DJ Kicks - Four Tet

Kieran Hebden, a.k.a. Four Tet, drops his DJ-Kicks compilation — the 26th in this now legendary and critically acclaimed series — on !K7 this week.

Old skool hip-hop, soul, experimenal electronica, minimal techno, early two-step and jazz are blended together by analogue synth interludes, segues and an exclusive new Four Tet track specially created for this compilation.

Hebden explains:

I'’ve done previous compilations based around music that’s been influential to me, just picking a bunch of records that I like. This time I wanted to make something that was more upbeat, stuff I might play out in a club and that draws from my recent experience as a DJ. [...] I tried to come up with interesting ways of getting from one track to another,” alluding to the sometimes head-cleansing pure tones that allow him to pass between seemingly incongruous musical states. “I asked myself what I can do that’s different and sits apart from other DJ compilations?” the answer is apparently — everything.

Format: CD / 2xLP / Digital download
Label: !K7
Release date: out now

Tracklist:

01. David Behrman - Leapday Night (Scene 1)
02. Syclops - Mom, The Video Broke
03. Curtis Mayfield - If I Were Only A Child Again
04. Heiner Stadler - Out-Rock
05. Gary Davis - The Professor's Here
06. Heldon - Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes
07. Stereolab - Les Yper-Sound
08. So Solid Crew - Dillema
09. Akufen - Psychometry 3.2
10. Animal Collective - Baby Day
11. Madvillain - Figaro (101 Remix)
12. Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto - Love, Love
13. Four Tet - Pockets
14. Model 500 - Psychosomatic
15. Shona People Of Rhodesia - Taireva
16. Quickspace Supersport - Superspace
17. Cabaret Voltaire - Kneel To The Boss
18. Gong - Love Is How You Make It
19. Showbiz & A.G. - Represent
20. Group Home - Up Against The Wall (Getaway Car Mix)
21. Autechre - Flutter