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 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.Four Tet drums up support. The result of a single day of sessions between Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden and veteran jazz drummer Steve Reid, The Exchange Vol 1 is a musical love-in to which we’re now invited. And, recorded entirely in one take with no editing or overdubs, it’s clear that chemistry was in the air. But these two weren’t just whispering sweet nothings at each other, as Hebden’s buzzing electronics swarm over Reid’s voodoo drumming throughout three tracks which sometimes sound like a wild-eyed Herbie Hancock scratching at your window late at night. Kieran Hebden And Steve Reid - The Exchange Vol 1, released 24 February 06 on Domino.
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comment by rowan
Mar 8, 2006
This album doesn't really sound that live I don't think. I had high hopes for it and in some ways I like it, it takes you away to a world of squeaks and beeps, but it might just be a bit too much for me. Got to say that I thought Four Tet was fantastic live though.
comment by vonaxenbourg
Mar 2, 2006
There is little doubt that live music has nuance, character and...life...that is crushed in many a producer's lair. Production was at one time invisible, or at least transparent. In the name of, "Everyone can be an artist," knob-dwiddlers have gone from studio technicians to self-proclaimed musical gods. George Martin was probably the first producer to step into an overtly creative role, but his work was of the transparent variety, at least not opaque, done in support of the music. In many minds, including their own, the moden producer is the person making the music. Musicians, and hence musicianship, have been pushed to the rear. Live music, while still subject to some post-production, puts the musicians where they should be -- on the line and in the front.
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