Four Tet
Encyclopedia
Kieran Hebden is a post-rock
and electronic
musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band Fridge
before establishing himself as a solo artist under the moniker of Four Tet.
Hebden's music typically eschews the traditional pop song format in favour of a more abstract approach — his sound and melodies incorporate elements of hip hop
, electronica
, techno
, jazz
, and folk music
with live instrumentation.
Alongside recording his own material, Hebden has also performed remixes for a number of artists including Aphex Twin
, Anti-Pop Consortium, Bonobo, Beth Orton
, Born Ruffians
, Explosions in the Sky
, Super Furry Animals
, Radiohead
, Manic Street Preachers
, Matthew Dear
, Sia
, Nathan Fake
, Bloc Party
, Andrew Bird
, Kings of Convenience
, Battles
, Juana Molina
, Madvillain
, The xx
, Foals, and Black Sabbath
, as well as producing two albums by psychedelic improvisational group Sunburned Hand of the Man
. Hebden's recent output includes a number of improvisational
works with the late jazz drummer
Steve Reid
and collaborations with both Burial
and Thom Yorke
.
n mother and a sociology lecturer father. He attended Elliott School
in Putney, where he formed the band Fridge
with classmates Adem Ilhan and Sam Jeffers. The band signed a recording contract when Hebden was 15, and released their first album in March 1997.
Hebden began releasing material as Four Tet in 1998 with the 36 minute, 25 second single Thirtysixtwentyfive
on Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings
label. Later that year, he released a second single, the jazz-influenced "Misnomer". 1999's Dialogue, again on Output, was Four Tet's first full-length album release and fused hip hop
drum lines with dissonant jazz samples. This was followed by the double A-side single "Glasshead"/"Calamine", which was to be Four Tet's last release on Output.
In late 1999, Warp Records
released Warp 10 + 3: Remixes
, a tenth-anniversary compilation of remixes of Warp tracks; Hebden contributed a remix of the opening track of Aphex Twin
's Selected Ambient Works Volume II
. This relatively high-profile exposure attracted new interest in Four Tet from fans of electronica
and intelligent dance music
, genres in which the Warp brand has a preeminent status.
In 2001, Four Tet's second album Pause
was released on Domino Records and found Hebden using more folk and electronic
samples, which was quickly dubbed "folktronica
" by the media and press in an attempt to label the style (often also applied to artists such as Isan
and Gravenhurst
). Rounds
was released in May 2003. Three singles were released from the album: "She Moves She", "As Serious as Your Life", and "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
". This last single was released as an EP featuring remixes by electronica duo Icarus
and Isambard Khroustaliov along with additional Four Tet tracks "I've Got Viking in Me" and "All the Chimers". An accompanying DVD featured all of Four Tet's videos to date. In addition, the closing track "Slow Jam" was featured in a U.S. Nike
commercial in 2001 and 2002; Hebden edited the track on the back of the bus with his laptop while on a tour with Fridge
.
At the beginning of 2003, Four Tet opened for Radiohead
on their European tour. A remix of the song "Scatterbrain" from Radiohead's sixth studio album Hail to the Thief
was released in November 2003 as a B-side to the single "2 + 2 = 5
" and later included on their 2004 EP COM LAG (2plus2isfive)
. Furthermore, Hebden was among the people thanked by Radiohead in the booklet
accompanying their 2007 In Rainbows "discbox" release.
A live
album named Live in Copenhagen 30th March 2004
was released in April 2004 as a limited edition, available exclusively from the Domino Records website.
In March and April 2005, Four Tet performed two shows of improvisational music, in collaboration with jazz drummer
Steve Reid
, in Paris and London. He also appears on Steve Reid Ensemble 2005 album Spirit Walk. This collaboration was extended into a series of international tours, and the release of two albums, The Exchange Session Vol. 1
and The Exchange Session Vol. 2
over the course of 2005 and 2006.
His fourth studio album Everything Ecstatic
was released on Domino on 23 May 2005. The video for the lead single, "Smile Around the Face", features actor Mark Heap
. On 7 November 2005, Domino released a DVD version of Everything Ecstatic featuring video clips for each track of the album plus a CD with new material, titled Everything Ecstatic Part 2, which was later made available as an individual EP.
