I second the motion. Highly suggest seeking this out. Carl Craig/Blade Runner mode in full effect. Hebden is a great producer of not only his music but others as well, and very versatile. One of his in producer mode that I really love is James Yorkston's "Just Beyond the River" which is Scottish folky singer-songwriter stuff. Way OT but he create such an intimate space on that album. Then he can turn around and do stuff like his Four Tet project which is just so varied and usually quite good.
MEK "kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/12/2008 12:30:56 PM: > Picked this up this weekend and while Kieran Hebden isn't from > Detroit, and isn't usually that techno, I'm really feeling it. The > title track is about 1/2 way between Can and Landcruising era Carl > Craig. "Ribbons" combines music box arpeggios with some > straight-ahead techno percussion and synth ostinatos. "Swimmer" > combines subtly shifting drones with filtered snarehat patterns. "Wing > Body Wing" is stripped down kick and conga patterns joined by loopy, > echoey synth loops, which curiously recall Aaron Copland's "Billy The > Kid" theme. > > But mostly it doesn't sound like anything else, precisely and while a > DJ could make these tracks work in a dance floor set, it's obvious > that Hebden is using the form and rhythms of techno for his own > purposes. The kicks aren't dance floor kicks, and there's no big > buildup/breakdown cycle. It' all very episodic, exploratory and > engrossing. > > This got me thinking about grabbing The Exchange Sessions (Kieran > Hebden & Steve Reid) on mp3, but beatport doesn't have them, and > bleep.com isn't licensed to sell them to the US. ITunes has them, but > I wanted MP3 files. Anyone know another on-line digital download > vendor who carries these?
