Twelve albums down, and having collaborated with dozens of artists as diverse as Coldplay, Burial, The XX, Nathan Fake and Omar Souleyman, the career of Kieran Hebden – a.k.a. Four Tet – continues to stand out for the consistency and agility of its musical output. An omnipotent presence on the international electronic scene, Four Tet has an uncanny ability to seem to be in many places at once, always with a hand in the freshest sounds. From his NTS residency alongside acolyte Floating Points to his productions released under aliases, not to mention his prolific remixes of tracks and albums for other artists, Four Tet rarely pauses for breath.
His latest album, 2017’s solar-tinged New Energy, is a complex and unstructured masterpiece of organic electronic music.
Four years on from his last appearance, Four Tet is set to make a triumphant return to Nuits Sonores in 2018. And he won’t be alone: as the curator of his own Day, Kieran is inviting a selection of artists and friends all sharing similar musical influences, on the spectrum that runs from jazz to electronica.