Hebden has also remixed, under the Four Tet name, tracks by a wide range of artists including Tegan And Sara
, Madvillain
, Andrew Bird
, Bloc Party
, Super Furry Animals
, Beth Orton
, Badly Drawn Boy
, CYNE
, The Notwist
, Boom Bip
, Battles, Kings of Convenience
, Lars Horntveth, Bonobo, Rothko
, The xx
, Thom Yorke
and Radiohead
. On 25 September 2006, Domino Records released Remixes
, a two-disc compilation of Four Tet remixes. The first disc contains twelve Four Tet remixes selected by Hebden, with the second disc comprising every official remix to date (both by Hebden himself and by other artists) of Four Tet tracks, many of which had previously been available on vinyl only. A new EP, Ringer
, was released on 21 April 2008.
In 2008, Hebden collaborated with composer David Arnold
to write "Crawl, End Crawl", the song used for the end credits of the film Quantum of Solace.
In 2009, Hebden worked on a secret collaboration with Burial
. The two track 12" was released with a plain black cover with no liner notes or details contained on the vinyl, other than the artists' names and the track titles: "Moth" and "Wolf Cub".
In November 2009, details of the fifth full-length Four Tet album were released. Heavily influenced by a stint DJing at the Plastic People club in Shoreditch and entitled There Is Love in You
, it was released on 25 January 2010. The album was preceded by a limited edition release of the 12" single "Love Cry".
In 2011, Hebden released a split 12" with Burial
and Thom Yorke
, entitled "Ego/Mirror". He has been chosen by Caribou
to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
festival that they co-curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
and electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band Fridge
Fridge (band)
Fridge are an English post-rock band, comprising school friends Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan, and Sam Jeffers. Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly...
before establishing himself as a solo artist under the moniker of Four Tet.
Hebden's music typically eschews the traditional pop song format in favour of a more abstract approach — his sound and melodies incorporate elements of hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, and folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
with live instrumentation.
Alongside recording his own material, Hebden has also performed remixes for a number of artists including Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin
Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
, Anti-Pop Consortium, Bonobo, Beth Orton
Beth Orton
Beth Orton is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. However, these were not Orton's first...
, Born Ruffians
Born Ruffians
Born Ruffians, formerly known as Mornington Drive, are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2004, originally from Midland, Ontario, located near Georgian Bay. They are currently signed to Warp Records. The members are Luke Lalonde , Mitch Derosier and Steven Hamelin...
, Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...
, Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band that lean towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. Since their formation in Cardiff, Wales in 1993, the band has consisted of Gruff Rhys , Huw Bunford , Guto Pryce , Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
, Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...
, Matthew Dear
Matthew Dear
Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.-History:Texas- born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno...
, Sia
Sia
-People:*Sia Berkeley , British actress*Sia Figiel , Samoan novelist, poet and painter*Sia Furler , Australian singer...
, Nathan Fake
Nathan Fake
Nathan Fake is an English electronic music artist from Norfolk, who has released numerous singles as well as two album releases on the label Border Community Recordings. His music has been used in soundtracks for TV shows and an advertisement....
, Bloc Party
Bloc Party
Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
, Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.- Early life and the Bowl of Fire :...
, Kings of Convenience
Kings of Convenience
Kings of Convenience are an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, the musical group is known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricate and subtle guitar melodies...
, Battles
Battles (band)
Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City, comprising guitarists Ian Williams and Dave Konopka , and drummer John Stanier .-Biography:...
, Juana Molina
Juana Molina
Juana Molina is a singer-songwriter and an actress.-Biography:Following the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, her mother fled the country and lived in exile in Paris for five years...
, Madvillain
Madvillain
Madvillain is a hip hop group consisting of MF DOOM and Madlib . Their debut album Madvillainy was met with wide critical acclaim for its unique approach—short songs, obscure lyrics, few choruses and a sound which was generally unfriendly to commercial radio.In 2006, Madvillain was featured on...
, The xx
The xx
The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2005. The band's members met while studying at Elliott School, the same school that produced Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. They became a trio when their second guitarist and keyboardist, Baria Qureshi, departed in late 2009. In September...
