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Ringer | 
 enlarge | Artist: Four Tet
Label: Domino
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
Buy New: $5.89
You Save: $4.09 (41%)
New (33) Used (10) from $4.44
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 72722
Format: Ep
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 183
UPC: 801390018329
EAN: 0801390018329
ASIN: B0016MJ2MI
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Ringer | | • | Ribbons | | • | Swimmer | | • | Wing Body Wing |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
A 32-minute, four-track excursion into the kind of wide-open spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an Afro-beat / krautrock sensibility. These are tracks that make you think of Berlin - Dakar - Detroit - but they could only have been made in London. All four are headphone epics, but are mixed in such a way you have to hear them at Plastic People or The End. "Ringer" carries that minimal pulse over into Four Tet, and while Kieran Hebden's trademark recuttings of jazz breaks may be less in evidence, his feel for harmony and melody is, as always, unmistakable.
Album Description
Four Tet returns with four tracks of techno (not techno). The Ringer mini album is a 32 minute, four-track excursion into the kind of wide-open spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an afrobeat/krautrock sensibility. Ringer locks together gloriously rich synthesizer arpeggios; `Wing Body Wing' slips from crisp clusters of disco percussion to Steve Reich polyrhythms; and in between are another two euphoric ripples of sound, `Ribbons' and `Swimmer'. The techno heartbeat comes from Kieran Hebden's regular DJ residences over the last couple of years, but from his ongoing collaborations with legendary jazz drummer Steve Reid.
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| Customer Reviews:
 fantastic July 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to disagree with the previous review - I think this is the best Four Tet release since Pause. It IS techno, but a most excellent example of the genre, imo. Hypnotic, straight-up four-to-the-floor beats that evolve in a lovely manner over the course of each track. I'd love to hear more from Kieran in this vein.
 Get Out Your Glow Sticks June 3, 2008
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
I wish I had listened to this album before I had bought it. I'm a pretty big Four tet fan, and I didn't think I needed to listen to Ringer to ease my fears of not liking it. That was a mistake.
This album is straight techno. I'm not saying that techno is bad, but it's not what Keiren is known for, or what he excels at. It's incredibly repetitive, and minimalistic.
If your into the techno scene, you may like this. If your checking out Four tet for the first time you may want to check out Rounds or Everything Ecstatic. Lastly, if your a Four tet fan, beware.
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