4 Tet has been by probably the most recently. The prolific producer, actual identify Kieran Hebden, has simply come out the opposite facet of an extended and twisty authorized battle together with his former label Domino. The case, a watershed second for artists’ rights regarding royalties from streaming and licensing of fabric created earlier than the streaming period, has principally dominated headlines regarding 4 Tet. Other than dropping the lengthy teased single Trying At Your Pager below his KH moniker, new materials from 4 Tet appeared distant. Following his victory towards Domino, nevertheless, issues appear to be trying up.
Scythe Grasp is launched as part of the brand new EP1 compilation from Eat Your Personal Ears, and is quintessential 4 Tet home. Opening with the twinkling keys of a xylophone, the monitor form of cuts abruptly to ambient, droning white noise. Then, in drops a steely halftime breakbeat. Then a gradual 4 on the ground thump. The weather of Scythe Grasp appear to reach at random, virtually out of order. It’s jarringly unusual, however after they ultimately attain their vacation spot they fuse along with such breathtaking ease that you could be be left in awe. Someplace within the center, Scythe Grasp adjustments form as soon as once more, its parts receding inward to disclose the mechanics of its percussion. It’s extra layered and stuffed with texture than initially anticipated. The monitor concludes by pulling again these mechanics altogether, leaving that 4 on the ground thump and buoyant bass whereas exposing its ambient skeleton.
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Hebden as soon as once more proves his plain mastery and visionary standing by pulling aside our expectations of kind and construction. Scythe Grasp is in the end a shocking, resoundingly good piece of left-field home that solely 4 Tet may very well be able to dreaming up. Breathtaking.
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