Today's song is the Four Tet remix of Pole's "Heim" (got that?). Pole is the nom de guerre of a German named Stefan Betke, and his early music is really hard to pin down-- sort of like dub (an offshoot of reggae) made by a bunch of flickering ghosts. Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden) is a musician and popular remixer (a guy who interprets and puts his own spin on other folk's music) who's worked with everybody from experimental electronic bands to pop stars to old school jazz drummers. It shouldn't work but it does, and this piece is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard and one of my personal favorites. Once you get past the skittering drums for the first 1:10, you're golden. If this doesn't move you in some way, you're either deaf or dead. Oh yes, I went there. Enjoy.
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