling as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEUGilncRJs
― davey, Thursday, 31 December 2020 12:30 (three years ago) link
(love me some fake gamelan)
― davey, Thursday, 31 December 2020 12:40 (three years ago) link
madlib arranged by kieran hebden - https://open.spotify.com/track/4VaICpePVA67Wqvv8SryFr?si=uT0bQOptQNKpPGmDU7Kn8A
― just sayin, Saturday, 2 January 2021 10:00 (three years ago) link
there is supposedly a whole album coming
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 2 January 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
https://madlib.bandcamp.com/album/sound-ancestors
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
it is extremely good
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
https://fourtet.bandcamp.com/track/looking-at-your-pager^^believe this is actually old but a recently cleared sample? what's the flip?
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 20 May 2022 07:11 (one year ago) link
lovely as always
it's from 3LW "No More" and I'm kinda on the fence about it but only because the melody of the original always felt so effortless to me and this feels a bit contorted, I wish the sample would get out the way because the rest of it is typically lush
― boxedjoy, Friday, 20 May 2022 07:41 (one year ago) link
always exploring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGaKVLFNWzs
great drums
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 27 April 2023 08:50 (one year ago) link
Oh cool - super 90s comedown track? Has he ever done anything like this?
― Indexed, Thursday, 27 April 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
well this is a treat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=728vP8jorLYKieran Hebden & William Tyler - Darkness, Darkness
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:01 (eleven months ago) link
Nice one, KH really getting back into his early '00s folktronica beats bag.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:43 (eleven months ago) link
I dig it, but, a bit of skronk aside, not sure how much William Tyler there is in there?
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 18:30 (eleven months ago) link
All the guitar I assume, of which there is a fair amount (besides the skronk)?
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 18:33 (eleven months ago) link
It was a cursory listen - I need to give it a proper go with headphones.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 18:36 (eleven months ago) link
xp yeah feels like something that could've been massive in the early 00s
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 18 May 2023 09:10 (eleven months ago) link
healing music https://fourtet.bandcamp.com/track/loved
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:32 (three months ago) link
reminds me of somethinghttps://fourtet.bandcamp.com/track/daydream-repeat
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 16 February 2024 10:38 (two months ago) link
album out!mostly mellow, great stuff, includes three previously released singles
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 15 March 2024 13:16 (one month ago) link
Sounding lovely on first listen. "Skater" reminds me of Arovane ca. Tides.
― willem, Friday, 15 March 2024 15:19 (one month ago) link
I recently found out that four test stole a sample from my neighbor’s brother’s band
― Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Friday, 15 March 2024 15:23 (one month ago) link
recently, or awhile ago?
(also, new board description)
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 15 March 2024 15:29 (one month ago) link
It was the sample from “she moves she.” His brother was a locally famous jazz drummer
― Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Friday, 15 March 2024 16:18 (one month ago) link
Interesting! This one?
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/1000929/Four-Tet-She-Moves-She-John-Scott-Pentathlon/
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 15 March 2024 16:22 (one month ago) link
When "Daydream Repeat" hit, I was sold
― Indexed, Friday, 15 March 2024 16:36 (one month ago) link
Yes xp, that entourage ensemble
― Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Friday, 15 March 2024 16:46 (one month ago) link
The downtempo indie/shoegaze/trip hop throwback tracks on this are nice. The dance tracks feel, if not obligatory, at least a little shoe-horned in? These days he's got his killer KH singles, and a few 'pretty' techno tracks on each record. Everything after 'Beautiful Rewind' feels like it's following the same template. Cozy Four Tet is fine but I like banger Four Tet, with some rough edges on his organic palette.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 15 March 2024 17:23 (one month ago) link
I love this album.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:26 (one month ago) link
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.
― Davey D, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:38 (one month ago) link
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, 19 March 2024 18:55 (one month ago) link
*of something
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 19:00 (one month ago) link
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.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 00:33 (one month ago) link
Shoegaze hip hop.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 06:24 (one month ago) link
https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2024/03/21/four-tet-three-a-review/?fbclid=IwAR3VwECIX8LXYG01r3ri-vf53SeKnVmiN6EVfQmdjiqq7nuiADvRI_oNmhE_aem_AaCUhN5UCI60lW9h6FB6zmT7XlHzAX5OEZEkkv_gefWSaevKY4qJbbthjGxb08ggZf4
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:33 (one month ago) link
Fuck Facebook mangling urls.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 March 2024 21:34 (one month ago) link
― 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
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 March 2024 22:00 (one month ago) link
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.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 March 2024 22:07 (one month ago) link
And if you haven’t heard Morning/Evening you’re in for a massive treat. So lush.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 March 2024 22:08 (one month ago) link
i have not but i think my local shop has a copy of that in
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 March 2024 22:17 (one month ago) link
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.
― octobeard, Thursday, 21 March 2024 22:21 (one month ago) link
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!
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Friday, 22 March 2024 00:03 (one month ago) link
My album of the year.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 March 2024 01:14 (one month ago) link
I'm all about Morning Side, used to be on Spotify too
other relatively recent four tet tracks I love:PlanetBabyNova (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
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 09:20 (one month ago) link
haven't heard the new album, but have been obsessively listening to "darkness, darkness," his collab with william tyler
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 18:58 (one month ago) link
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
― 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.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 15:14 (one month ago) link
thanks for sharing that review, very otm
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 28 March 2024 05:36 (four weeks ago) link
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.
― octobeard, Thursday, 28 March 2024 23:48 (four weeks ago) link