While we decided to skip Four Tet’s performance in the early hours of Sunday (rain and overall exhaustion being the main factors) we still kept our eye on performance that was scheduled for later that day. Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) played a show with Mats Gustaffson (whose band The Thing also performed at BE) – a wild mix of electronics and free jazz improvisation.
While the show started out in a rather quiet and unassuming way (at times we wondered if Mr. Gustafsson’s mic was turned off) it eventually grew into a torrent of squealing sax and clicks and cuts and glitches. And then it went back….and then the torrent started growing again (reportedly Mats Gustafsson had to pour out all the saliva out of a sax during the quieter moments of the set).
Below we collected some of the tweets for both Four Tet solo performance and his set with Mats Gustafsson + some tweets related to The Thing
Four Tet at @BigEarsFestival—I love the timbre of this guy’s beats. So much clairty. #BigEarsKnox pic.twitter.com/CfeBw98L75
— Andrew Swafford (@swaffmoney) March 25, 2018
Kieran Hebden aka @FourTet + Mats Gustafsson of @thethingjazz threw it down pretty hard at @themillandmine for only the 2nd time ever #bigearsknox @BigEarsFestival pic.twitter.com/X0gBUborUt
— Terrorbird Media (@TerrorbirdMedia) March 25, 2018
. @fourtet is in the house! Get down here ASAP! #BigEarsKnox
?: Johnson Giles pic.twitter.com/QRcLawR67A— The Mill & Mine (@themillandmine) March 25, 2018
A lot of folks here attempting to dance to the polyrhythms of @FourTet ?#BigEarsKnox #louisvilledoesbigears #bigears
— R. short (@composerShort) March 25, 2018
Our 2nd evening at Big Ears Festival… “Four Tet sound check “, 2018.03.24 @themillandmine… https://t.co/8SUVN2RkRs
— Aaron Campbell Photo (@bloodshot23) March 28, 2018
I closed out Day 2 of the Big Ears Festival with The Thing: Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love. pic.twitter.com/bCozYSoom9
— Kreilly65 (@Kreilly65) March 24, 2018
Would you like to hear and see 10 seconds of one of my favorite bands? They’re called The Thing.#BigEarsKnox pic.twitter.com/JCsYZKyt8M
— Bret Saunders (@Bretontheradio) March 24, 2018
I don’t think I’ve ever had as much straight up fun at #bigearsknox as last night’s Black Twig Pickers>Tal National>The Thing>Fats Waller Dance Party shows.
— Eric Dawson (@thatEricDawson) March 24, 2018
[streaming] kieran hebden (four tet) & mats gustafsson – 3.25.2018 @ the mill & mine #sweetblahg https://t.co/vEZItQMFmH
— joel berk (@pfcidb) April 2, 2018
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