Alexandra Palace, London
Kieran Hebden hits a new career high as he brings his eclectic club music to the masses with a dazzling stage show
Daylight is still streaming in through the stained glass of this secular cathedral at the top of north London when Kieran Hebden, known most often as Four Tet, starts triggering noises from his rig. The enduring light of late spring underscores how early it is by the standards of electronic music: not long after 8.30pm.
And yet roughly 10,000 excited people are crammed in and around a large rectangular section at the centre of the hall, where dangling ropes of lightbulbs create an immersive 3D space. This is Four Tet’s renowned light show, designed by Squidsoup, lighting artists who have been working with him since 2015: a “30m x 30m volume of lights, over 40,000 individually addressable points”, they specify.
Hebden has arrived at a particularly sweet spot. Tech has set Four Tet free. Tonight’s gig is very 'Insta-ready'
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