John Digweed is set to drop the fourth instalment of his Quattro compilation series on Bedrock Records on 4 December, with the five-disc collection featuring 66 new and unreleased tracks, as well a full-length artist album from Charlie May.
Coming some four years on from Quattro III, the compilation brings together original productions, remixes and reworked tracks from the Bedrock catalogue, with the first four discs exploring a different aspect of the label’s sound.
‘Spanning ambient soundscapes, progressive house, breaks, techno and peak-time club productions, Quattro IV is both a celebration of Bedrock’s musical heritage and a snapshot of where the label is heading,’ as a press release put it.
The Soundscape disc focuses on ambient and atmospheric productions, while Breaks features breakbeat-driven material, and Redux revisits the Bedrock catalogue through 11 reworked tracks. The fourth disc, Tempo, features 12 exclusive productions with the dancefloor in mind.
Artists featuring across the four discs include John Digweed and Nick Muir, Pig&Dan, Stelios Vassiloudis, Quivver, Chris Fortier, Luke Brancaccio, Sandrino, Spencer Brown, Zoo Brazil, Franky Wah, Argia, Ranj Kaler, Tigerhook, Braxton, Mark Romboy, Eagles & Butterflies and Island Hill, among others.
The fifth disc features No Memory, No FX, a 13-track album from Charlie May, a longstanding Bedrock collaborator and one half of electronic music duo Spooky, alongside Duncan Forbes.
Quattro IV will be available digitally through Spotify, Apple Music and other major streaming platforms, while a five-CD box set and a five-vinyl release are also available, alongside two additional bonus vinyl collections, Quattro Vinyl 6 and Quattro Vinyl 7.
The physical editions will be sold through the Bedrock online store, with the digital release also available through Bandcamp. You can pre-order it here and here. [Photo by Dan Medhurt]
