This weeks pick is the forthcoming installment from the ‘Late Night Tales’ series of compilations on Azuli Records, this one presented by Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden).
Taking in the far-flung reaches of Kieran’s legendarily expansive musical map and unveiling many of the influences behind his ‘Pause’ and ‘Rounds’ albums, this collection pitches warm psychedelia against cool jazz against free floating folk against hardcore hip hop against straight up
experimental lunacy, and emerges with a cohesive game-plan… after a fashion.
Some of the highlights of the album include ‘One Way Glass’ by Manfred Mann’s Chapter 3, all fat 60’s drums and even fatter horns and Four Tet’s own interpretation of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Castles Made Of Sand’, which strips away the vocals and guitar to leave a pretty unique reading of this classic song from ‘Axis Bold As Love’. Strange and beautiful.
Have a listen to some of the album HERE and check out www.azuli.com.