The LP, released on Text, brings together an unusual solo project by Kieran Hebden that deliberately plays with the unpronounceable in the way it is presented. As the immediate follow-up release to Four Tet’s 12″ “Human Voice,” this edition appears on Text and has been pressed in a very small run; initial dealer lists and pre-orders suggest that it will be in short supply.
Musically, the work continues Hebden’s characteristic balance between understated melodicism and finely detailed electronics: layer-by-layer arranged samples, fragmentary percussion and intimate textures shape the pieces. Several of the compositions collected here have already been available in other forms – some as contributions to the Four Tet album “Parallel”…
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Kieran Hebden, the electronic musician/producer best known as Four Tet, first collaborated with boundaryless guitarist William Tyler remotely, resulting in a breakbeat-driven interpretation of “Darkness, Darkness” by the Youngbloods. The two artists booked time in a Los Angeles studio and recorded material together, then Hebden gradually tinkered with it for a couple of years, with Tyler sometimes adding overdubs and additional sounds. When the two first began talking, they bonded over a familiarity with ’80s country and folk music, as both their fathers were fans of Americana during that time period — in fact, Tyler’s parents worked as songwriters in Nashville. 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s is informed by this nostalgia, but it’s also a forward-thinking record that…