, Foals, and Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, as well as producing two albums by psychedelic improvisational group Sunburned Hand of the Man
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Sunburned Hand of the Man are a band from Massachusetts that formed in 1997 from the remnants of the Boston psychedelic punk trio Shit Spangled Banner....
. Hebden's recent output includes a number of improvisational
Musical improvisation
Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians...
works with the late jazz drummer
Jazz drumming
Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz-rock fusion and 1980s-era latin jazz...
Steve Reid
Steve Reid
Steve Reid was an American jazz drummer who played with a wide range of artists including Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Sun Ra, and as a session drummer for Motown.- Biography :...
and collaborations with both Burial
Burial (musician)
Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim...
and Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...
.
History
Kieran Hebden was born in London to a South African-born IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n mother and a sociology lecturer father. He attended Elliott School
Elliott School (London)
Elliott School is a co-educational foundation school and sixth form college in Pullman Gardens, Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It has Language College specialist status through which it gained a European Award for Languages in 2004, the International School Award from the British...
in Putney, where he formed the band Fridge
Fridge (band)
Fridge are an English post-rock band, comprising school friends Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan, and Sam Jeffers. Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly...
with classmates Adem Ilhan and Sam Jeffers. The band signed a recording contract when Hebden was 15, and released their first album in March 1997.
Hebden began releasing material as Four Tet in 1998 with the 36 minute, 25 second single Thirtysixtwentyfive
Thirtysixtwentyfive
"Thirtysixtwentyfive" is the debut single from Kieran Hebden's solo project, Four Tet. Released on 7 July 1998 by Output Recordings, it marked Hebden's first branching into independent music production alongside his work with Fridge...
on Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings
Output Recordings
Output Recordings was a British independent record label run by Trevor Jackson, between 1996 and 2006. Output released 100 records over the ten year period, and several bands first appeared on this label, including Fridge, Lisa Germano, Four Tet, Black Strobe, Colder, LCD Soundsystem, and Jackson's...
label. Later that year, he released a second single, the jazz-influenced "Misnomer". 1999's Dialogue, again on Output, was Four Tet's first full-length album release and fused hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
drum lines with dissonant jazz samples. This was followed by the double A-side single "Glasshead"/"Calamine", which was to be Four Tet's last release on Output.
In late 1999, Warp Records
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
released Warp 10 + 3: Remixes
Warp 10: Influences, Classics, Remixes
Warp 10 is a series of compilation albums issued by Warp Records in 1999 to celebrate the label's tenth anniversary. The collection spans three double CD/quadruple vinyl sets, which can be purchased individually...
, a tenth-anniversary compilation of remixes of Warp tracks; Hebden contributed a remix of the opening track of Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin
Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
's Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
-Formatting notes:The cassette version of the album featured six songs on each side, barring side three, which contained seven . The vinyl version featured four songs on each side, excluding side four, which contained five ....
. This relatively high-profile exposure attracted new interest in Four Tet from fans of electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
and intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
, genres in which the Warp brand has a preeminent status.
In 2001, Four Tet's second album Pause
Pause (album)
-External links:* from the Domino Records website...
was released on Domino Records and found Hebden using more folk and electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
samples, which was quickly dubbed "folktronica
Folktronica
Folktronica or electrofolk is a genre of music comprising various elements of folk music and electronica, often featuring samplings of acoustic instruments—especially stringed instruments—and incorporating hip hop rhythms...
" by the media and press in an attempt to label the style (often also applied to artists such as Isan
Isan (band)
Isan are an English electronic music duo. The name was initially explained as Integrated Services Analogue Network - a play on ISDN, reflecting their preference for analogue synthesisers....
and Gravenhurst
Gravenhurst (band)
Gravenhurst is a vehicle for the music of the singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, Nick Talbot, who lives in Bristol, England and is signed to Warp Records.-History:...
). Rounds
Rounds (album)
Rounds is the third album by Four Tet. It was released on 5 May 2003 in the United Kingdom; the United States release came the next day.Two singles were released from the album , as well as one EP, My Angel Rocks Back and Forth...
was released in May 2003. Three singles were released from the album: "She Moves She", "As Serious as Your Life", and "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
My Angel Rocks Back and Forth (EP)
My Angel Rocks Back and Forth is a Four Tet EP released on 3 May 2004 on 12" and CD. The title track was originally part of Four Tet's previous album, Rounds...
