Rounds

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'.

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..."