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Text Records is a British independent record label founded by Kieran Hebden in 2001. [1] Hebden has released much of his own music through the label: several albums and singles as Four Tet (including collaborations with Burial and Thom Yorke) and two albums with the band Fridge. Other artists to have released recordings on the label include Daphni, Koushik and One Little Plane.

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Catalogue identifierArtistNameYear released
TEXT001 Koushik Battle Times EP2001
TEXT002CD Fridge Happiness2001
TEXT002 LPFridgeHappiness2001
TEXT003FridgeThe Sun2007
TEXT004 One Little Plane Sunshine Kid2008
TEXT005One Little PlaneUntil2008
NoneOne Little Plane"Sunshine Kid" (single)2008
TEXT006 Burial + Four Tet Moth/Wolf Cub2009
TEXT007One Little PlaneLotus Flower2009
TEXT008RocketnumbernineMatthew and Toby2010
TEXT009Four Tet / Daphni Pinnacles / Ye Ye2011
TEXT010Burial + Four Tet + Thom Yorke Ego / Mirror2011
TEXT011Four TetLocked / Pyramid2011
TEXT012Juk JukWinter Turns Spring / Frozen2011
TEXT013Burial + Four TetNova2012
TEXT014One Little PlaneInto The Trees2012
TEXT015Four TetJupiters / Ocoras2012
TEXT016Four Tet128 Harps2012
TEXT017PercussionsBird Songs / Rabbit Songs2012
TEXT018Four TetPink2012
TEXT019Four TetLion / Peace For Earth2012
TEXT020Four TetJupiters / Lion (Remixes)2012
TEXT02100110100 01010100 (Kieren Hebden)01812013
TEXT022KHTTIBPTPKAAATJUIHRAMADPOBR2013
TEXT023Four Tet & RocketnumbernineRoseland / Metropolis2013
TEXT024Four TetKool FM2013
TEXT025Four TetBeautiful Rewind2013
TEXT026Four TetKool FM (Champion & Container Remixes)2013
TEXT027Crazy Bald HeadsFirst Born2014
TEXT028Four Tet & Terror DanjahKiller / Nasty2014
TEXT029PercussionsKHLHI / Sext2014
TEXT030PercussionsAscii Bot / Blatant Water Cannon2014
TEXT031 Taraval Streetways EP2014
TEXT032Four TetBeautiful Rewind (Remixes)2014
TEXT033John BeltranFaux2014
TEXT034 Anthony Naples Body Pill2015
TEXT035Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid Strings Of Life / Tongues2015
TEXT036Four TetMorning / Evening2015
TEXT037JoeThinkin About2015
TEXTDDD01Percussions"Digital Arpeggios" (Single)2015
TEXT038Four Tet & DesignerMothers / Dark2016
TEXT039Four Tet & ChampionFlip Side / Disparate2016
TEXTDDD02Four TetPink Remixes2016
TEXTDDD03Four Tet"Evening Side (Oneohtrix Point Never Edit)"2016
TEXT040TaravalII (EP)2016
noneFour TetRandoms2016
TEXTDDD04Four TetBeautiful Rewind Remixes2016
TEXT041Four TetRinger2017
TEXT042Four TetThere Is Love In You2017
TEXT042XFour TetThere Is Love In You Expanded Edition2017
TEXT043Four TetThere Is Love In You (Remixes)2017
TEXT044KHQuestion2017
TEXT045Four TetSW9 9SL / Planet2017
TEXT046Four TetNew Energy2017
TEXTDDD05Four Tet"Two Thousand And Seventeen" (Single)2017
TEXTDDD06Four TetPlanet2017
TEXTDDD07Four TetSW9 9SL2017
TEXTDDD08Four TetScientists2017
TEXTLR0014TLRLive at Funkhaus Berlin 10 May 20182018
TEXTLR0024TLRLive in Tokyo 1 December 20132018
TEXTLR0034TLRLive at Hultsfred Festival, 18 June 20042018
TEXT047TaravalAardvark2018
TEXT048KHOnly Human2019
TEXT049Four TetAnna Painting2019
TEXT050Four TetTeenage Birdsong2019
TEXT051Four Tet Sixteen Oceans 2020
TEXTDDD16Four Tet Parallel 2020
TEXT053Four Tet (Wingdings alias)Untitled2021
TEXTDDD1500110100 01010100 871 2020
TEXTDDD18Burial + Four TetNova / Moth2022
TEXTDDD19 Hagop Tchaparian GL / Raining2022
TEXTDDD20Hagop TchaparianRound2022
TEXTDDD21Hagop TchaparianRight To Riot2022
TEXTDDD22Four TetMango Feedback2022
TEXTDDD23Hagop Tchaparian"Round (Four Tet Remix)"2022
TEXT054Hagop TchaparianBolts2022
TEXT055 Fred again.. & Brian Eno Secret Life 2023
TEXT055Four TetThree2024

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References

  1. "FOUR TET / KIERAN HEBDEN interview". The Milk Factory. June 2001. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  2. "Text Records Label | Releases". Discogs.com. Retrieved 3 May 2020.