". This last single was released as an EP featuring remixes by electronica duo Icarus
Icarus (band)
Icarus are a band from London, England, who specialise in a kind of electronic drum and bass with elements of experimental jazz and rich instrumentation. Formed in 1993 by Ollie Bown and Sam Britton, the band's music has been described by Kieran Hebden as "really beautiful and also quite kind of...
and Isambard Khroustaliov along with additional Four Tet tracks "I've Got Viking in Me" and "All the Chimers". An accompanying DVD featured all of Four Tet's videos to date. In addition, the closing track "Slow Jam" was featured in a U.S. Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
commercial in 2001 and 2002; Hebden edited the track on the back of the bus with his laptop while on a tour with Fridge
Fridge (band)
Fridge are an English post-rock band, comprising school friends Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan, and Sam Jeffers. Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly...
.
At the beginning of 2003, Four Tet opened for Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
on their European tour. A remix of the song "Scatterbrain" from Radiohead's sixth studio album Hail to the Thief
Hail to the Thief
Hail to the Thief is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in June 2003 through Parlophone Records. After two Radiohead albums that featured heavily processed vocals, less guitar, and strong influence from experimental electronica and jazz, Hail to the Thief was seen...
was released in November 2003 as a B-side to the single "2 + 2 = 5
2 + 2 = 5 (song)
"2 + 2 = 5" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the third and final single from their sixth album Hail to the Thief in 2003. The song reached number 15 on the United Kingdom singles chart.-Lyrics and background:...
" and later included on their 2004 EP COM LAG (2plus2isfive)
COM LAG (2plus2isfive)
Omitted is the seven-minute demo version of "There There", which appears on the first "2+2=5" single.- "I Will" :"I Will " is an alternative version of the album track "I Will" and was released on the second "2+2=5" CD single...
. Furthermore, Hebden was among the people thanked by Radiohead in the booklet
Liner notes
Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...
accompanying their 2007 In Rainbows "discbox" release.
A live
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
album named Live in Copenhagen 30th March 2004
Live in Copenhagen 30th March 2004
Live in Copenhagen 30th March 2004 is a limited edition live album released by Four Tet on 10 April 2004. All copies of the album were on CD-R and only available through the Domino Records website. The final track on the album is a medley of 5 different tracks.The album was recorded at the Rust...
was released in April 2004 as a limited edition, available exclusively from the Domino Records website.
In March and April 2005, Four Tet performed two shows of improvisational music, in collaboration with jazz drummer
Jazz drumming
Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz-rock fusion and 1980s-era latin jazz...
Steve Reid
Steve Reid
Steve Reid was an American jazz drummer who played with a wide range of artists including Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Sun Ra, and as a session drummer for Motown.- Biography :...
, in Paris and London. He also appears on Steve Reid Ensemble 2005 album Spirit Walk. This collaboration was extended into a series of international tours, and the release of two albums, The Exchange Session Vol. 1
The Exchange Session Vol. 1
The Exchange Session Vol. 1 is a 2006 album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, recorded in one day at The Exchange Mastering Studios in London...
and The Exchange Session Vol. 2
The Exchange Session Vol. 2
The Exchange Session Vol. 2 is a 2006 album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.-Track listing:# "Hold Down the Rhythms, Hold Down the Machines" – 20:00# "Noémie" – 17:28# "We Dream Free" – 16:02-Personnel:*Steve Reid – drums and percussion...
over the course of 2005 and 2006.
His fourth studio album Everything Ecstatic
Everything Ecstatic
Everything Ecstatic is the fourth album by Four Tet, released on 23 May 2005. It reached #59 in the UK charts.The video for lead single "Smile Around the Face" features actor Mark Heap.-Track listing:# "A Joy" – 3:07# "Smile Around the Face" – 4:30...
was released on Domino on 23 May 2005. The video for the lead single, "Smile Around the Face", features actor Mark Heap
Mark Heap
Mark Heap is an English actor. He began his acting career in the 1980s as a member of the Medieval Players, a touring company performing medieval and early modern theatre, and featuring stilt-walking, juggling and puppetry...
