FOUR TET - The Evolution of a Musical GENIUS

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Four Tet is one of the longest standing, currently active electronic producers, with the project’s beginnings dating back to 1997. He has cemented himself among the likes of legendary IDM pioneers such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, and Boards of Canada. The Four Tet project was birthed at a time when music technology was rapidly evolving, and Four Tet was right at the forefront of the evolution, using the technology to craft music with methods that were relatively unexplored. Taking this fresh approach allowed him to concoct a signature sound that was instantly recognizable, and he has been able to evolve that sound, while still preserving its core essence, for over 25 years. After collaborations with Skrillex and Fred Again in recent years, the Four Tet project now has more eyes and ears on it than ever. To fully understand how Four Tet has become what it is today, let’s take a trip back in time.
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@luximperium4164 10 ай бұрын

country riddim = musical genius

@user-nh6kx8eq8u 11 ай бұрын

How has this man kept the same t-shirt since the 90s

@moasto02 9 ай бұрын

Dry cleaning

@wirezts 3 ай бұрын

It's not actually that hard. What are you doing to your clothes to cause them to not last?

@DJ_CARCINOGEN 10 ай бұрын

Nova and Moth are 2 songs that speak to my soul. They feel like warmth, nostalgia and sorrow all in one. The duality of Burial and Four Tet's musical atmospheres on those songs legitimately feels like therapy to me and listening to them makes me just reflect on my life and every other time I was listening to those songs, through the good and the bad. Fantastic songs, I've heard both of them in my dreams before too. Wolf cub is incredible as well and I didn't even know about it until a long time I heard Nova or Moth.

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Agreed! Those are some of my favorite songs to listen to on an airplane, they're so soothing and dreamy

@Hinchey613 9 ай бұрын

I can definitely relate regarding Moth and Wolf Club

@olivercole6036 9 ай бұрын

That burial influence. Listen to stolen dog by burial and think of the dogs that have lost their owners and it will bring you to tears.

@miguelquesada8214 Ай бұрын

After watching Four Tet live at Coachella, I cannot stop exploring his music! Genius.

@dylanwineland5142 10 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this! As someone who has been on the Four Tet train for almost a decade, I learned a lot about him from this! Thanks for making. Cheers.

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tyler5278 10 ай бұрын

this has actually deepened my love for his work, thank you

@Snenors4pres 9 ай бұрын

I didn't know much about him until recently and this definitely describes why he's such a legend.

@vistiejames 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for making this! I'm such a big fan of Four Tet and it was really nice to have all of this info about him in one video

@audioeats 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching it, I'm glad you liked it!

@boicutOne 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! I enjoyed it a lot. I have been listening to four tet for quite a while now but just realized I never did a deeper research about him. His authenticity and joy did always shine thru his music tho. For the last couple of months "parallel" is on constant repeat. I cannot stop listening to it :D Last week I had a small surgery (all good) and when I got back my conciousness I already had my earphones plugged in and "parallel 1" was already at minute 10. Perfect song to wake up to!

@davidwave4 10 ай бұрын

Rounds and There is Love in You are two of the greatest records of all time. KH is a legend, thanks for putting out this primer.

@sergeypoltorakov 6 ай бұрын

You've done an incredible research. Well done, and thank you for making this.

@Nagash0023 10 ай бұрын

man, this video is amazing... As a brazilian, I've been exposed to so many good music, amazing brazilian musicians... But this british guy was the one who took me to the deepest feelings of my own being... Thanks for this...

@RoqueVersace 10 ай бұрын

This was absolutely awesome! Thank you!

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@douglasmaxwell6547 9 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks for your effort in pulling all this together!

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Drrolfski 11 ай бұрын

I'll never forget his insanely creative Ableton Live skills when he ripped Billy Jean with 10 min on the clock. That was just a genius moment in music production history.

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

I love that video, really shows his mind for sampling

@killaknut 11 ай бұрын

Link? Thanks

@Drrolfski 11 ай бұрын

@@killaknut kzfaq.info/get/bejne/irt0prmpp9q6eZs.html

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

@@killaknut Sorry I just now saw this! I only get notifications for the initial comments. Here's the link! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/irt0prmpp9q6eZs.html

@DennisWilliamsDJ 10 ай бұрын

Exactly this! Love that vid, love Four Tet ❤

@djclass005 10 ай бұрын

That was interesting, so happy for him being so successful now !!

