2 x 4 (Tet)
Today a couple of collaborations by Mr. Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet. First, the one the shuffle picked for me...
This album was the first in what has turned into an ongoing series of collaborations between Hebden and veteran Jazz drummer Steve Reid. Reid has a long and impressive resume, hittin' da skins for everyone from Miles Davis to James Brown (you may have heard of them?), so why he wanted to collaborate with this skinny knob-twiddler is quite beyond me :P The results have been pretty interesting, mostly taking the form of free jazz freakouts + electronics, maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but certainly interesting listens. This track more of a straight up jazz number with a thematic horn line, some solos and Hebden squiggling away here and there at his leisure, with Reid keeping a solid rhythmic underpinning... hah! Actually sounds like I know what I'm talking about there, don't it! Goin' all NPR on yo ass!
But It!
They've put out three more since, with more to come. If you check out their website, there is some interesting video of them at work. Geek out on that.
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So that was today's shuffle pick, but I also recently came across this:
Mr. Tet also has a band that he formed way back when with his mates from university, and that band is called Fridge. Their third album, The Sun, is coming out soon, and the sound is a little bit closer to what you'd expect...
Nice. Out June 19th. You heard it here first!
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So, a couple weeks ago, the little lady and I were out for a morning walk along the Marina channel, cuz that's how we roll, and I took what I thought was a nice picture of the UCLA rowing team practicing. I decided to send it to them and they liked it so much it's now the first photo that comes up on their website. So add the "photographer" feather to my hat. Put it right next to the "dork" one.
This album was the first in what has turned into an ongoing series of collaborations between Hebden and veteran Jazz drummer Steve Reid. Reid has a long and impressive resume, hittin' da skins for everyone from Miles Davis to James Brown (you may have heard of them?), so why he wanted to collaborate with this skinny knob-twiddler is quite beyond me :P The results have been pretty interesting, mostly taking the form of free jazz freakouts + electronics, maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but certainly interesting listens. This track more of a straight up jazz number with a thematic horn line, some solos and Hebden squiggling away here and there at his leisure, with Reid keeping a solid rhythmic underpinning... hah! Actually sounds like I know what I'm talking about there, don't it! Goin' all NPR on yo ass!
The Steve Reid Ensemble - Which One
But It!
They've put out three more since, with more to come. If you check out their website, there is some interesting video of them at work. Geek out on that.
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So that was today's shuffle pick, but I also recently came across this:
Mr. Tet also has a band that he formed way back when with his mates from university, and that band is called Fridge. Their third album, The Sun, is coming out soon, and the sound is a little bit closer to what you'd expect...
Nice. Out June 19th. You heard it here first!
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So, a couple weeks ago, the little lady and I were out for a morning walk along the Marina channel, cuz that's how we roll, and I took what I thought was a nice picture of the UCLA rowing team practicing. I decided to send it to them and they liked it so much it's now the first photo that comes up on their website. So add the "photographer" feather to my hat. Put it right next to the "dork" one.
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