. On 7 November 2005, Domino released a DVD version of Everything Ecstatic featuring video clips for each track of the album plus a CD with new material, titled Everything Ecstatic Part 2, which was later made available as an individual EP.
Hebden has also remixed, under the Four Tet name, tracks by a wide range of artists including Tegan And Sara
Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin . Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write songs.-History:...
, Madvillain
Madvillain
Madvillain is a hip hop group consisting of MF DOOM and Madlib . Their debut album Madvillainy was met with wide critical acclaim for its unique approach—short songs, obscure lyrics, few choruses and a sound which was generally unfriendly to commercial radio.In 2006, Madvillain was featured on...
, Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.- Early life and the Bowl of Fire :...
, Bloc Party
Bloc Party
Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
, Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band that lean towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. Since their formation in Cardiff, Wales in 1993, the band has consisted of Gruff Rhys , Huw Bunford , Guto Pryce , Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band...
, Beth Orton
Beth Orton
Beth Orton is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. However, these were not Orton's first...
, Badly Drawn Boy
Badly Drawn Boy
Damon Gough is an English alternative music singer/songwriter. He was born on 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England....
, CYNE
CYNE (hip hop group)
CYNE is an American hip-hop group originating from Gainesville, Florida. Characterized with a warm and soulful sound influenced by left-field hip-hop, rock, trip-hop and jazz, the group is known for lyrics that range from party boasting to meditations on the philosophy of Rousseau...
, The Notwist
The Notwist
The Notwist are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup...
, Boom Bip
Boom Bip
Bryan Charles Hollon, better known as Boom Bip, is an American producer and musician. His music is mostly instrumental, but over the course of his career he has collaborated with several vocalists. He is currently signed to Lex Records, which, until 2005, was a division of Warp Records in the...
, Battles, Kings of Convenience
Kings of Convenience
Kings of Convenience are an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, the musical group is known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricate and subtle guitar melodies...
, Lars Horntveth, Bonobo, Rothko
Rothko (band)
Rothko were a London-based instrumental ambient group. The group mainly used bass guitars and keyboards to create their soundscapes. They derived their name from the painter Mark Rothko...
, The xx
The xx
The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2005. The band's members met while studying at Elliott School, the same school that produced Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. They became a trio when their second guitarist and keyboardist, Baria Qureshi, departed in late 2009. In September...
, Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...
and Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
. On 25 September 2006, Domino Records released Remixes
Remixes (Four Tet album)
-Disc Two: Remixed:-External links:* from the Domino Records website...
, a two-disc compilation of Four Tet remixes. The first disc contains twelve Four Tet remixes selected by Hebden, with the second disc comprising every official remix to date (both by Hebden himself and by other artists) of Four Tet tracks, many of which had previously been available on vinyl only. A new EP, Ringer
Ringer (EP)
-References: * from the Domino Records website...
, was released on 21 April 2008.
In 2008, Hebden collaborated with composer David Arnold
David Arnold
David Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
to write "Crawl, End Crawl", the song used for the end credits of the film Quantum of Solace.
In 2009, Hebden worked on a secret collaboration with Burial
Burial (musician)
Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim...
. The two track 12" was released with a plain black cover with no liner notes or details contained on the vinyl, other than the artists' names and the track titles: "Moth" and "Wolf Cub".
In November 2009, details of the fifth full-length Four Tet album were released. Heavily influenced by a stint DJing at the Plastic People club in Shoreditch and entitled There Is Love in You
There Is Love in You
There Is Love in You is an album by Four Tet, which was released on 25 January 2010. The lead single from the album, "Love Cry", was released as a limited edition 12" on 2 November 2009. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 27 on its list "The Top 50 Albums of 2010".-Track listing:All tracks...
, it was released on 25 January 2010. The album was preceded by a limited edition release of the 12" single "Love Cry".
In 2011, Hebden released a split 12" with Burial
Burial (musician)
Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim...
and Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...
, entitled "Ego/Mirror". He has been chosen by Caribou
Caribou (musician)
Daniel Victor Snaith is a composer, musician and recording artist under stage names Caribou, Manitoba and Daphni. Under the supervision of Kevin Buzzard, he obtained a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London.- Career:...
to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
festival that they co-curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.