@elpapu2410 11 ай бұрын

Here after listening his collab with Tainy and Skrillex in VOLVER, amazing sample, amazing track ❤

@sementhrower420 11 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the deepdive, I appreciate all the work you put in. Keep it up :))

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Pazaluz 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting together this video! His music is a big inspiration to me, but i never knew this much about his history. Gonna start digging now in his earlier work and alter ego's :D

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@chelseaallan9219 11 ай бұрын

Such a good video, thank you so much ❤

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

@justanotherguy2590 11 ай бұрын

Loved this so much, great job on the deep research

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it

@js-wv6fj 11 ай бұрын

Well made and cool facts i did not know!! Thank you for this!

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked it

@BomboKid 11 ай бұрын

Gracias por este documental tan preciso, espero algún día conocer en persona a este genio musical, que me ha acompañado con su música, mínimo 2 décadas de mí vida! ❤

@LuminousLemon 10 ай бұрын

Incredible video, well done

@starsondsk 6 ай бұрын

Wait, what? Playing unfinished projects live to see how crowd reacts? That’s above everything what young producer imagines. I luv this dude. Especially because of the attitude. Cool video btw, thanks!

@martinacuna9556 5 ай бұрын

music producers that are dj's tend to do that

@clovisdemelo 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this 🎯

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching it!

@MrLowlander 10 ай бұрын

Love the video man 🔥

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@japhy6536 10 ай бұрын

awesome job lot's of info I had no idea!

@tyler5278 10 ай бұрын

Loves this artist or a long time, just bought tickets for his 4 hour set in Berlin, amazing watch

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

You're going to have a great time, he's going to take you on a journey!

@LoCoK2009 11 ай бұрын

great video man, really deep research, hope you do more profiles of the musicians we love!

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Let me know if there's anyone you want me to make a video for

@lik_doyaya 10 ай бұрын

You mean run down the Wikipedia article and add unlicensed video footage related to the topic?

@aznadel 10 ай бұрын

awesome video keep these coming

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I definitely will!

@elliot14 10 ай бұрын

The man is a legend

@jacobmartinez6881 9 ай бұрын

The skrillex B2B FourTet set at Hard Summer last month was incredible

@adeniranbalthazar5700 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video! I believe he's also a major collaborator in Neneh Cherry's latest work, who's another pioneer by herself, being there when alternative hip-hop, trip-hop and "IDM" or something weren't a thing yet

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

I'm not familiar with her, I'll give her music a listen!

@adeniranbalthazar5700 9 ай бұрын

@@audioeats She's great! Del Naja also collaborates with here every now and then since her first album in 89

@stefan1024 9 ай бұрын

@@audioeatsHer musical output goes back to postpunk days with her band "Rip Rig + Panic". Jazz icon Don Cherry is her step dad and also played some gigs with them back then. She did other cool collabs like "The Cherry Thing" with the free jazz trio "The Thing", whos sax player Mats Gustafsson also played on Kierans and Steves "Live at the South Bank" record.

@nadia1x Ай бұрын

Great video about one of the best people on the planet!

@mojoloco2504 11 ай бұрын

love the versatility of this man Working with Burial, Jamie xx or Thom Yorke to Skrillex, Fred Again or Rauw Alejandro

@alb_reuel 10 ай бұрын

one of the best one of the great

@AMEHZ1 8 ай бұрын

agreed. new energy and 16 oceans is his best vibe

@therealDJBoring 5 ай бұрын

I'm surprised this didn't talk pointedly about what I think is the biggest story of how he transitioned from breaks/beats to house/techno between Everything Ecstatic and There Is Love In You. The Nothing to See single and the actual first Percussions- Bird Songs / Rabbit Songs, are right in there too, and he's basically been couched in that since but still making occasional chill beats on the albums. I see that as the real story, how he went from experimental beats to dance floor bump that still has his characteristic experimentation and high quality sound.

