Four Tet is tagged as: electronic, experimental, idm, electronica, instrumental
Four Tet is the name used by Kieran Hebden (born 1980 in Putney, London, UK) for his experimental electronic music-oriented solo efforts to differentiate from his work with post-rock band Fridge
Hebden solo work typically uses samples lifted from various sources, including hip-hop, electronica, techno, jazz and folk music mixed with his own guitar playing Four Tet shares some stylistic similarities with other musicians who fuse 73 using techniques computer editing, which gives the music a staccato cut-up familiar Hebden's music is known for its rich organic sound and harmonious melodies and eschewing the traditional pop-song format in favor of a more abstract approach
Kieran Hebden began releasing material as Four Tet in 1998 with 36 minuter and 25 second single "Thirtysixtwentyfive" on Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings label later that year, he released a second single, the jazz-influenced "misleading" 1999 "Dialogue" again at the end was Four Tet first full length album release and fused hip-hop drum lines with dissonant jazz samples, this was followed by the double A-side "Ice Head" / "Calamine", which would be Four Tet last drop at the end of
