Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind

Parallel Jalebi

 

  On 7/26/2013 at 4:49 PM, manmower said:

Here we go. Nice track, but hardly unexpected. Cue disappointed angry WATMM mob.

 

I really liked early Four Tet stuff but kinda fell out of love with him circa Ringer - I really like this one though. Reminds me a bit of early Leftfield.

i still stand by him

okay i'm coming around this tune slightly

 

i think i was in a bad mood the first time i heard it

Im really feelin this tune, especially when the beat comes back around with added aquatic lush

too simple for my tastes that new one. we know what this guy is capable of

Streaming right here!

Thank goodness it's not all four-to-the-floor

https://soundcloud.com/four-tet/beautiful-rewind

nooooooooice

Some nice soundscapes. Wanted more out of each track though, they don't really seem to go anywhere. Lacking the warmth and soul that got me into his stuff in the first place. The tracks after Kool FM were the strongest

I'm having a hard time trying to imagine how you're hearing something cold or soulless here. That some of the tracks don't really develop much is a valid point, although I'd have agreed more after my first listen than now after a couple more; sometimes lack of progression bothers me too, but not here. I remain of the unpopular opinion that his stuff is getting better and better.

Older stuff is warmer and more soulful to my ear probably because of the eclectic array of live recorded sounds and real room ambience. I didn't mean this was cold - it's just him changing the way he works. Which is cool, just these tracks didn't hit the spot in the same way his other stuff has. They don't feel 'complete'. Only listened to it once so far, maybe it'll grow on me. I really don't like Kool FM though.

I think the lack of progression in the tunes is due to the speed at which they were made. I get the impression (or maybe read) that these were done very quickly, and that was the idea behind the album, to really not overthink or overwork, to just make.

 

haven't heard it yet

  On 10/4/2013 at 8:34 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

I think the lack of progression in the tunes is due to the speed at which they were made. I get the impression (or maybe read) that these were done very quickly, and that was the idea behind the album, to really not overthink or overwork, to just make.

 

haven't heard it yet

 

thats a cool post. sometimes I wonder what a punk aesthetic would sound like with AFX, BOC, AE, SP.

 

like they walk into their studio and just fucking rip for a few hours, making up tunes really fast. I've thought about making a thread about this, maybe I should. Anyway I'd love to hear a live experiment like that. It doesn't matter if the outcome isn't perfect, just go in and smash some tunes out. They would never, ever do it, because they seem to precious about their art.

 

but just imagine the adrenalin rush you would get, like a recording of them just walking in and starting up the machines and just going for it. I've thought about this many, many times.

 

ahhh if I was KIng for a day.....

  On 10/4/2013 at 9:44 PM, beerwolf said:

 

  On 10/4/2013 at 8:34 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

I think the lack of progression in the tunes is due to the speed at which they were made. I get the impression (or maybe read) that these were done very quickly, and that was the idea behind the album, to really not overthink or overwork, to just make.

 

haven't heard it yet

thats a cool post.

 

x2, and it does ring a bell, or maybe it just rings true, not sure. The album does kind of work as a collection of fleeting moments. I'll leave the obvious cheesy album title tie-in to your imagination.

 

Thanks to my copy making it across the English Channel in record time I'm still listening after the stream was taken down. I predict some of this year's left field techno albums (Immunity, The Inheritors) will be gathering dust on my shelves in the very near future.

  On 10/4/2013 at 9:44 PM, beerwolf said:

 

  On 10/4/2013 at 8:34 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

I think the lack of progression in the tunes is due to the speed at which they were made. I get the impression (or maybe read) that these were done very quickly, and that was the idea behind the album, to really not overthink or overwork, to just make.

 

haven't heard it yet

 

thats a cool post. sometimes I wonder what a punk aesthetic would sound like with AFX, BOC, AE, SP.

 

like they walk into their studio and just fucking rip for a few hours, making up tunes really fast. I've thought about making a thread about this, maybe I should. Anyway I'd love to hear a live experiment like that. It doesn't matter if the outcome isn't perfect, just go in and smash some tunes out. They would never, ever do it, because they seem to precious about their art.

 

but just imagine the adrenalin rush you would get, like a recording of them just walking in and starting up the machines and just going for it. I've thought about this many, many times.

 

ahhh if I was KIng for a day.....

 

 

have you come across fact magazine's against the clock? basically they ask producers to make a track (or a start at least) in 10 minutes on film. they are all pretty interesting but no BIG names yet.

 

here's the first one:

http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/26/watch-xxxy-go-against-the-clock-on-fact-tvs-new-production-series/

i heard the album, and i love it :)

I really like the first track, and some others. Actually all the album is quite good.

  On 10/5/2013 at 12:02 AM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

 

  On 10/4/2013 at 9:44 PM, beerwolf said:

 

  On 10/4/2013 at 8:34 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

I think the lack of progression in the tunes is due to the speed at which they were made. I get the impression (or maybe read) that these were done very quickly, and that was the idea behind the album, to really not overthink or overwork, to just make.

 

haven't heard it yet

 

thats a cool post. sometimes I wonder what a punk aesthetic would sound like with AFX, BOC, AE, SP.

 

like they walk into their studio and just fucking rip for a few hours, making up tunes really fast. I've thought about making a thread about this, maybe I should. Anyway I'd love to hear a live experiment like that. It doesn't matter if the outcome isn't perfect, just go in and smash some tunes out. They would never, ever do it, because they seem to precious about their art.

 

but just imagine the adrenalin rush you would get, like a recording of them just walking in and starting up the machines and just going for it. I've thought about this many, many times.

 

ahhh if I was KIng for a day.....

 

 

have you come across fact magazine's against the clock? basically they ask producers to make a track (or a start at least) in 10 minutes on film. they are all pretty interesting but no BIG names yet.

 

here's the first one:

http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/26/watch-xxxy-go-against-the-clock-on-fact-tvs-new-production-series/

 

 

ill check it later, cheers

I really like everything about this album except for the Hey Hey Hey in Kool FM. Can't deal with that at all, but the rest is on the money.

re:kool fm

 

i wish he pulled a paradox and let the break roll on for like a further 5 minutes at the end

nice ^

 

i file this under "agreeable dance music album to put on when people are around"

I like it. And makes a nice couple with Machinedrum's Vapor City.

bought it

never been into this guy's stuff, but he did a great DJ-Kicks.