Bleep

Kieran Hebden's debut record as Four Tet compelled pop-crits to coin a new genre entirely 'folktronica', and as a throwaway definition it explains Hebden's mastery of sumptuous organic phrases and delicate digital processing, but Pause is so much more than this. Expertly programmed drums skate between hip-hops boom-bap and skittering jazz signatures. Music boxes twinkle, xylophones glisten and guitar sequences sparkle with warm melody. A great achievement...