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Four Tet Jumps Genres, But Its Meaningful Abstractions Stick Like Gluenew
Four Tet's music is sticky. The word works as a description of Kieran Hebden's gluey way of making precious, melodic samples adhere to languid hip-hop beats. It also conveys that Four Tet's sound not only bears down into your memory, it also becomes a medium for memories in its own right.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Brandon Bussolini |
03-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tweak-a-Boonew
Kieran Hedben’s unwillingness to reside at any one extreme defines his fourth Four Tet album, which eschews the "folktronica" style he’s been saddled with in favor of something as hard to pin down as Hebden himself.
Boston Phoenix |
Tony Ware |
09-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Everything Ecstatic, Four Tet
Musician's Work Characterized as Warm, Organic Soundnew
Everything Ecstatic changes the pace dramatically and emerges as a distinctly more beat-driven affair. Stuttering percussive clatter implodes against blissful, slowly morphing textures like a Diebold safe dropped into a pond, rippling with deep grooves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
09-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Everything Ecstatic, Four Tet
Intel Outsidenew
Kieran Hebdan of Four Tet navigates the murky depths between rock and electronic music...and talks about laptops.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Everything Ecstatic, Four Tet
