Four Tet - 'Remixes'

Four Tet's trademark cut ups, reversals, stretches and general messing about are all present on his remixes for other artists, causing peculiar melodies to emerge from the chaotic manipulation. Lars Horntveth's Tics sounds like it's having its own fit, as the track tumbles out of itself, while Skittrbrain (Radiohead) is busied with galloping drums, and then tweaked, pinched and nudged until another side of the music is revealed. Despite the discordant melodies, and beats that seem so impossibly mixed up that even Philip Glass would wince at the coordination of the various rhythms, the music doesn't have a jarring effect on the senses - quite the opposite. Madvillian's Money Folder is taken on a trip through chunky classic video game beats, and Beth Orton's Carmella is given a loving 11 mins 45 re-rub. CD one is a mixed bag, with an overall Massive Attack feel, of genres lovingly blended. The CD comes as a double album - disc two features reworks of Four Tet's own tracks. [Alex Burden]