Squarepusher is a pseudonym of Chelmsford, Essex, England, electronic music… Read Full Bio ↴Squarepusher is a pseudonym of Chelmsford, Essex, England, electronic musician Tom Jenkinson (b. 1975), best known for his experimental drum and bass, with a heavy jazz fusion influence. A skilled bassist and multi-instrumentalist, Jenkinson's virtuoso playing 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). His bass style includes melodic fretless playing, high-speed slap bass and intricate chordal work. The project débuted with Conumber E:P (1995, Spymania) and the latest is Be Up A Hello (January 2020, Warp).
The son of a jazz drummer, Jenkinson grew up listening to greats such as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Art Blakey, plus dub pioneers King Tubby and Augustus Pablo. He played bass and drums in high school but was frustrated by the limitations of playing with other musicians. Introduced to electronic music through experimental electro-techno artists such as LFO and Carl Craig as well as the local rave scene, Jenkinson soon began assembling these disparate influences into an amalgam of post-bop, avant-garde and progressive jazz with breakbeat techno, making heavy use of the Amen break.
Conumber E:P and another early EP, as Duke Of Haringey, Alroy Road Tracks (1995, Spymania), were initially disregarded as misplaced perversions of jungle's more obvious compositional principles. However, they found a ready audience in fans of post-acid house experimental listening music. Tracks from these EPs were later compiled onto the album Burningn'n tree.
His first album, Feed Me Weird Things (1996, Rephlex - Richard D. James' label) and from there he progressed to Warp Records for the Port Rhombus EP, classic second album Hard Normal Daddy (1997) and all subsequent releases to date - except, as Chaos A.D., an album of old acid techno tracks, Buzz Caner (1998, Rephlex).
For Music Is Rotted One Note (1998), he stopped using sampled drum breaks and instead multi-tracked himself playing drums, bass, and keyboards. The following year, he released two EPs: Budakhan Mindphone and Maximum Priest, plus album Selection Sixteen.
Go Plastic (summer 2001), marked a change of direction with entirely sampled and synthesized sounds. It includes the closest thing to a hit single Squarepusher had seen, "My Red Hot Car". His subsequent releases, e.g. Do You Know Squarepusher (2003) and Ultravisitor (2004), found him refining his fusion of composition, programming and musicianship.
More recently, Just A Souvenir (2008), with a more rock-influenced sound, was followed by Solo Electric Bass (2009), consisting of live recordings of Jenkinson on the titular instrument.
The son of a jazz drummer, Jenkinson grew up listening to greats such as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Art Blakey, plus dub pioneers King Tubby and Augustus Pablo. He played bass and drums in high school but was frustrated by the limitations of playing with other musicians. Introduced to electronic music through experimental electro-techno artists such as LFO and Carl Craig as well as the local rave scene, Jenkinson soon began assembling these disparate influences into an amalgam of post-bop, avant-garde and progressive jazz with breakbeat techno, making heavy use of the Amen break.
Conumber E:P and another early EP, as Duke Of Haringey, Alroy Road Tracks (1995, Spymania), were initially disregarded as misplaced perversions of jungle's more obvious compositional principles. However, they found a ready audience in fans of post-acid house experimental listening music. Tracks from these EPs were later compiled onto the album Burningn'n tree.
His first album, Feed Me Weird Things (1996, Rephlex - Richard D. James' label) and from there he progressed to Warp Records for the Port Rhombus EP, classic second album Hard Normal Daddy (1997) and all subsequent releases to date - except, as Chaos A.D., an album of old acid techno tracks, Buzz Caner (1998, Rephlex).
For Music Is Rotted One Note (1998), he stopped using sampled drum breaks and instead multi-tracked himself playing drums, bass, and keyboards. The following year, he released two EPs: Budakhan Mindphone and Maximum Priest, plus album Selection Sixteen.
Go Plastic (summer 2001), marked a change of direction with entirely sampled and synthesized sounds. It includes the closest thing to a hit single Squarepusher had seen, "My Red Hot Car". His subsequent releases, e.g. Do You Know Squarepusher (2003) and Ultravisitor (2004), found him refining his fusion of composition, programming and musicianship.
More recently, Just A Souvenir (2008), with a more rock-influenced sound, was followed by Solo Electric Bass (2009), consisting of live recordings of Jenkinson on the titular instrument.
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toby shickwick
ok, story time:
so, there was a time in my life where i didn't think this was my fav idm song (at the time i thought it was analogue bubblebath by aphex twin). or my fav squarepusher song (at the time i thought it was do u know squarepusher). or even my fav song off ultravisitor (at the time i thought it was andrei). i already luvd this song, but 1 time i listened 2 ultravisitor in its entirety 4 the 1st time & it immediately became:
- my fav song off ultrasvisitor
- my fav squarepusher song
- my fav idm song
- my fav 2000s song
&...
- my 3rd fav song of all time. my 2nd fav song is sunday morning by velvet underground, 1st fav song is baba o'riley by the who.
yeah just great job tom, great job.
Tim Stratton
16 years ago this was the first song that thoroughly blew my mind to bits. Sent me to a different reality forever knowing that this song exists out there
maccrimbo
24 years ago Windowlicker did the same to me which eventually led me to Squarepusher.
Mike Moyer
So on the crazy off chance I'm in a police chase that will end in my death, this will be what is playing.
Barry Vestal
I just love how open he is with writing...its not about the machines people...its about the freedom to create...and plus its just stupid cool
Draconium
i love how the transition between live and programmed drums is so seamles.
plus there's lik a 50% chance we switched continents somewhere between these two live drum recordings
Gosh Applesauce
First time ive heard this song. I discovered squarepusher in general about 15 minutes ago. my life is changed.
Johnny Axon
try Autechre
Mattee
If this genre and style is new for you, I have to tell you.. You've got a beautiful journey ahead of you
Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, Oneohtrix Point Never etc... Just golden
C
The Flashbulb
Clifford Gilberto
Plug
Venetian Snares
COLofDUTY
No rush but if you do want to hear something else check out Igorrr.