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25 years old, his third solo album and first masterpiece. In Spring 2003, Four Tet secured himself as one of the United Kingdom’s unmissable electronic producers with Rounds, an entirely instrumental album in which some 300 samples are used! The most famous, that of Winter by Tori Amos on Unspoken, has since been dropped due to rights issues – the track has now been reworked. For the rest, Kieran Hebden rummaged deeply though the record trays, to places where others wouldn’t dare venture. This pays off with the surprising and tenacious sample from French 70s folk group, Malicorne, where the scarcely retouched loop from Le Bouvier features on the remarkable As Serious As Your Life, and would go on to be the object of an equally splendid remix by Jay Dee with Guilty Simpson that same year. Known for laying the foundations for the folktronica genre, Rounds is, from end to end, a muddle of drums, percussion, brass, bells and strings. It’s a truly industrious work that gives a rarely equalled sense of unity, from the nursery-rhyme-like My Angel Rocks Back and Forth to the hip-hop Unspoken. A masterpiece that’ll make your ears curl like no other. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz
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Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Four Tet, MainArtist - Wall Matthews, Composer, Lyricist - Rusti Clark, Composer, Lyricist - Entourage Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Producer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Wall Matthews, Composer, Lyricist - Rustic Lark, Composer, Lyricist - Entourage Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Kieran Hebden, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Four Tet, MainArtist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Album review
25 years old, his third solo album and first masterpiece. In Spring 2003, Four Tet secured himself as one of the United Kingdom’s unmissable electronic producers with Rounds, an entirely instrumental album in which some 300 samples are used! The most famous, that of Winter by Tori Amos on Unspoken, has since been dropped due to rights issues – the track has now been reworked. For the rest, Kieran Hebden rummaged deeply though the record trays, to places where others wouldn’t dare venture. This pays off with the surprising and tenacious sample from French 70s folk group, Malicorne, where the scarcely retouched loop from Le Bouvier features on the remarkable As Serious As Your Life, and would go on to be the object of an equally splendid remix by Jay Dee with Guilty Simpson that same year. Known for laying the foundations for the folktronica genre, Rounds is, from end to end, a muddle of drums, percussion, brass, bells and strings. It’s a truly industrious work that gives a rarely equalled sense of unity, from the nursery-rhyme-like My Angel Rocks Back and Forth to the hip-hop Unspoken. A masterpiece that’ll make your ears curl like no other. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:59:06
- Main artists: Four Tet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Domino Recording Co
- Genre: Electronic
2003 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
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