Everything Ecstatic, Four Tet
A glance of the EVERYTHING ECSTATIC cover art might make us think that Four Tet has suffered from an Art Attack. Whether or not blip-wizard Kieran Hebden did get down and dirty with some acrylic paint, however, is irrelevant – EVERYTHING ECSTATIC is an album much more challenging than turning your name into a neon sign but every bit as ace.
With sounds that scooter around from hip-hop to trip-hop and covering breaks and solid beats in between, Everything Ecstatic allows us to feel like a sonic tourist and an electro connoisseur all at once.
Sun Drums and Soil has rolling beats glittered with blips and late-night cop show sax that are, when combined, much more beautiful than the cast of NYPD Blue. 'Turtle Up Turtle Up' is intelligently erratic, and sways from neurotic drums to tripped-out beats and eventually back to an electronic fanfare, while the space rock guitar and jazz drums on 'A Joy' go at it with one another to form an experimental clashing of sounds.
But it is 'Smile Around the Face', with its carousel-like charm, rolling tripped-up breaks, and blippy electro cascades that shines brighter than a neon sign or an album cover ever could.
By Jan Bunny
Release: Album
To Cure: Hypertension
Keywords: Beats, Electronica, Bands
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