Fridge, the band that Kieran Hebden was in earlier than launching Four Tet, are to reissue their fourth studio album ‘Happiness’, in celebration of its twentieth anniversary.
According to a press launch, Hebden has “restored, reconstructed, and remastered” the album, which is because of be launched on May 26 by way of Temporary Residence Ltd.
Fridge was shaped in 1996 by Hebden, Adem Ilhan (aka Adem) and Sam Jeffers, with the band releasing ten singles and 4 albums of their first 4 years collectively.
They weaved a number of genres collectively earlier than deciding on a post-rock sound, finally together with jazz, electronica and extra of their compositions.
‘Happiness’, their most profitable album, was launched in 2001 and was adopted by their remaining album ‘The Sun’ in 2007, which arrived after a six-year hiatus. At the time, NME described ‘Happiness’ as “easily their finest record yet, a genre-shrugging masterpiece of delicate musicianship and warm feeling.”
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In different information, final month, Everything But The Girl shared a brand new model of their monitor ‘Nothing Left To Lose’ remixed by Four Tet.
The single was shared by the duo comprising Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn on March 29 and is the opening monitor of a brand new remix EP. An instrumental model of the remix can also be included.
“We’ve always loved that meditative but propulsive thing in [Four Tet aka] Kieran [Hebden]’s music. The restraint mixed with momentum,” the pair stated addressing the remix.
“It is something that we often explore as well, so asking him to rework one of our songs felt like a great fit. There is a confident lightness of touch to his remix, underpinned by a raw killer beat, and a beautiful final third where all the subtle intricacies of his additional production coalesce.”
Also final month, Four Tet teamed up as soon as once more with Fred Again.. and Skrillex for brand spanking new tune, ‘Baby Again..’.
The monitor debuted throughout Fred Again..’s viral Boiler Room set final summer time nevertheless it was additionally performed on the trio’s latest present at New York’s Madison Square Garden throughout a climactic second halfway by means of the set the place the home lights went off.
The trio’s Madison Square Garden present came about in February. It lasted 5 hours and offered out in three minutes.