If being unproductive under lockdown has already left you feeling guilty, then I have some bad news: for the second time this year Four Tet has put out new music. Not content with dropping his tenth album Sixteen Oceans in March, nor with curating a 51-hour-long playlist of his own material earlier this month (below), the British producer released recordings of several new songs via his SoundCloud yesterday.
Alongside a number of previously unheard cuts, Four Tet (real name Kieran Hebden) unveiled a 127 bpm reworking of fan favourite “Angel Echoes” – the opener from his 2010 album There Is Love In You – as well as “KH my money’s gone”, which features a sample from Erykah Badu’s “On & On”. Each of the tracks is accompanied with artwork created by frequent Four Tet collaborator Jason Evans.
Hebden had also released “LMB KH version”, an edit of the Destiny’s Child song “Lose My Breath”, though the track has since been taken down. “LMB KH version” debuted back in 2018 during Hebden’s BBC 1 Essential Mix, though according to Resident Advisor, an official release was postponed indefinitely due to issues with sample clearance. It’s likely that those same issues have caused the track to be removed.
Hebden has made all the songs available as free downloads. Listen to them via his SoundCloud below: