Steve Reid

Four Tet at Creators Project in October (more by Ryan Barkan) Four Tet was just in NYC to DJ at Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival and has a few more shows in December, including ATP Nightmare Before Christmas in the UK...

Domino are very sad to hear the news of the death of Steve Reid, who passed away in his sleep last night after a battle with cancer. Steve Reid was a giant of a drummer, who began playing professionally at the age of 16...

Reid and Hebden have made several albums together by now, including the excellent in 2007. Those sea legs seem to have a mighty short half-life, though: Reid's creative phrasing and pulse games are, as always, a fascinating contrast to the rigid rhythmic grids typical of Four Tet constructions, but on the pair doesn't seem to find a happy middle ground anywhere...

DOWNLOAD: Tittsworth - WTF (Nadastrom remix - Stretch Armstrong Edit) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Tittsworth - WTF (Eli Escobar remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Presets - This Boy's In Love (Lifelike remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Runaway - Use Me (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy (Grandmaster Flash remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Daisy O'Dell - (3 live mixes): Electro Bounce, Groovy Disco Breaks, and Boogie Hits (yousendit MP3 link) DOWNLOAD: Mikix The Cat - Freeze (Kanji Kinetic remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Captain's Holiday Mix '08 (Mediafire MP3 link) DOWNLOAD: Evil Nine - All the Cash (Glitch Mob Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: John Acquaviva - November '08 Mix (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Drlkt Freddie - Airtight (MP3) I took two nights off after my early start Wednesday night, leaving me eager to hit the B Saturday night for a party that featured a nice mix of deejays that were both familiar and new (to me)...

The next free Ben Neil-curated free show at the World Financial Center Winter Garden happens Tuesday (July 22, 2008). On the bill this time: Kieran Hebdan (Four Tet) and Steve Reid...

"BEN NEILL is a composer, performer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. Through his use of interactive computer technologies, Neill creates a unique musical and visual experience, melding the worlds of electronic music, jazz, pop culture and visual media...

More free shows in NYC this summer.....