My Angel Rocks Back and Forth (Single):Four Tet

Artist: Four Tet

Label: Domino

Genre:  folktronica

Rating: 7.8 of 10

Four Tet, or Kieran Hebden as his mother knows him, creates some of the most beautiful and mind-boggling music I have ever heard. I first came across him last year when I picked up an album called Rounds after I read about it somewhere. It quickly became one of my favorite albums, and I’d venture to say the most original release of 2003, save The Mars Volta. Hebden blends the beats of hip-hop, the production of electronica, the instrumentation of folk and the introspective emotion of a singer/songwriter. You put on a Four Tet album after a long day of the chaotic world, when all you can do is remain paralyzed in your favorite recliner just staring and contemplating. My Angel Rocks Back and Forth is a single from Rounds. The disc includes the original version (#1), my favorite, along with a Icarus mix (#2), which sounds nothing like the original song, and a Isambard Khroustaliov remix (#3), which is a more upbeat take on it. It also includes a short, cathartic track, “I’ve Got Viking in Me” (#4) and a mellow chime-based track, “All the Chimers” (#5). If you are really interested in Four Tet, I would skip just this single and check out the entire album Rounds.