Kieran Hebden has been making great music as Four Tet for years now but his recent material is his best so far. I saw him play the Middle East last month and was blown away by his set, which like this album, "Much Love for the Plastic People", was full of energy and ideas with a great pace and smooth transitions. The album is one mix track that lasts for over an hour and never gets boring. It was released in December 2009 (a month before his new full length, "There is Love in You"). It was never for sale, but free copies were given out at the club Plastic People in London to commemorate the end of his year long residency there. A lot of the material on the new album is in the mix and it's interesting to hear a different take on it all. There's bouncy techno beats, some world beat, vocal sections, and even a drum and sax duet. Much love for Four Tet!
Much Love for the Plastic People
Just as a comparison, here's a recording of a Four Tet live set from the NYC show of that same tour. I like that he changes up his samples often enough that the mix is pretty different from "Much Love" (all the world music sequences are gone). It's interesting to hear the differences between how he plays live and how the studio mix feels.
Live at LPR NYC 17th Feb 2010 by Four Tet
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