@anvitsharma4885 10 ай бұрын

good one

@bpdlr 10 ай бұрын

Great docu, thanks for compiling all this stuff, I will have to follow the rabbit hole one of these days. Four Tet has always been just on the periphery of my musical taste, in the 90's I was more into drum and bass and in the 2000's I mellowed and revisited 90's electronica like BoC, Plaid, Future Sound of London etc. When I heard New Energy and 16 Oceans it was like a convergence, but I'm sure if I go back now I will appreciate the stuff I glossed over back then. You mentioned New Energy was your favourite album but what are your top five? PS you didn't mention his excellent lockdown sets in 2020! I think he did a Boiler Room set and then also streamed as "Wingdings", in epic long sets.

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Hmm I think my top 5 would be: 1. New Energy 2. There Is Love in You 3. Sixteen Oceans 4. Pause 5. tie between Beautiful Rewind and Morning/Evening I came across his music on Pandora maybe 10 years ago and liked it but never dug deep into his discography until he released Butterflies with Skrillex, that's what really got me going back and listening to his older stuff. And then I got to see him live last year and he blew my mind, he really takes you on a journey. By the way, if you haven't heard his collabs with Burial yet, those are a must listen!

@Coopzo 8 ай бұрын

thankyou

@gravitasrecordings 11 ай бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for always supporting my videos!

@gravitasrecordings 11 ай бұрын

@@audioeats heck yeah! I see how much work you are putting into them. Keep pushing. You will get better on each one.

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate it!

@EPmessi9800 10 ай бұрын

Dude is a genius

@gabri3l675 11 ай бұрын

Love these Deep dive videos really should do one on deadmau5 or aphex twin i feel like those would make some great videos

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'll be doing Deadmau5 in the near future and will definitely get around to Apex Twin at some point!

@dubstepXpower 29 күн бұрын

So cool burial is a legend

@sleeve-tv 9 ай бұрын

Oh yeah Four Tet the Coachella Headliner hahaha wild

@catchthehare 10 ай бұрын

Kieran is also the loveliest person in person, so open and chatty and zero pretence

@thompsmr 11 ай бұрын

🎉

@ruperdecarino1466 10 ай бұрын

This content IS PURE FIRE BROOOO! CRAZYYYYY

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@geologic0 10 ай бұрын

Four Tet is the kind of music you listen when you're just discovering electronic music for the first time

@onox4740 11 ай бұрын

Legalize Ranch!!!

@andrew.mascaux 3 ай бұрын

And today the new album is out !

@audioeats 3 ай бұрын

It's so good 🥹

@andrew.mascaux 3 ай бұрын

@@audioeats and thank you for this beautiful video !

@shquared1118 10 ай бұрын

Great Video! really appreciate the insights into four tets body of work can you tell me the song thats starting around 19:30 going till 23:30?

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! That's a song from a music service I use, it's not an officially released track

@danielmirande377 9 күн бұрын

Do you have a track list for this video? The sound you chose while editing was dope

@audioeats 9 күн бұрын

They're all just demo loops from splice, no full tracks

@arend3669 9 ай бұрын

great video! I enjoyed it :) may i also be annoying and ask the track at 24:00 ? , thanks so much!

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! I use a music service for all my background tracks, it's not an officially released track

@DOOM00799 Ай бұрын

Great day remix is one of the best songs of all time, along with DOOMS 2nd best, fight me

@mick2591 9 ай бұрын

Hey bro great video! Can you tell me the track id played during 14:10?

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's a demo track from Splice, not an officially released track

@seakatv5491 10 ай бұрын

Are you from LA by any chance

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Nah I'm not, I used to live there though

@zscott453 6 ай бұрын

Anyone any details on School Green Romantics from AllPally 4TLR. Female vocal track around 21min in

@audioeats 6 ай бұрын

Are you looking for his song "Romantics"? I think that's the one playing around 21min in School Green Romantics

