Ringer
 | By Four Tet Domino, 2008, Audio CD |
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A 32-minute, four-track excursion into the kind of wide-open spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an Afro-beat / krautrock sensibility. These are tracks that make you think of Berlin - Dakar - Detroit - but they could only have been made in London. All four are headphone epics, but are mixed in such a way you have to hear them at Plastic People or The End. "Ringer" carries that minimal pulse over into Four Tet, and while Kieran Hebden's trademark recuttings of jazz breaks may be less in evidence, his feel for harmony and melody is, as always, unmistakable.
Four Tet returns with four tracks of techno (not techno). The Ringer mini album is a 32 minute, four-track excursion into the kind of wide-open spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an afrobeat/krautrock sensibility. Ringer locks together gloriously rich synthesizer arpeggios; `Wing Body Wing' slips from crisp clusters of disco percussion to Steve Reich polyrhythms; and in between are another two euphoric ripples of sound, `Ribbons' and `Swimmer'. The techno heartbeat comes from Kieran Hebden's regular DJ residences over the last couple of years, but from his ongoing collaborations with legendary jazz drummer Steve Reid.
- Ringer
- Ribbons
- Swimmer
- Wing Body Wing
Title: Ringer
Sales Rank: 72007 in Music
Artist: Four Tet
Label: Domino, 2008-05-06, Audio CD, 1 Disc
Format: EP
Package Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches, 0.1 pounds
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- I wish I had listened to this album before I had bought it. I'm a pretty big Four tet fan, and I didn't think I needed to listen to Ringer to ease my fears of not liking it. That was a mistake.
This album is straight techno. I'm not saying that techno is bad, but it's not what Keiren is known for, or what he excels at.… More reviews