Tongues (Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid album)

Last updated
Tongues
Tongues (album).jpg
Studio album by
Released19 March 2007 (2007-03-19)
Recorded6–7 February 2006
Genre Jazz, electronic
Length44:44
Label Domino
Producer Kieran Hebden
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid chronology
The Exchange Session Vol. 2
(2006)
Tongues
(2007)
NYC
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 link
Review scores
SourceRating
Twisted EarStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg link
Pitchfork Media (4.2/10) link
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg link

Tongues is a 2007 album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid; except where indicated

  1. "The Sun Never Sets" – 5:50
  2. "Brain" – 3:48
  3. "Our Time" – 5:04
  4. "People Be Happy" – 4:42
  5. "Greensleeves" (Traditional; arranged by Hebden and Reid) - 2:39
  6. "Rhythm Dance" – 6:51
  7. "Mirrors" – 3:11
  8. "The Squid" – 4:12
  9. "Superheroes" – 4:25
  10. "Left Handed, Left Minded" – 4:05

Personnel


Related Research Articles

New York City (NYC) is the most populous city in the United States.

Domino Recording Company

Domino Recording Company or simply Domino is a British independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France. In addition, Stephen Pastel presides over the subsidiary label Geographic Music, which releases more 'unusual' music from Britain and outside of the Western world. In 2011, the company announced that it was beginning a book publishing division, The Domino Press.

Four Tet English musician and DJ

Kieran Hebden, best known by the stage name Four Tet, is an English musician active in electronic music. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting UK releases such as Rounds (2003) and Everything Ecstatic (2005). In addition to his eleven studio albums as Four Tet, Hebden's work includes a number of improvisational works with jazz drummer Steve Reid and collaborations with Burial and Thom Yorke.

Adem Ilhan Musical artist

Adem Ilhan is an English composer, producer and singer-songwriter. He has released many albums: his solo music project released under the name Adem, in the acclaimed post-rock band Fridge, alongside Kieran Hebden, and as part of the electronic duo Silver Columns with Johnny Lynch. He has scored several feature films and television series and numerous documentaries.

<i>Dialogue</i> (Four Tet album) 1999 studio album by Four Tet

Dialogue is the debut studio album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet on 1 February 1999.

<i>Rounds</i> (album) 2003 studio album by Four Tet

Rounds is the third solo album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet on 5 May 2003 by Domino Recording Company. Wanting to make a more personal record, Hebden recorded and produced the album in his North London flat over ten months using a desktop computer and a home hi-fi system. Its ten tracks feature elements of hip hop, jazz and folk; apart from a guitar part recorded for "Slow Jam", the music is composed from between 200 and 300 samples, many processed beyond recognition.

Malcolm Hebden is a retired English actor. He is known for portraying the role of Norris Cole in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street on and off between 1994 to 2020. At the age of 81, he announced his retirement from acting due to ill health.

Steve Reid Musical artist

Steve Reid was an American jazz drummer who played with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti, Kieran Hebden, and Sun Ra. He worked as a session drummer for Motown.

Tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates.

<i>The Exchange Session Vol. 1</i> 2006 studio album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid

The Exchange Session Vol. 1 is a 2006 album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, recorded in one day at The Exchange Mastering Studios in London. The album contains no overdubbing or editing.

James Holden (producer) English disc jockey of electronic music

James Alexander Goodale Holden is a British electronic music artist and DJ. After beginning his career as a DJ and producer, Holden has moved extensively into live performance and founded his own record label Border Community.

The Exchange Session may refer to:

<i>The Exchange Session Vol. 2</i> 2006 studio album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid

The Exchange Session Vol. 2 is a 2006 album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.

<i>Just Beyond the River</i> 2004 studio album by James Yorkston and the Athletes

Just Beyond the River is the second studio album by James Yorkston and the Athletes. It was released in October 2004. The album was released on 12" vinyl and on CD, initial copies of the CD came with a 3-track CD of folk standards and original compositions, entitled Fearsome Fairytale Lovers. The album was produced by Kieran Hebden.

This is a comprehensive listing of releases, collaborations, remixes and productions documenting the solo work of the British electronic musician Kieran Hebden. Alongside his role as a member of Fridge, Hebden has established himself as a solo artist under the moniker Four Tet, and has performed as part of the duo Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.

<i>There Is Love in You</i> 2010 studio album by Four Tet

There Is Love in You is the fifth studio album by English electronic musician Four Tet, released on 25 January 2010 by Domino Recording Company. The lead single from the album, "Love Cry", was released as a limited edition 12" on 2 November 2009.

<i>NYC</i> (Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid album) 2008 studio album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid

NYC is an album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid. Hebden and Reid had previously collaborated on three studio albums, with NYC becoming their final release before Reid's death in 2010. Inspiration for the album came from Reid's home city, with the two musicians meeting to record the music over two days in February 2008 at New York's Avatar Studios. The album was released by Domino Records in November 2008.

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

<i>Morning/Evening</i> 2015 studio album by Four Tet

Morning/Evening is the eighth album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet in 2015 by Hebden's own Text Records and via the online music store Bandcamp. As a child, Hebden had inherited a collection of Hindu devotional music from his late grandfather but did not listen to it until his maternal grandmother died during the making of his 2013 album, Beautiful Rewind. After sampling the voice of Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, Hebden was inspired to make a record with a similar structure to Indian music, particularly the raga mode and decided to break the album into a "Morning Side" and an "Evening Side". Alongside the sampled vocals, Morning/Evening contains complex drum programming, electronic sounds and manipulated found sounds.

<i>New Energy</i> (album) 2017 studio album by Four Tet

New Energy is the ninth studio album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet on 29 September 2017 by Text Records. The album follows a more uptempo, listener-friendly style than previous Four Tet records while containing elements of those albums and a variety of musical styles as well as virtual instrument replications of culturally-tinged instruments. The album garnered critical acclaim, landing on several year-end lists by publications such as PopMatters, Q, Uncut, The Guardian, and Pitchfork, and reached number 48 on the UK Albums Chart.