I’ve made 3 new tracks as part of an exhibition with the artist Anna Liber Lewis that opens at the Elephant West gallery in London on Friday. This will be the only place you can hear the new music. Headphones and audio players are supplied at the gallery. pic.twitter.com/dmZ6wQKnt2

— Four Tet (@FourTet) January 15, 2019

Headphones will be provided during the exhibition for a full sensory experience. The artists hope the experience will that will challenge contemporary ideas of what art is. In a press release Elephant West said “This will be a multi-sensory experience, where the audience should feel able to move freely, and dance if they want to; it aims to disrupt the idea of the ‘white cube space’ exhibition, ubiquitous across the contemporary art scene since the end of the 19^th century.”  Four Tet (real name Kieren Hebden) has been friends with Anna Liber Lewis since childhood, and the music and paintings are to be experienced in tandem together.  

Tomorrow we open the second artist commission at Elephant West—a collaboration between London painter and winner of the Griffin Art Prize 2017, Anna Liber Lewis, and her life-long friend, the illustrious electronic musician Kieren Hebden, aka @FourTet. https://t.co/CIW8u4CIXT — Elephant Magazine (@ElephantMag) January 17, 2019

Describing the music created by Four Tet, Elephant West stated “each [track is] made in response to the images Liber Lewis was sending him over a period of about 6 months.  The tracks range from ambient and twinkly, to bass-heavy and danceable, echoing the emotional journey across Liber Lewis’s work”, and fans are very excited to see the results.

You are a true artist when i discovered your music I was transported off this crazy planet. Thanks!

— Visceral Fate (@euforik80skid) January 15, 2019

Born in 1977 Hebden has amassed a back catalog consisting on nine studio albums and a raft of singles and remixes, including an anthemic version of The XX VCR. Whilst this will be the only place to hear these three new tracks from Four Tet, fans from outside of London need not fear as he is currently in the middle of the North American leg of their world tour, with full dates listed below. 

Tour Dates

19^th January Igloofest Montreal, Canada

2^nd February, Palladium, Los Angeles, CA

5^th February, Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY

6^th February, Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY

8^th February, 1015 Folsom, San Francisco, CA

9^th February, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

10^th February, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

9^th March, Days Like This Festival, Sydney, Australia

10^th March, Golden Plains, Meredith, Australia

11^th March, Pitch Music + Arts, Melbourne, Australia

13^th March, Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand

8^th May, Alexandra Palace, London, UK

9^th May, Alexandra Palace, London, UK

Jamie Lenman and his brilliant moustache (Ben Morse Photography)

Five years since Reuben, the underground heroes who tore the music scene several new arseholes throughout the noughties, disbanded in 2008, their energetic and multi talented frontman is back, with new album Muscle Memory set to begin his musical journey all over again. The album is set to be divided into two, with one side focussing more on the post-hardcore/alternative rock sound that was Reuben’s trademark, whilst the other half is filled with folk and jazz tunes. A slightly peculiar combination, but one we are backing Lenman to pull off successfully. Earlier today he posted this on his Facebook page.

“Hello everyone, it’s your good friend Jamie Lenman here. It’s been a while!

I’m writing to tell you all that I’ve recorded an album and it’s going to be released with my old pals Xtra Mile on November the 4th. The record is called ‘Muscle Memory’; it’s a double album of 23 tracks and I’m very proud of it. The record is split in two with one half extreme, aggressive metal and the other half all folk and jazz – and I’m hoping it’ll split your minds in two also. You can pre-order it at [http://www.xtramilerecordings.com/MusicDetails.aspx?rid=687&fid=12&brid=5]”

Being the nice chap that he is, he has also released a video for two of the tracks from the album, Fizzy Blood and Pretty Please, which can be viewed at the bottom of this page. It shows Lenman sporting a fantastic moustache. If that doesn’t swing your interest then nothing will. The track listing for the record has also been released, which can be found below.

1. The Six Fingered Hand

2. Fizzy Blood

3. No News Is Good News

4. One Of My Eyes Is A Clock

5. Shower Of Scorn

6. A Terrible Feeling

7. The Fuck Of It All

8. All The Things You Hate About Me, I Hate Them Too

9. Gary, Indiana

10. A Plague On Both Your Houses

11. Muscle

12. Shotgun House

13. I Ain’t Your Boy

14. It’s Hard To Be A Gentleman

15. For God’s Sake

16. Little Lives

17. If You Have To Ask You’ll Never Know

18. Pretty Please

19. A Quiet Understanding

20. Saturday Night

21. A Day In The Life

22. Memory