@RyanSchilling-fg9qn 5 ай бұрын

I only listen to non vocal electronic music (everyone and a blue moon some vocal electronic music but very rare). I been this way since 2006. From 1995 when I was 0 to 2006 anytime music came on I hated it that whole time I thought I just hated music then in 2006 I heard two albums that changed my life forever Music Has The Right To Children by Boards Of Canada and Rounds by Four Tet those immediately became my two fav albums ever made and Unspoken by Four Tet immediately became my fav song ever made. Since then Isola by Rumpistol became my fav album ever made. But MHTRTC and Rounds are still 2 and 3 for me and Unspoken is still my fav song ever made. Since then I got in to hundreds of electronic artists like Aphex Twin, Orbital, The Orb, Brian Eno, Biosphere ETC… I still don’t like any other genre I like Kid A, In Rainbows, A Moon Shaped Pool, some of Ok Computer, Some of Hail To The Thief, and some of King Of Limbs by Radiohead but that’s about it. I don’t care about lyrics or vocals even with Radiohead. I know I’m weird and I have tried out all kinds of music but I just don’t like it at all. 95% of my music taste is Non Vocal electronic music (I’m not a fan of edm like calvan Harris, not really a fan of trance or house but I like some trance and house) I love downtempo, idm, ambient, piano electronic music, jazzy electronic music, minimalistic electronic music, cartoony video gamy no vocal electronic music. Love Four Tet to death Four Tet and BOC are and always will be my fav artist ever.

@audioeats 5 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with that at all! I think music without words is the most universally understood music there is

@RyanSchilling-fg9qn 5 ай бұрын

If you ever looked at what I listen to it’s either non vocal electronic music or non vocal video game soundtracks

@mas3974 11 ай бұрын

The commentary is making me fall asleep, but good video.

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Lol fair point! I'm trying to get better at being more animated with my voice overs. Aside from that I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@mas3974 11 ай бұрын

@@audioeats You're welcome. Could be just my mood though LOL, but in all fairness a very well made film.

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

@@mas3974 Nah it's not you, don't worry! A couple other people have mentioned it before. It's kinda challenging to intentionally add inflection to my voice while recording and reading off a script since I don't have much experience with that, but I think I'll get better at it over time. And thank you for supporting the channel, it means a lot!

@mas3974 11 ай бұрын

@@audioeats You sound like a good guy. Yes, you will get better and better so don't give up. At least you have the the film making side of it at a very high level.

@nachomanrandysauvage8257 Ай бұрын

Durr hur country riddim country riddim dur hur

@tompardhy9901 10 ай бұрын

tracklist for the video tho?

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

It's all royalty free music from Splice

@jacobfrey9961 10 ай бұрын

High-end youtube video.

@paulnoupier665 3 ай бұрын

Whats the song around 19 min? thks )

@audioeats 3 ай бұрын

It's just a demo loop from Splice, not a full track

@197979jones 9 ай бұрын

Burial beats tho

@swagzilla3000 9 ай бұрын

Song in the background @ 6:15?

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

It's a demo track from Splice, it's not an officially released track

@Cyrik 10 ай бұрын

Longest standing ? Simon Posford / Raja ram :P

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

I suppose that was a bit exaggerated haha

@Cyrik 10 ай бұрын

@@audioeats thats totally fair, and sorry for chiming in, thats just how my brain works. Big thanks for the vid tho as I'm discovering Four Tet atm. Big up!

@Cyrik 10 ай бұрын

@@audioeats Completly understandble and sorry for chiming in - thats just how my brain works - searching for inconsistencies :D Thank you for four tet introdcion as, he's musician I''m discovering atm. Big up !

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

All good, I appreciate you chiming in! Four Tet has been making music for my entire life so to me he's very long standing haha. I think he's just more recognizable to a lot of people since he's been in the spotlight lately, but there's certainly guys who have been around way longer, like Brian Eno and Jean-Michel Jarre.

@DonkSnorkeler 6 ай бұрын

What is the song at 22 mins?

@audioeats 6 ай бұрын

It's just a demo loop from splice, not a full song

@biglejdog 8 ай бұрын

Great video but calling it "The Four Tet Project" annoyed me to my core.

@Aidyba81 10 ай бұрын

What is the track at 26 mins?

