Today Four Tet and Madlib released the third single Dirtknock off their upcoming collaborative album Sound Ancestors. In December Four Tet announced he would be releasing an album that he produced for the artist Madlib, stating on social media that the record was years in the making and a combination of hundreds of songs the duo has been mixing over the last few years. Sound Ancestors will be released on January 29th, 2021 through Madlib Invazion.
The tracks Hopprock and Road of the Lonely Ones were released in 2020 and will be featured as tracks on the upcoming album, alongside the brand new Dirtknock which can be heard on all available streaming platforms. The duo has released the track list for the upcoming album on January 11th, which can be seen below.
The singles Hopprock and Road of the Lonely Ones have been released as singles but Four Tet suggests it will be advantageous to listen to them as part of a whole when the album is officially released. Four Tet continued to discuss the longevity of the project and his excitement for its released, he stated that he “was sent hundreds of pieces of music over a couple of years stretch and during that time I put together this album with all the parts that fitted with my vision.”
When discussing the duo’s collaborative methods, and moreover their friendship, Four Tet stated “that [Four Tet] put this concept to [Madlib] when we were hanging out eating some nice food one day and we decided to work on this together with him sending me tracks, loops, ideas and experiments that I would arrange, edit, manipulate and combine. On discussing the genre and sound of the album Sound Ancestors Four Tet explained that it is not “made into beats for vocalists to use but instead arranged into tracks that could all flow together in an album designed to be listened to start to finish.”
— Four Tet (@FourTet) December 13, 2020
Neither Four Tet nor Madlib has confirmed a collaborative tour, however Four Tet will be playing a series of shows throughout 2021 and 2022. Considering safety concerns surrounding the Covid-19 global health crisis and the recent restrictions the UK has put in place for in-person events, this is subject to change.
Many events throughout the country, including Glastonbury, have been cancelled for the summer of 2021. Tickets for Four Tet’s headlining tour are still available for purchase today, can be found here. The new track from Madlib and Four Tet, Dirtknock is available today everywhere and look out for Sound Ancestors next week.
Sound Ancestors Tracklist:
1. ‘There Is No Time (Prelude)’
2. ‘The Call’
3. ‘Theme De Crabtree’
4. ‘Road Of The Lonely Ones’
5. ‘Loose Goose’
6. ‘Dirtknock’
7. ‘Hopprock’
8. ‘Riddim Chant’
9. ‘Sound Ancestors’
10.’ One For Quartabê/Right Now’
11. ‘Hang Out (Phone Off)’
12. ‘Two for 2 -For Dilla’
13. ‘Latino Negro’
14. ‘The New Normal’
15. ‘Chino’
16. ‘Duumbiyay’
