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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Squarepusher Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Squarepusher:
#20 My Red Hot Car Use me out for all Let me tell you girl that…
01 My Red Hot Car you scream out for more let me tell you girl…
50 Cycles all great praise, eventually ice ?? dust puppy respected, re…
A Real Woman You are a member of society You are a member of…
Acid Tape even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a…
Anstormm-Feck 4 so what you think you are, do you? think you're fucking…
Circlewave hello, my name is thomas jenkins.…
Come on My Selector Let the bass kick! I'm the fucking daddy! Oh yeah its alri…
Do You Know Squarepusher squarepusher's your fucking daddy makes all different styles…
Iambic 9 Poetry Genesis Supper's Ready Apocalypse In 9, 8 With the guards…
Illegal Dustbin ARE YOU DOWN WITH THE UNDERGROUND?…
Into The Blue Lost in the (park?) Lost in the place somewhere quite moving…
Love Will Tear Us Apart When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low And resentme…
My red hot car you scream out for more let me tell you girl…
My Red Hot Car you scream out for more let me tell you girl…
Plaistow Flex Out Yeah mate, welcome to Plaistow Flex Out.…
Plug Me In I've got to get in sync with you Do you wanna…
Schizm sort out the record (?) break it down like this…
Shin Triad Le shinav, sar le shin pre tu Ginav e djes, ginav…
Square Window i love you…
Talk About You & Me I love you girl Nothing you can do Gonna make you my…
The Coathanger Behold the coathanger! Observe the coathanger! It's over t…
Unreleased Track 1 sort out the record (?) break it down like this…
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enderwiggins23
This track is surprisingly amazing at 2x speed.
S. Shuck
Literally never had the idea of playing music back at altered speed!!! thank you
Shukry Adams
after taking this recommendation i am now disorientated for the rest of the day :/ still a vibe.
Suyima Valdes
I am 47 years old and this song makes me feel so full of live that I could tell you ...it's just a master piece
TheJokerGuns
At 2:48 begins one of the most beautiful moment I've ever heard
Chanse Gierbolini
Bought this album about a week ago. In love with it!
Euan Atkinson
This is the best song I have ever heard found it yesterday and played it over fifty times 8|
Guitar Mogul
@SimplyHaffar Oh man reading this made me want to, in a good way, put my head in a bass bin. x
Martin Cattell
@SimplyHaffar he he making your listeners enjoy the sound of your farts is pretty funny. I read in one of WAMs recent blogs that his horn concerto was inspired by flatulence.
SimplyHaffar
@Martin Cattell also richard put a fart in a song and it made perfect sense. sorry Tom can't beat that (he confirmed to me. he's a friend)