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Squarepusher
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Born in 1975 (Essex, England), Tom “Squarepusher” Jenkinson’s innovative work spans almost every musical genre, although he is perhaps best known for his experimental drum’n’bass with a heavy jazz fusion influence. Rising from near-total obscurity to drum’n’bass cause célèbre in the space of a couple of months, Jenkinson released only a pair of EPs and a DJ Food remix for the latter’s Refried Food series before securing EP and LP release plans with three different labels. His first full-length work, Feed Me Weird Things (on Richard “Aphex Twin” James’ Rephlex label), was a dizzying, quixotic blend of superfast jungle breaks with Aphex-style synth textures, goofy, offbeat melodies, and instrumental arrangments (Jenkinson samples his own playing for his tracks) that recall vaguely jazz fusion pioneers such as Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report. A skilled bassist and multi-instrumentalist, Jenkinson’s fretless accompaniment is a staple of his music and one of the more obvious affiliations with jazz (although his formal arrangements are often as jazz-derived as his playing).
Jenkinson grew up listening to jazz and dub greats like Miles Davis, Augustus Pablo, Charlie Parker, and Art Blakey. The son of a jazz drummer, Jenkinson followed in his father’s footsteps, playing bass and drums in high school. Introduced to electronic music through experimental electro-techno artists such as LFO and Carl Craig, Jenkinson soon began assembling the rolls of disparate influence into amalgams of breakbeat techno and post-bop avant-garde and progressive jazz.
Jenkinson grew up listening to jazz and dub greats like Miles Davis, Augustus Pablo, Charlie Parker, and Art Blakey. The son of a jazz drummer, Jenkinson followed in his father’s footsteps, playing bass and drums in high school. Introduced to electronic music through experimental electro-techno artists such as LFO and Carl Craig, Jenkinson soon began assembling the rolls of disparate influence into amalgams of breakbeat techno and post-bop avant-garde and progressive jazz.
Including Autechre, µ-Ziq, Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares, AFX, Wisp, The Flashbulb and more…
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Squarepusher - Rotate Electrolyte
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squarepusher - tundra
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Squarepusher - Sarcacid Parts 1
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Squarepusher - Male Pill 5
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Shoutbox
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TalkingDrums wrote:
wonder how he'll go down in Weegie
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lolneko wrote:
Cozfunkel, feed me weird things, his first album.
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spareparts303 wrote:
with him i don't think it matters Cozfunkel, he has such an array of styles that you would be better off just closing your eyes and putting your fingers in!everyone else is doing it!
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Jaztronix wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/AlienSeduction http://www.myspace.com/alienSeduction
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GentleMadness wrote:
Ultravisitor - it's the record that shows all varieties of Jenkinson's styles most. Even if you only like parts of it, you can be sure to like most of his other stuff.
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Cozfunkel wrote:
Anyone recomend which album i should start on?
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CompSimpCarl wrote:
new album is pretty rockin', i'm not opposed.
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AnarchyBurger wrote:
"A Real Woman" sounds like a Ramones song with vocoded vocals and an electro-jazz arrangment. Pure genius. The text that accompanies the new album might clear it's idea a bit. It's like Tenacious D's "Tribute", a tribute to the greatest ultra-gig ever played.
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mosu818 wrote:
here here har har!
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runout_groove wrote:
playing london with LFO in december: http://www.last.fm/event/768023
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lolneko wrote:
the new album bareley has anything electronic in it, i like it but i miss when it was just pure electronic music with him and his bass.
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joiletblog wrote:
Hey Dude, it's Polish support your upcoming LP: http://joilet.blox.pl/2008/10/Pamiatka-od-Squarepushera.html cheers ;-)
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DDRmaster117 wrote:
I hate his new album; if I wanted to listen to his more 'organic' sounding music, I'd fucking listen to Budakhan Mindphone.
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willkill wrote:
imo he's best when he's doing the long big fuck off going for a ramble tunes and he can get such a great lead going and just carry on with it and progress slightly and move ever forwards and upwards. the new album is pretty good but somehow not quite the same
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Afuera wrote:
the drums and his bass playing on the new album are pretty crisp if you ask me. It's way better than hello everything if you ask me.
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Adyry wrote:
We are the amen break lovers. http://www.last.fm/group/The+Amen+Break/
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runout_groove wrote:
he's playing london with very special guests LFO on december 9th: http://www.last.fm/event/768023
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Madrhythm wrote:
Two words....Beep Street.
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freezegelman wrote:
omg, the new album is so bad. the only thing keeping me going is the bass playing
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GentleMadness wrote:
In refence to faith_no_more_: Any belief is just a lack of knowledge.
Events
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Le Trabendo, Paris, France
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21
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Non Stop Kino, Graz, Austria
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| 24 attendees
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Nov
22
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Club Diesel, Budapest, Hungary
36 shouts
| 110 attendees
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Recent Activity
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