Pitchfork

[Posted Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

After a summer full of high-profile remix projects and a touring schedule that included an opening slot for the ubiquitous Radiohead, Kieran Hebden-- aka the ever-so-increasingly-in-magazines-like-Rolling-Stone Four Tet-- is preparing to release a new single off of Rounds, his most recent Domino soirée into acoustic glitchtronica. The record, "As Serious As Your Life," will be ready for consumption on October 20th, and according to online music marketing juggernaut AMP, comes backed with an incredible 23-minute (!!) live version as well as two self-done remixes that will leave you wondering whether it's really the same song at all. But the fun don't stop there, my little Hrvatski's and Fennesz's. Nope, Hebden has also recorded a music video for the track, which can presently be downloaded at the Four Tet AMP homepage. As is now expected from the 'Fork, we've added a nice 'lil link to the video at the bottom of this here story.

In other Tet news, Hebden will be lathering up his laptop and dusting off the sampler for a whirlwind tour of the UK and a flash-in-the-pan visit to the U.S. During the first part of October, the British half of the tour will wind its way through England, Wales, and Scotland, accompanied by the chaotic noises of Animal Collective, only to slide right back into England for a phat ass electro-blowout of sorts. I mean, it's gotta be a blowout when it includes both the minimal post-techno of Mouse On Mars and the saccharine patchwork of Max Tundra. The pond-hopping will then commence, finding Mr. Tet on club stages of the mid-sized variety with Hotlantan and previous tour buddy, Prefuse 73. The dates:

10-06 Portsmouth, England - Boom Po Na Na *
10-07 Cardiff, Wales - Club Ifor Bach *
10-08 Bristol, England - Medicine Bar *
10-09 Brighton, England - Concorde 2 *
10-10 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms *
10-11 Exeter, England - The Cavern *
10-13 Liverpool, England - Magnet *
10-14 Edinburgh, Scotland - The Venue *
10-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Renfrew Ferry *
10-16 Newcastle, England - The Egypt Cottage *
10-17 London, England - The End (w/ Mouse On Mars, Max Tundra)
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #
10-21 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland #
10-22 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #
10-23 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan #
10-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Sonar #
10-25 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey #

* with Animal Collective
# with Prefuse 73