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

It's from a music service I use, not an officially released track

@Aidyba81 9 ай бұрын

@@audioeats thanks for responding

@xx_resinent.sage_xx7373 10 ай бұрын

good vidio plz less downtalk

@reecehagley 9 ай бұрын

now do floating points

@alexandrebeaulac8953 10 ай бұрын

krautrock is German for cosmic music

@adamwright4135 10 ай бұрын

Nice work - Just FYI, Neu! rhymes with "boy", and Krautrock isn't German for "cosmic music". That would be kosmische ... Krautrock was kind of an insult made up by the UK press

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, I wasn't sure if I was pronouncing it right! And that's interesting that krautrock was an insult, I was just going off of Wikipedia which I suppose isn't the most reliable source lol

@adamwright4135 9 ай бұрын

@@audioeatsGreat video though. I learned a lot about Kieran that I didn't know before

@wegi2304 10 ай бұрын

and he use windows... 🙂

@mattsmally747 8 ай бұрын

This is all well and good but I'll never forgive him for playing love story by Taylor Swift 3 times in a row at pitch 2023

@audioeats 8 ай бұрын

The man does love some pop 😂

@heatherburke9583 6 ай бұрын

loves hands to myself heehee@@audioeats

@mpusch88 10 ай бұрын

Damn less than 1000 subs, probably not for long

@ListenHereOldMan 9 ай бұрын

it's pronounced "noy" (or closer to it), not "new"

@RavenMaven 10 ай бұрын

BURR-ial.... not Bear-ial

@dejantetickovic4478 9 ай бұрын

...playing generic mp3's with Skrillex and this Fred guy must be the musical Olymp. What is next, Aphex playing ukulele on a Tailor Swift concert?

@audioeats 9 ай бұрын

I'd pay money to see that

@ricksimpson7493 8 ай бұрын

Genius? Gtfoh

@rediscoveryrecords1348 10 ай бұрын

His music is too poppy for me. Devoid of amy deepness. And his live or djing is abysmal

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

Hot take!

@rediscoveryrecords1348 10 ай бұрын

@@audioeats sorry to be so honest. Never heard anyone in my circle say "have you got rhe new four tet release?". Just below average pop edm bs

@audioeats 10 ай бұрын

He's definitely one of those guys that caters just to his fan base and he doesn't really get buzz outside of that except for the recent involvement with Skrillex & Fred Again. His music doesn't have mass appeal though, I get that. I wouldn't ever call it pop though and not really even edm, it's in the same lane as guys like Aphex Twin, just a little more beat driven.

@rediscoveryrecords1348 10 ай бұрын

@@audioeats See what u think of Arovane - Lillies kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hammiZNmmrvHg2Q.htmlsi=c66txg0VcM_yNQA7 Notice the depth in the track fidelity wise. The emotion. Somber. Pretty. Layered. Notice how they sound like complete songs. Notice how some sounds can be abrasive but they arent abrasive in the mix. I generally think artists like Four Tet normalize their tracks too much in mastering also which really hurts their overall depth. Working in digital and then having a mastering engineer master them for digital is like adding lpudness upon loudness but thats an entire topic itself...

@rediscoveryrecords1348 10 ай бұрын

@@audioeats not sure what happened to my other comment in reply to yours. I must have replied over it. Ugh. Anyways. I just think Four Tet doesnt come from rave or electronic background. He sounds like a former rockmusic fan making electronic music. He has no edge. No experimentalism. No tension or abstractness. It all feels false. Fake. Contrived music by a producer who tries to make cool sounds and combine them but doesnt know how to make a track flow. There is no underground or post rave feel which for me, his tracks lack any emotion. I dont thi k he knows how to write a good rhythym. Or a house or techno beat. His downtempo is weak. His sort of trap beats arent for me either. Not sure if people who like trap think his beats are. For example. I think Tycho is overated also. But i will say Tycho albums sound good and sound engineered well. Instruments soumd good in the mix. But Tycho has no edge either. Watered down BOC or Japan vs Casink style stuff. Sounds like an electronic jam band. Check out Apparat - Walls. I would be curious to know what u think of that album from 2007

@joeymorando1415 11 ай бұрын

I love these videos! Im suprised they havent gotten more views yet. But they will in time. TAre you on tiktok? great way to promote your videos

@audioeats 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I made a tiktok account but haven't used it yet, I should get on that. Do you think I should post clips from my videos? Or should I make separate videos that promote my KZfaq channel, but are in portrait so it looks better on TikTok? I've made some KZfaq shorts promoting my videos that are just clips from the videos, but since my videos are widescreen it doesn't look great in a short

@joeymorando1415 9 ай бұрын

you can do either. Might not be too hard to reformat for like a 30 second cut and like them to your youtube @@audioeats