I’ve been listening to this one a lot for the past month or so. It has become a bit of a morning meditation for me, especially on the days I wake up before anyone else in the house and have some quiet time to myself.
It’s like an audio sound bath of filtered synths that just washes over you for several minutes, then fades into this mellow outro with human and animal-like vocal sounds. If you listen to enough Four Tet, none of this is surprising, but it’s always interesting to the ears.
I don’t typically delve into EDM in my “Song of the Day” posts. It’s not that I don’t dig electronic music, it’s more that I just don’t know EDM as intimately as other genres (and it’s so vast these days). But, man, Four Tet just nails a sound I really love.
Check out this full live set from Tokyo:
Technically this post should be called “Set of the Day” since this is more than a song, but at least it’s all one track.
And just for kicks, here’s a little bonus round I recently came across where Four Tet takes only samples from Michael Jackson’s Thriller and creates a new tune in a matter of 10 minutes:
Not the best tune, but man, talk about editing mastery.