Sunday, January 31, 2010

Four Tet - "Love Cry"


Kieran Hebden is certainly a busy man. Since his early 90's work with post-rock outfit Fridge, Hebden has developed an impressive musical resume under both his birth name as well as the moniker Four Tet. Taking the time to remix heavyweights such as Radiohead, touring the globe performing solo DJ sets, and even delving into improvisational free jazz with avant garde drummer Steve Reid has kept Hebden away from a full length Four Tet album for nearly 5 years. Of course there was the 2008 4 song EP Ringer and last years secret surprise collaboration with Burial, but late last year we heard news of a new full length Four Tet album entitled There Is Love In You and gosh dang it were we all so excited. The release was preceded by the hypnotically appealing single "Love Cry" which somehow manages to make 9 minutes and 13 seconds feel like a few short breaths. Since I have not yet been able to put this track on without involuntarily dancing or wanting to press the little repeat1 button in the left hand corner of my iTunes screen, I figured it best to share it with you in hopes you catch that same seductive feeling. Enjoy my friends and lovers...

Listen & Download
Four Tet -"Love Cry"





Epilogue - Eventually I was able to get past constantly pressing repeat and moved on to listen to the rest of the album and can honestly say I'm hooked. This is definitely some of Hebden's most mature work as Four Tet yet. However I refuse to use this blog to be a music "critic" so I'll just have faith that you'll accept my recommendation and check out the rest of There Is Love In You...



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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Downtime: A Blog (About A Night At The Lost Leaf)



Whats up world,
2010 looks to be a promising year in music and the arts, and Arizona's music scene is definitely no exception. We saw some of the best musical displays in years come from the middle of a near great depression. As we all know, hard times inevitably lead to a creative renaissance in which we all learn to use the coping mechanisms found in the arts to keep our heads above water as we push along into better and better days. I'm fairly certain I can speak for everyone involved with Downtime when I say that finding those gems of music, both new and old, which remind you of the power such an art-form has on the human condition is an amazing feeling. Being able to share those gems with our friends, acquaintances, and the rest of the motherloving world is even more amazing.

Since this year is undoubtedly going to be epic in all aspects of life, we decided to do are part in helping to document it in the form of this blog. Now in addition to sharing the experiences of our local scene with one another, we get to share with all of you our favorite music, film, art, fashion, and whatever else we find culturally relevant. We're excited as shit about this, and we hope you are too...

Before I leave this first post I've gotta plug everything so it's outta the way and we can move on to other things... Just one last friendly reminder that we have an amazing Tuesday night at The Lost Leaf in downtown Phoenix every week with residents Ellery, Hartbreaks, Dopple Gang, and all sorts of special guests. So here we go...

Make sure to find us on Facebook and please suggest that your friends become fans as well...
Downtime on Facebook

Find us on Twitter...

And make sure to spread the word about our night and come party with us every Tuesday. That's it. Relatively painless right....

Might as well go ahead and start the giving. This last Tuesday at Downtime: A Night At The Lost Leaf the homie STLB 3 of the Dopple Gang crew gave me his newest mix of 45 funk joints. Since i just uploaded it I figured I'd let you in on the jam since he only had 5 copies the other night.


Enjoy - STLB 3 -Astilbe...Bloom V.2

And in case you're wondering, my mans an Asparagus in that picture, an Asparagus...



WELCOME TO OUR BLOG




Bonus - Download one of ELLERY's live Ableton sets from Downtime: A Night At The Lost Leaf
Enjoy - ElLeafyDubz






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Reuben Martinez