Born: 17 / 1 / 1975
Location: Sheffield
Thomas Russell Jenkinson, known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid techno, jazz fusion, and electroacoustic music. His recordings are often typified by a combination of complex drum programming, live instrumental playing, and digital signal processing. Since 1995, he has recorded for Warp Records as well as smaller labels, including Rephlex Records. He is the older brother of Ceephax Acid Crew (Andy Jenkinson).
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"[E]ven when Squarepusher's facing backwards, the rest of the world is struggling to keep up."
"Through the white noise and digital banshee howls of glitch-rave gone mad, the lush chords of 'Stor Eiglass' broke like rain, seeping into our subconscious"
The last thing you want to do is ask what he thinks of the “drill‘n’bass” tag journalists and musos applied to him in his career’s formative days. “It’s just more static, window dressing, polishing, waffling, missing the point,” he dismisses. “Fundamentally, why the fuck would anyone concern themselves with that boring shit if they were able to thrive and enjoy making music themselves? But why??
When you put this up against some of today’s biggest dubstep/bass artists, it almost sounds quaint.
"Tom ‘Squarepusher’ Jenkinson recently revealed his renewed fascination with pure electronics. Ufabulum is incontrovertible evidence of this, with sweeping, panoramic synth lines that optimistically stride forward."