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Born in 1975 (Essex, England), Tom “Squarepusher” Jenkinson can be broadly described as an electronic musician, though 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 arrangements (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.
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Hard Normal Daddy
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Ultravisitor
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YOMOTHAINLAW wrote:
how could you like my sound and not like iambic 9 poetry???
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CraigEvanson wrote:
Tommib, I Wish You Could Talk, My Sound, My Fucking Sound are amazing......the rest of his stuff is shit.
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Bleach00 wrote:
theme from tom hanks
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stalker_ozu wrote:
feed me weird things is amazing, I think it is his most Ambient, UFO's over Leytonstone is a great classic, a dark orgasmic abduction.
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filpaz wrote:
Nuovo post sul blog Orangeskies/New post on the music blog Orangeskies With a Little Help From My Friends – Beep Street http://www.orangeskies.info/?p=1230
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JakeSanchard wrote:
i have the same name as this guy =P
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GaliMaGimmo wrote:
You are
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BigLurch wrote:
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbboring
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carol_s wrote:
Respect the motherfreakin Coathanger.
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GaliMaGimmo wrote:
hello... HELLO!
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Abs0luti0n_ wrote:
every time i hear this i feel smarter
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riigo wrote:
they're too different to be compared
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GaliMaGimmo wrote:
no it's not.
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GalaxiaRetro wrote:
@amoebaturd - because its pants compared to hard normal daddy
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Haz567 wrote:
hard normal daddy is my favourite album thus far I need to listen to Ultravisitor more I remember it being the most initially impressive
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amoebaturd wrote:
i'm really wondering why 'feed me weird things' isn't higher in the ranks
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juviess wrote:
great!
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no-thanks wrote:
dibs
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Va001 wrote:
Anyone for a sausage roll?
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downbeatman7 wrote:
I havent got any of his music yet but i am dying to as he is phenomenal
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New Limited Album, 'Solo Electric Bass 1'
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From Warp's website:"Squarepusher’s excursions as a solo bass virtuoso will be immortalised
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