Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke – Ego / Mirror

A. Ego
B. Mirror

Here it is, the one you've all been waiting for since, errrr, it was announced on tuesday! Thom Yorke, Four Tet and Burial have collaborated on two tracks, 'Ego' and 'Mirror' for Kieran Hebden's Text label. It's the second time Hebden aka Four Tet has appeared with Burial, again on a black-on-black vinyl/centre label/sleeve combo, and actually the 2nd time Burial has appeared with Mr Yorke, following his remix of 'It Rained All Night' a few years back. At a guess we'd say Mr Hebden had a larger hand in 'Ego', judging from the tinkled marimbas and purring beat, while Burial's influence is clearly apparent on the defined 2-step pivot and emotive impact of 'Mirror'...www.boomkat.com

Four Tet / Mala - Nothing To See / Don't Let Me Go

01. Four Tet - Nothing to See
02. Mala - Don't Let Me Go

Soul Jazz pair two disparate but cosmically inclined UK stalwarts on a killer sampler 12" for the forthcoming Future Bass compilation. Mala's 'Don't Let Me Go' is an earthy mover, rooted in shuddering subbass and stone cut drums while spaced out with frothy, Zomby-esque bleeps and evaporating melodica motifs. Four Tets 'Nothing To See' is a craftier piece of music, wrapping tumbled thumb pianos (maybe it's a marimba?) with trapped techno loops and flurries of jazz percussion in a proper kosmiche house style drawing wonky lines between Krautrock, 'tronica and Funky...www.boomkat.com