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871
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00110100 01010100
ReleaseProduct
871
Label
Text Records
Catalogue Number
TEXTDDD15
Release Date
December 25, 2020

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Kieran Hebden blurs the lines between the units of his notoriously slippery output once again by releasing another LP as 00110100 01010100 (that’s ‘4T’ in binary code), the first since 2013’s 0181. The surprise drop of his last album under the moniker, a collection of unreleased material produced by Hebden between 1997 and 2001, showcased the cheekier sensibilities of an artist willing to share the workings of his halcyon days, well before he came to dominate the global stage of electronic music as Four Tet. 871 — by our estimate, the only other 00110100 01010100 album to date — follows suit.

While the where, why and how of 871 will surely remain a mystery, there’s a playful curiosity to be felt in these numerically-titled tracks, and from the opening free-wheeling guitar screeches of ‘0000 871 001’, any listener knows that they’re not in for a conventional Four Tet outing. Sounding like the pristine finish of his recent New Energy and Sixteen Oceans albums nestled in warm tape hiss and driven by a musical mind determined to find the sticking points between form and obscurity, 871 careens wildly from folk guitar noodling to lo-fi electronica mood pieces and beyond into something that doesn’t sound dissimilar to Merzbow’s archeological digs for rhythm in pure chaos.

One for the heads and newbies alike, Kieran Hebden finds new musical (and extra-musical) mileage for his long-dormant 00110100 01010100 project.

Digital Track List

  1. 1 0000 871 0001 1:01 Buy

    0000 871 0001

  2. 2 0000 871 0002 1:29 Buy

    0000 871 0002

  3. 3 0000 871 0003 1:15 Buy

    0000 871 0003

  4. 4 0000 871 0004 1:35 Buy

    0000 871 0004

  5. 5 0000 871 0005 3:30 Buy

    0000 871 0005

  6. 6 0000 871 0006 3:30 Buy

    0000 871 0006

  7. 7 0000 871 0007 6:03 Buy

    0000 871 0007

  8. 8 0000 871 0008 4:04 Buy

    0000 871 0008

  9. 9 0000 871 0009 0:33 Buy

    0000 871 0009

  10. 10 0000 871 0010 9:14 Buy

    0000 871 0010

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