Four Tet "Daydream Repeat" Ableton Session Breakdown

Kieran Hebden, known as Four Tet, shares insights into the making of ‘Daydream Repeat’, describing how he formulates melodic ideas and develops them with the help of renowned producer Fred Again.. . He highlights how a lack of formal music training complements Fred’s musical knowledge well but also allows for innovative ideas stemming from his trial-and-error process.
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[@StephenJPilat]

Watching interviews with Kieran always gives me instant motivation to produce. I could listen to him talk about music production forever. What a gift this podcast is.

[@blobmusica]

same lol been using these as fuel these days

[@RadaSmada]

100% agree. This episode reminded me that I overthink EVERYTHING lol

[@Ableton]

Thank you for sharing Kieran's magic, amazing episode !

[@easyroyle]

fair play for getting this guy on, hes a national treasure

[@vinylarchaeologist]

*international

[@monbec_sigrym]

Kieran "Let me give a harp a go" Hebden

[@holliefitzzz]

similar to alice coltrane but with quite a different outcome

[@MrDesmondPot]

As someone who has dabbled with computer music production I feel confident saying that Four Tet is a natural. He has something in his make up that just gets creating music this way. He makes it all sound effortless.
The way he describes he works is exactly how I work. But I am rubbish at it.

[@jasonharrison5765]

I agree he's super talented, but how much is actual practice?

[@BHV2099]

@@jasonharrison5765 yeah when you've been producing at club level for 25+ years it should be fairly second nature to know what sounds good

[@------YeahOK------]

I just want to say thank you for these videos. It has got me back into writing again. I now cant stop writing bangers 😂

[@TapeNotesPodcast]

This is why we do what we do. Love to hear it 💪

[@benjames9158]

The harp being different every time would drive me insane

[@lil_laptop]

I love randomness in music, but it does drive me insane, using techniques like this

[@damo5791]

Great video. Great detail in how he makes his tracks in Ableton... vst's used, shuffle/swing, randomisation %, etc. Plus love Four Tet! More like this, please!

[@jackbarrera5667]

So interesting how each render is slightly different because of the randomization, almost sounds like a fun easter egg. I wonder if he intentionally doesn't freeze the track

[@marksimons4223]

when I first heard the track it immediately reminded me of Rez by Underworld

[@kokolorecords]

Love this podcast! Teenage birdsong would be another nice track to cover !

[@Pazaluz]

I'm wondering how he came up with that tempo of 128.39

[@TC-lk2ev]

golden ratio * 42 (meaning of life number)

[@lucasnolasco6590]

@@TC-lk2ev how? wouldnt that be 1.618 * 42 = 67.956?

[@TC-lk2ev]

@@lucasnolasco6590 haha yeah i was just messing around

[@lucidgreenmusic]

He might have started at a different tempo, and used varispeed to speed/pitch up or down? there's a cool max device for that, and I usually end up with weird tempo values

[@radiowaves13]

it’s the tempo of the first loop he dragged in

[@dmzbdg]

me my lappy and i :)
thank you. really inspired me to do sometimes a happy accicdent \m/

[@MLGKannonzz]

Is there a full version of this podcast?

[@zonashi8645]

the single cycled kick is messing with my head

[@jampigs]

He coulda just bounced out that harp part as audio 😅

[@nrw5513]

That'd be boring...😂

[@LASHH9669]

of all the things not to bounce and lock down, I'm glad he chose that one.

[@rited]

I dont think he's implying that it's variation is a bad thing, quite the opposite

[@AfroDude]

He just like me fr

[@benpeel6533]

Unwatchable due to too much milking of advertising

[@almendratlilkouatl]

this is an interview not a breakdown, the only thing I am impressed with is the fact that he uses just a few channels looking at the zoomed out arrangement

[@LASHH9669]

I think his long career has taught him simplicity with a good arrangement is the best

[@b1nary_f1nary]

Not a complete detailed breakdown but he does breakdown parts of the project. A lot of the video is still a breakdown. He literally solo's tracks and describes how he made them

[@LASHH9669]

@@b1nary_f1nary yeah and why he made them