Ringer (EP)

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Ringer
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EP by
Released21 April 2008 (UK)
6 May 2008 (NA)
Genre Electronic
Length31:29
Label Domino Records
Producer Kieran Hebden
Four Tet chronology
Remixes
(2006)
Ringer
(2008)
There Is Love in You
(2010)
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Ringer is an EP by Kieran Hebden under the name Four Tet. It was released on 21 April 2008 in the UK, and is Hebden's first major release of original solo material since 2005's Everything Ecstatic Part 2 .

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ringer"9:58
2."Ribbons"5:21
3."Swimmer"8:43
4."Wing Body Wing"7:27

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