Four Tet has donated a vinyl copy of his unreleased album ‘⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ’ to Resident Advisor’s charity raffle.
Despite a couple of take a look at pressings being despatched to followers, the album, which was created in 2021, by no means obtained an official launch. The proceeds from the raffle will probably be donated to War Child, which aids youngsters dwelling below world battle.
Last weekend, Resident Advisor and War Child’s music industry-oriented fundraising platform, the Right to Dance, hosted an in particular person charity report store in Hackney Wick, with varied artists contributing information to be bought. Audio-Technica turntables and kit had been additionally put up for grabs within the raffle.
Four Tet has had a giant 2023, regularly collaborating stay with fellow producers Skrillex and Fred Again.. The three have performed quite a few excessive profile gigs – together with a sold-out present at Madison Square Garden and the closing set at Coachella, during which they performed to a 100,000-strong crowd. They additionally performed three intimate gigs at London’s Electric Ballroom, Electric Brixton and Troxy in January.
However, a couple of months in the past he contested the concept that he’s “lastly getting the success he deserves”.
“That idea was coming at me after Coachella – ‘He’s lastly getting the success he deserves’ – however it didn’t actually really feel like that,” he stated to The Guardian.
“I did Coachella and the subsequent gig was a three-and-a-half-hour set at my daughter’s thirteenth celebration to twenty teenage women, who I felt checked out me deeply unimpressed the entire time.”
He continued, saying that even regardless of taking part in these big exhibits, he finds it onerous to imagine that he’ll have the ability to play to such huge crowds going ahead.
“I used to be about to say I don’t know if I’ll ever do something like Coachella once more,” he added. “But me and Sonny [Moore, AKA Skrillex] are headlining Hard Summer in LA for 75,000 folks.”
