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''Rounds'' is the third full-length solo album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet on 5 May 2003 by Domino Recording Company. Wanting to make a more personal record, Hebden recorded and produced the album in his North London flat over ten months using a desktop computer and a home hi-fi system. Its ten tracks feature elements of hip-hop, jazz and folk; apart from a guitar part recorded for "Slow Jam", the music is composed exclusively from between 200 and 300 samples, many processed beyond recognition. ''Rounds'' produced two singles and one EP. Critics praised the album for its unique fusion of electronic and "organic" styles, and Metacritic lists it as the fourth best-reviewed album of 2003. Several publications included ''Rounds'' on "best albums of the decade" lists. In May 2013, on the tenth anniversary of its release, Domino reissued ''Rounds'' with a bonus disc including a 2004 live performance. ==Background and recording== After being a member of Fridge since 1995, Kieran Hebden began releasing solo records under the name Four Tet in 1998. His first release was the "Thirtysixtwentyfive" single, followed by the albums ''Dialogue'' in 1999 and ''Pause'' in 2001. The albums were influenced by hip-hop, jazz and electronic music.〔 Hebden felt his output had sounded too much like his influences and wanted to make a record that was more personal and harder to define.〔 Hebden drew on influences from Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Jim O'Rourke, Timbaland, the Neptunes and Rodney Jerkins.〔 Hebden recorded ''Rounds ''over ten months in his North London flat, using a desktop computer and a home hi-fi system.〔 With the exception of a guitar part recorded for "Slow Jam", he composed the music exclusively from a file of samples he had assembled over several years.〔 The album uses between 200〔 and 300〔 samples; each song is built from between 20 and 30〔 samples heavily processed〔 with the software packages AudioMulch and Cool Edit Pro, in many cases beyond recognition.〔 The nine-minute track "Unspoken" was originally based on a sample from the Tori Amos song "Winter" but was reworked when Hebden failed to get sample clearance. Hebden also used a Creative Labs microphone to record the guitar part for "Slow Jam"〔 and some sounds from television and sequenced the results in Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.〔 After spending the early part of his career naming his songs with random words, he decided to use more personal titles.〔 "As Serious as Your Life" takes its name from a 1977 Val Wilmer book about free jazz in New York City. Hebden was given a copy of the book by his father and said "I did hope that some kid would get interested and ask what the title was and then check out the book, so it's a bit like leaving little trails for people."〔 He was inspired to title the album ''Rounds'' after hearing that his sister had been singing a musical round, telling an interviewer: "It seemed totally relevant; a round is all about repetition and phasing, which is the essence of what I've been doing since I've been making music."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1036432 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rounds (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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