This has been an interesting year for London based producer, Four Tet. He’s had an obsession with remixing Madlib tracks and collaborated on an acclaimed release with influential dubstep producer, Burial. Now at the culmination of this year, a new track, “Love Cry”, has been released. It’s a preview of the new Four Tet album coming out in January 2010.

“Love Cry” is an epic nine minutes long—however, the time flies by. At the top, we’re greeted by the trademark turning cymbals and fervently individual bleeps and synths. The track crescendos several minutes in with a devilishly subtle bassline that’s easy to miss without a heavy dose of low end pumping through your stereo. This bass alters the entire feel of the track and the listener is suddenly transported to an echoey dark place where the female vocals take on a whole new personality. This switch in mood and ambiance is quite large, yet the length of time taken to fully complete the ‘switch over’ is adequate enough as to not disrupt the flow.

Influences upon the track are house and chilled dubstep, of which remixer, Joy Orbison, is a pioneer. His condensed four minute remix seems very similar, but after side by side listens, both appear uniquely brilliant.  ~ Andy

Check fourtet.net for release info and upcoming tour dates—itunes for previous releases and remixes.

MP3: Four Tet – Love Cry

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We’re seeing a lot of great collaborations this year. The latest may be from the innovative producers Burial and Four Tet. I’m saying “may be” because the release has been such a well-kept secret that no one really knows if it’s a collaboration or if it’s just a split release. Either way, I’m really diggin’ it. The a-side, “Moth,” is a beautiful 9 minute minimal tune. Although it’s extremely repetitive, I could listen to it for hours. The b-side, “Wolf Club,” sounds as if Four Tet had a heavier hand in it. It’s a choppy tech-house track with Asian influences. It’s a bit on the long side, but still a very cool tune. I actually like these tracks better than Burial’s and Four Tet’s solo tracks. Maybe Will Bevan and Kieran Hebden should become a permanent duo. Thoughts?

MP3: Moth – Burial & Four Tet

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