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Burial/Four Tet: “Moth”/“Wolf Cub”

by Mehan Jayasuriya

[2.Jun.09] :. On the surface, Four Tet and Burial don't seem to have much in common. That's precisely what makes this enigmatic 12" single so rewarding.

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Four Tet Live (tour dates / stream)

by Thomas Britt

[20.Mar.09] :. Four Tet (Kieran Hebden) is on a short tour in advance of a new album scheduled for release later in 2009. The tour includes North American dates, including a DJ set at Santos Party House in New...

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Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: NYC

by Vijith Assar

[20.Nov.08] :. Jazz drummer Steve Reid is a fascinating contrast to the rigid grids typical of Four Tet.

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“OK, I’ve Done It, That’s Enough for Me”: An Interview with Four Tet

by Drew Fortune

[19.Sep.08] :. With a new dance-oriented EP and multiple collaborations with Steve Reid under his belt, Four Tet's Kieran Hebden looks back on a career where he's opened for Radiohead, played for Badly Drawn Boy, and explains why it's unlikely he'll do either ever again.

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Connecting the Dots

by Vijith Assar

[19.May.08] :. Four Tet - Ringer

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Four Tet: Ringer

by Thomas Hauner

[22.Apr.08] :. Four Tet’s jazz residency with drummer Steve Reid has fine-tuned his ear for the subtle yet beautifully complex mannerisms, melodies, and polyrhythms that flourish on Ringer.

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Steve Reid Ensemble: Daxaar

by Mark W. Adams

[7.Apr.08] :. The Steve Reid Ensemble has taken a geographic and sonic trip to make Daxaar.

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: Tongues

by Tim O'Neil

[19.Mar.07] :. A snapshot of the duo in their full flower, having mastered each others' languages and moved past any lingering reticence.

Four Tet: Remixes

by Nicolai Hartvig

[27.Nov.06] :. Kieran Hebden is the scavenger of the corners and the cracks. He pulls rogue elements of folk from everything rather than the genre itself. And all the pieces fit, which is what makes this album truly fascinating.

Steve Reid Ensemble: Spirits Walk

by Tim O'Neil

[13.Jul.06] :. Spirit Walk is ostensibly credited to the Steve Reid Ensemble, but the disc serves a far more important role as a companion piece to Reid and Hebden's recent collaborations.

Four Tet: DJ Kicks

by Tim O'Neil

[27.Jun.06] :. Insomuch as Kieran Hebden's sound is unassailably unique, his DJ Kicks is also a rather indescribable experience.

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 2

by Jennifer Kelly

[8.Jun.06] :. Who knew that free jazz's funkiest drumming and electronic music's warmest, most organic sounds were twins separated at birth?

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 1

by Scott Hreha

[31.Mar.06] :. Electricity and drum will change your mind? You better believe it.

Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic Part 2 [CD + DVD]

by Dan Nishimoto

[10.Mar.06] :. A literal makeover, Everything Ecstatic Part 2 offers a visual counterpart to Four Tet's latest album.

Beth Orton: The Other Side of Daybreak

by Alison Wong

[15.Oct.03] :. The Other Side of Daybreak is a nearly new album. It comes as the sequel to Beth Orton‘s third studio album, Daybreaker (2002), in the form of a collection of remixes, retakes,...

Four Tet: Rounds

by Adrien Begrand

[3.Jun.03] :. For a guy in his mid-20s, London’s Kieran Hebden has made quite the name for himself in such a short period of time. His post-rock project Fridge has released four albums and numerous EPs and...

Manitoba: Up in Flames

by Adrien Begrand

[27.May.03] :. Canadian laptop whiz Dan Snaith is tired of “all this lazy, complacent, shitty electronic music” that has surfaced in recent years. This, coming from a guy who specializes in the...

Four Tet: Pause

by Jason Thompson

[1.Oct.01] :. Electronic music is a funny medium. Purists balk at it, claiming there’s no talent required when composing with a bank of synths, computers, and sequencers, that it’s basically as easy...