Welcome to the Bleep Weekly Roundup, our guide to the best new releases and warehouse arrivals.
Our release of the week is from Four Tet with Three his most highly anticipated album yet. As multifaceted as the cover design by Jason Evans and Matthew Cooper would imply, Three capitalises on a busy decade in progress with an amalgamation of all things we love from Kieran Hebden: ambient sonics meeting crisp club beats, glorious MIDI instruments paired with noise and intricate texture, celebrations of his eclectic influences from hip hop, folk, electronic and abstract sound art that coalesce ever so sweetly into a concise tracklist bursting with life.
Elsewhere this week: DMX Krew's Kiss Goodbye finally finds its way to vinyl after almost twenty years. Complete with glitzy synth lines, heartthrob romantic tension, and catchy pop hooks, showcasing Ed DMX's elite songwriting chops from his earlier releases.
Trumpeter, producer and composer Matthew Halsall returns to Gondwana Records with a fresh pressing of his previously self-released Bright Sparkling Light EP, cut from the same sessions An Ever Changing View and bearing a similar fusion of jazz, electronica, and world music.
It was with ‘Apocalypse’ that Thundercat well and truly stepped out of the shadows. Out on Brainfeeder and co-produced and co-written with Flying Lotus and Mono/Poly it's an album not afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve, now celebrating a 10th anniversary with an expanded red vinyl pressing.
Our download of the week is from London based enigma U with a devotion to texturising the club’s contents and following their last release for the label in 2021 is back on Phantasy Sound with another EP that pulls and sculpts dance music into metamorphic forms.
Enjoy!