Four Tet was on Essential Mix duty last weekend. It was a pretty tidy two hours but not quite the showstopper I was hoping for. One of the highlights though - aside from his homemade ramshackle idents - was one of his recent remixes:
Bicep - Opal (Four Tet Remix) is a twisty, knotty 8 minutes of ecstatic main room techno. It keeps the good things from the original and beefs up the other parts to make it a more straightforward club record. So everything a good remix should do in the traditional sense. And I think it's that traditional style of remix that led to a slightly sniffy RA review of it - and even more prickly comments. It probably comes from the same place as my reaction to Four Tet's Essential Mix. Basically, as it's Four Tet it should be groundbreaking. Just being very good may not be enough.
Make up your own mind on the Four Tet Essential Mix in next 20-odd days, as that's how long it has left on iPlayer. Or y'know head to MixCloud where I'm sure loads of people have already uploaded it.
Original image by Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
