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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Martin Cattell
I thought this track was a bit cheesy when I first heard it years ago after wolfing down ultravisitor , MIRON and Go Plastic but now it's one I keep on coming back to. I love the way the melody builds and develops especially after 3:11. The energy is infectious
FungleFunTime
This track works for it. Similar to you I first thought it was a bit simplistic for Tom but that's why it works so well. It build and builds, I listen to it now and it matches my frisson/goosebumps as it progresses.
Douche Baginglol
I wish I could meet Tom, I think his work is the pinnacle of human exceptionalism. I have listened to his albums hundreds of times and often thank God for the experience. This is the most profound synth lead I've ever come across.
Colm O Cuinneagain
@Demonwhisper its probably the MC202.
Demonwhisper
@Ben Coleman really, this is an SH-101? I've seriously been contemplating getting one of those Behringer clones, the MS-1, which is a true analog clone of the SH-101. Now you just gave me one more reason to buy 😂
Ben Coleman
@Demonwhisper It's all down to the SH-101, which has this really fast portamento slide and a really resonant filter. This track is a masterclass in SH-101. The lead is f**king out of this world, just incredible in every way
Demonwhisper
Me too! This lead is MASSIVE, i'm just completely blown away by it every time I hear this track. I've been attempting to recreate a similar patch many times, but I have no idea how he can make it scream like that and keep all that control. He's definitely playing around with some portamento-sliding, but none of my attempts have even come close 😔
Anonymous Husky
Finding this track, albeit long after its release, is pure bliss. The way the track evolves and the little details are just magical and beautiful...
Definitely on par with Aphex's Heliosphan.
Weegee
Great track but they absolutely nothing to do with each other
Manuel Barbisan
One of the best songs of Squarepusher