Take yourself back to May 2009.
Club Shuffle is in it's infancy, people still care about Mumford & Sons, post-dubstep is in it's ascendancy but still very much niche, the world is a very different place.
Released on Four Tet's own label with no big announcement, no artwork and no sleeve notes, were two of the most incredible pieces of electronica to be released in a very long time. Moth and Wolf Club were a preview to the new dancefloor beats that Four Tet was readying to unleash in 2010 and contained all the quintessential elements of Burial to produce a diverse and instantly addictive sound. The release sold out as quickly as it was released and those of us lucky enough to get our hands on a copy were treated to a unique capture of two great UK producers from different circles not colliding but genuinely collaborating.
Fast forward to 2011. Dubstep is now made by Britney Spears, people turn their noses up at Mumford & Sons and James Blake is now A list Radio 1 as well as playing B2B sets with Kode9 at DMZ.
It's been a whirlwind two years.
Today, Text Records (Four Tet's own label) announced a split 12" with Burial, the first new Burial material since the brilliant Fostercare on the Hyperdub retrospective. Only this time, there's some vocals from a Mr Thom Yorke.
Preorders sold out in about 10 minutes with an expected release date of Monday 21st. With my copy well and truly ordered, 2011 is turning out to be a year to spoil music fans.
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