Albums (as Four Tet)
- Dialogue (Output RecordingsOutput RecordingsOutput Recordings was a British independent record label run by Trevor Jackson, between 1996 and 2006. Output released 100 records over the ten year period, and several bands first appeared on this label, including Fridge, Lisa Germano, Four Tet, Black Strobe, Colder, LCD Soundsystem, and Jackson's...
, May 1999) - PausePause (album)-External links:* from the Domino Records website...
(Domino Records, 28 May 2001) - RoundsRounds (album)Rounds is the third album by Four Tet. It was released on 5 May 2003 in the United Kingdom; the United States release came the next day.Two singles were released from the album , as well as one EP, My Angel Rocks Back and Forth...
(Domino Records, 5 May 2003) - UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#60 - Everything EcstaticEverything EcstaticEverything Ecstatic is the fourth album by Four Tet, released on 23 May 2005. It reached #59 in the UK charts.The video for lead single "Smile Around the Face" features actor Mark Heap.-Track listing:# "A Joy" – 3:07# "Smile Around the Face" – 4:30...
(Domino Records, 23 May 2005) - UK #59 - RemixesRemixes (Four Tet album)-Disc Two: Remixed:-External links:* from the Domino Records website...
(Domino Records, 25 September 2006) - RingerRinger (EP)-References: * from the Domino Records website...
(Domino Records, 21 April 2008) - There Is Love in YouThere Is Love in YouThere Is Love in You is an album by Four Tet, which was released on 25 January 2010. The lead single from the album, "Love Cry", was released as a limited edition 12" on 2 November 2009. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 27 on its list "The Top 50 Albums of 2010".-Track listing:All tracks...
(Domino Records, 25 January 2010) - #35 UK, #157 US
Mix albums
- Late Night Tales: Four TetLate Night Tales: Four TetLate Night Tales: Four Tet is a DJ mix album compiled by Kieran Hebden, who goes by the pseudonym Four Tet. It is part of the Late Night Tales/Another Late Night compilation series.-Track listing:# "Haunted Feelings" – 2:21 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk...
(Azuli Records, 4 October 2004) (DJ mix albumDJ mixA DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...
compiled by Hebden) - DJ-Kicks: Four TetDJ-Kicks: Four TetDJ-Kicks: Four Tet is a DJ mix album released on the Studio !K7 independent record label. Part of the DJ-Kicks series of mix compilations, it is the 27th installment of the series and was compiled and mixed by Four Tet.-Track listing:...
(Studio !K7, 26 June 2006) (mix album in the DJ-KicksDJ-KicksDJ-Kicks is a series of DJ mix albums, mixed by various artists for the independent record label !K7 Records.-History:...
series) - FabricLive.59FabricLive.59FabricLive.59 is a 2011 DJ mix album by Four Tet. The album was released as part of the FabricLive Mix Series.-Tracklisting:# Intro# Michel Redolfi - Immersion Partielle - GRM# Crazy Bald Heads - First Born - On-Tick...
(Fabric Records, September 2011) (mix album in the Fabric discography series)
Albums (as Kieran Hebden)
- The Exchange Session Vol. 1The Exchange Session Vol. 1The Exchange Session Vol. 1 is a 2006 album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, recorded in one day at The Exchange Mastering Studios in London...
(with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 27 February 2006) - The Exchange Session Vol. 2The Exchange Session Vol. 2The Exchange Session Vol. 2 is a 2006 album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.-Track listing:# "Hold Down the Rhythms, Hold Down the Machines" – 20:00# "Noémie" – 17:28# "We Dream Free" – 16:02-Personnel:*Steve Reid – drums and percussion...
(with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 22 May 2006) - TonguesTongues (Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid album)-Track listing:#"The Sun Never Sets" – 5:50 #"Brain" – 3:48 #"Our Time" – 5:04 #"People Be Happy" – 4:42 #"Greensleeves" – 2:39 #"Rhythm Dance" – 6:51...
(with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 19 March 2007) - NYC (with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 4 November 2008)
External links
- Official website
- Fourtet on SoundCloudSoundCloudSoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
- Review of 'Sing' on the Daily Music Guide
- Kieran Hebden Red Bull Music Academy video lecture session
- Four Tet on Andrew Meza's BTS Radio
- Four Tet Essential Mix
- Kieran Hebden interview @ MUTEK