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Q - Ranked #37 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2003" - "Some of the finest instrumental music in years." Uncut - Ranked #8 in Uncut's "Albums Of The Year 2003" Uncut - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Hebden crams every minute with delicate pretty tunes that illuminate his productive ingenuity....It's the freshest, most exciting and far-reaching left-field album in years..." Spin - "...Four Tet has rescued down-tempo electronica from solemn techies and wine-bar burnouts....a more varied trip [than last year's PAUSE], with a darker vibe..." - Grade: A- The Wire - "...Each track inhabits an exclusive space of its own amid fragments of ethnic folk percussion and crackling beats..." The Wire - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year [2003]" Rolling Stone - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Intersperses delicate, heart-rending guitar melodies with glitchy percussive skips and stutters..." Magnet - "...[Achieves] incredible tension and grace....Hebden has found the secret meeting place for man and machine..." Rolling Stone (5/15/03, p.134) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Intersperses delicate, heart-rending guitar melodies with glitchy percussive skips and stutters..." Spin (08/03, p.118) - "...Four Tet has rescued down-tempo electronica from solemn techies and wine-bar burnouts....a more varied trip [than last year's PAUSE], with a darker vibe..." - Grade: A- Uncut (6/03, p.102) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Hebden crams every minute with delicate pretty tunes that illuminate his productive ingenuity....It's the freshest, most exciting and far-reaching left-field album in years..." Magnet (6-7/03, p.94) - "...[Achieves] incredible tension and grace....Hebden has found the secret meeting place for man and machine..." The Wire (5/03, p.60) - "...Each track inhabits an exclusive space of its own amid fragments of ethnic folk percussion and crackling beats..." Pitchfork - "[W]hile 'She Moves She' retains the crisp snare and hi-hat work that underpinned millennial R&B productions, it's the twinkling glockenspiel line that gives the track its emotional heft."

Fridge frontman Kieran Hebden returns in his solo guise as Four Tet, following 2001's 'Pause' with his third album of organic electronica. He has collaged samples of global acoustic instrumentation to give his compositions a live feel. Includes the single 'She Moves She'.|

フォークトロニカのしなやかな発火点であるフォー・テットの前作『Pause』は、いまやシーンのマスターピース。そんな彼＝キエラン・ヘブデンの新作はエモーショナルな内容となった。ビートとメロディーはより自由に。ジャズやソウルも自由の名のもとに。ラップトップ音楽とロマンティシズムが、高い意識のもとで形にされたオーロラのような輝きのなかに、ギター・バンドの憂鬱が全編を支配する。これはまたしても大傑作。
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