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artist.....: Percussions
album......: 2011 Until 2014
year.......: 2015
label......: Text
Text
source.....: WEB
moodswing..: Techno
releasesize: 139.33 MB
tracks.....: 11
length.....: 60:47
encoder....: NA
quality....: 320kbps
scenealized: 05.11.2015
Even heard out of context, the
Percussions tracks would give you a
good idea about the man behind the
monikerheir bottomed out, shuffling
percussion, their heat-dizzy synths,
the almost choral mirage of their
samples. Kieran Hebden's work has often
had a first-dawn glow, whether with
post-rock outfit Fridge, in his early
albums as Four Tet, or even in the
ghostly pirate radio emissions of
2013's Beautiful Rewind. Between 2012
and 2014, he released three 12-inches
as Percussions on his own label, Text,
that were ostensibly an attempt to
release dance floor material under a
different name. Now he's assembled
those 12-inches with other music
recorded around the same time and
released it all through his Bandcamp.
However familiar you are with these
records, 2011 Until 2014 still feels
like a considered release. Though it
maintains Hebden's intention to make
floor-focussed music, there's a
fluidity to the album that makes it
feel like more than a compilation. You
can hear it in how the two-step soul of
"Blatant Water Cannon" is rearranged
with more bruising concrete-block
percussion, and in the eerie central
melody of "Sext." Or in how the opener,
"February 2014," with its snowy samples
and light-footed percussive breaks,
serves as a soft entry-point. Likewise,
the very short "March 2013" lets the
album gain speed slowly, with a central
melody that sounds submerged in warm
water. For the most part, the as-yet-
unheard tracks are deftly shaped around
the singles to round the compilation
into something that works as a single
entity.
All that said, it would be worthwhile
to simply have all these tracks
available in one place. Much of the
Percussions material stands with
Hebden's best output over the last few
years. With its African percussion and
chirpy bird samples, "Bird Songs" is a
glorious exercise in weird peak-time
stomp, while "KHLHI" is a distorted,
carved-up bit of enchanted deep house.
"Ascii Bot" could have been a coda to
2012's excellent Pink, with a kosmische
synth melody that slowly winds itself
around another winter-warm vocal
sample. "Rabbit Songs," though, may be
the most enticing floor-filler.
Strange, snarling noises introduce a
beat that recalls Paul Simon's
"Cecilia" before several other drum
circles clatter around the edges. As
the bass blurs across the drums, the
percussive chaos is somehow both sun-
lit and hidden in darkness. It's a
stark reminder of how Hebden continues
to evolve 16 years into his career.
Url:https://percussions.bandcamp.com/re
leases
NB: The album is Self Released, but
hence all the other releases are under
Text Records i thought we archivers
might put it along with the other ones.
Make you'r own choice!
psst, more info at soundcloud.com/four-tet
01 February 2014 06:02
02 March 2013 01:57
03 Blatant Water Cannon 06:03
04 Sext 05:32
05 October 2011 02:48
06 KHLHI 05:27
07 November 2011 03:48
08 Bird Songs 07:28
09 Rabbit Songs 07:24
10 Ascii Bot 08:31
11 January 2014 05:47