Pitchfork

Whether touring, recording, producing, or remixing, Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) has maintained a level of output that rivals that of a Wall Street trader on speed. One need only check the Pitchfork news archive to observe that insane touring schedule-- the headlines reading like some techno-remixed story: "Four Tet to Tour", "Four Tet Expands Tour", "Four Tet Announces Tour", err-AH, err-AH, err-AH.

As far as collaborations go, the man has teamed up with legendary jazz drummer Steve Reid (with whom he's currently touring), played shows with everyone from Animal Collective to Explosions in the Sky to Battles, plus remixed oh, every musician ever. OK, not really, but his remix discography-- which spans six years-- does have a noticeable depth and breadth to it, including reworkings of music by Radiohead, Hot Chip, Beth Orton, Bloc Party, Madvillain, His Name Is Alive, and Aphex Twin, to name just a few.

On September 25, Domino Records will pay tribute to Four Tet's impressive remix catalogue with a two-disc release titled, creatively, Remixes. Disc one contains twelve of Hebden's personal favorite remix projects, while disc two collects every remix of Four Tet's own work that has ever been produced (many of which have been previously available on vinyl only). A particular highlight of this disc is Jay Dee's spin on "As Serious as Your Life."

"Out of all the people involved, and all the remixes produced over the years, [Jay Dee's remix] is the most significant," said Hebden of the Detroit-based hip-hop artist who passed away earlier this year). "He's been one of the greatest producers of recent times."

Remixes:

Disc One (Remixing)

01 Lars Horntveth - Tics
02 Radiohead - Skttrbrain
03 Madvillain - Money Folder
04 His Name Is Alive - One Year
05 Sia - Breathe Me
06 Aphex Twin - Untitled
07 Madvillain - Great Day
08 Bonobo - Pick Up
09 Rothko - Roads Become Rivers
10 Beth Orton - Carmella
11 Bloc Party - So Here We Are
12 Pole - Heim

Disc Two (Remixed)

01 A Joy (Percee P version)
02 As Serious as Your Life (Jay Dee remix)
03 Hilarious Movie of the '90s (Manitoba remix)
04 Hilarious Movie of the '90s (Koushik's funny flic)
05 A Joy (remix)
06 My Angel Rocks back and Forth (Icarus remix)
07 A Joy (Battles remix)
08 As Serious as Your Life (remix)
09 Sun Drums and Soil (Sa Ra Creative Partners remix)
10 First Thing/Chia (Isambard Khroustaliov remix)
11 No More Mosquitoes (Boom Bip remix)

Not that it comes as any surprise, but Hebden's doing some touring in the coming weeks. Yep.

08-06 Eastnor, England - Big Chill Festival *
08-12 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival *
08-19 Brecon Beacons, Wales - The Green Man Festival *
08-26 London, England - TDK Cross Central Festival
08-26 London, England - The End (DJ set)
09-07 Stravengar, Norway - Numusic Festival *
09-21 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin Fringe Festival *

* live collaboration with Steve Reid