NEWS: Four Tet surprise releases new album ‘Randoms’

British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, better known by the moniker Four Tet, has released a new album of original material.  The record, entitled Randoms, is a collection of tracks that Hebden has collated over his many years creating music.  Some of the songs featured stretch as far back as 1996, and some have only ever been featured on compilation projects and albums before.  The LP is free to listen to and download from Four Tet’s Bandcamp page.  You can also listen below.

On the Bandcamp page for Randoms, Hebden explains the background to the new collection of songs:  “Over the years there have been some pieces of music that I have made specially for compilation projects or have ended being released only as part of a compilation album.  As time passes I look back at this music and find the context it was originally put in often feels a bit random now.  So I have put together this new album called Randoms that brings together this music in a different way.”

He then goes into more detail about the origins of the tracks:  “The oldest track here is ‘Field’ from 1996, the first Four Tet track ever released on Leaf Records Invisible Soundtracks compilation.  The most recent is ‘Gillie Amma I Love You’ which was made for a charity project called BOATS in 2013.  All the tracks here have been released before and I am sure some internet searching will give you the full details if you are interested.  Thank you to everyone who originally commissioned and released this music.”