Steve Reid is the legendary drummer who has played with all the big names over his some 40 year career. I could be all day listing artists, so I’ll let you do the search through history. Over the last few years Soul Jazz Records have reissued Reid’s excellent albums ‘Nova’ and ‘Rhythmatism’. Kieran Hebden aka Fourtet hooked up with Reid for some heavyweight live shows and then embarked on two new projects with him. The first was the Steve Reid Ensemble’s ‘Spirit Walk’ which was released again on Soul Jazz in 2005 and has already been reviewed here by Andy Allen. The second is the Exchange Sessions, which mixes experimental electronics within Reid’s musical heritage. Volume One is only made up of three tracks: the first track is around seven minutes and the other two are around fifteen minutes each, and the latter two give them chance to spread their wings a little. As with all of Four Tet’s previous work, give it time and all will become clear. Volume 2 will be released later in 2006.
