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NYC by Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - album review

NYC by Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid – album review

Before cementing his name in the world of electronica under the guise of Four Tet, Kieran Hebden found praise as part of the alternative, contemporary jazz-induced electronica of Fridge; and with jazz percussionist Steve Reid, Kieran Hebden finds a perfect partner for experimentation outside his solo remit.

NYC is Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid’s fourth album in three years which suggests they both get much enjoyment from the sessions they have together.

NYC was recorded over two days earlier this year at Avatar, a studio in the infamous Hells Kitchen location of New York.  The concept was to record an album that expressed Reid & Hebden’s impressions of New York, Steve Reid’s hometown.

NYC comprises of six tracks where Steve Reid is credited with playing percussion and Kieran Hebden credited as playing ‘electronics’. Hebden’s electric guitar screeches and loops along with keyboards, samples, loops and plenty of live knob-twiddling.

As with other Hebden / Reid collaborations, NYC is interesting, deep and emotional; and generally less commercial and more an acquired taste to the Four Tet releases.

NYC by Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid tracklisting:

1. Lyman Place
2. 1st & 1st
3. 25th Street
4. Arrival
5. Between B & C
6. Departure

NYC is out now on Domino Records

For more information visit www.KieranHebdenandSteveReid.com