Squarepusher

Squarepusher
Squarepusher

Tom Jenkinson performing
at Glade Festival in 2005.
Background information
Birth name Thomas Jenkinson
Also known as Chaos A.D.
The Duke of Harringay
Tom Jenkinson
Squarepusher
Born January 17, 1975 (1975-01-17) (age 36)
Origin Chelmsford, Essex, England
Genres Acid techno, acid jazz, drum and bass, musique concrete
Occupations Musician
Instruments Bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, violin, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, drums, drum machine, chapman stick, theremin, electronics
Years active 1994–present
Labels Rephlex, Warp, Worm Interface, Nothing

Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence.

Jenkinson was born in Chelmsford, Essex in 1975 and was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School. Jenkinson performs live, playing with a fretless or fretted bass guitar, a laptop, piano, and other hardware. He has appeared twice on BBC Radio 1's The Breezeblock show.

He is the brother of fellow musician Andy Jenkinson, who is also known as Ceephax Acid Crew.

Contents

Equipment

Squarepusher sequenced his pre-2000 work on a BOSS DR-660 drum machine. He uses hardware for his electronic music such as King Tubby-style spring reverbs, Akai samplers, (S950 for early work, S6000 for later work), a Roland SH-101 synthesizer, a Roland TB-303 bassline synthesizer, and a reel-to-reel tape machine. Around the year 2000, Squarepusher bought a computer with Reaktor and an Eventide Orville for digital processing. According to a list of gear from the official website, Squarepusher owns the following:

Bass guitars: Music Man / Rickenbacker 4001 / Custom built 6 strings.
Guitars: Classical and Baritone classical / custom electric guitar.
Software: Reaktor using only home made algorithms.
Electronic Hardware: Eventide "Orville" + "DSP4000" using only homemade algorithms/ Yamaha sequencer / 16 track tape machine / MackieDesk / Sine wave generator / Roland SH101 / Octave "Cat" synth / AKG414 mics / Home made + AKG analogue reverb units / DAT recorder.
Percussion: Ludwig drum kit / Balinese percussion / xylophone.
Other: some wires, mains leads, a room to put it all in, cooperative neighbors, etc.

He has been known to play Fender, Ernie Ball, and Warwick basses.

Perhaps the most ubiquitous sample associated with many Squarepusher songs is the Amen break.

He is currently performing live with drummer Alex Thomas.

Discography

Albums

EPs, singles and promos

1994 Crot EP Released under name Tom Jenkinson.
1994 Stereotype EP Released under name Tom Jenkinson.[2]
1995 Conumber E:P Released on Spymania. Partially compiled into Burningn'n Tree.
1995 Alroy Road Tracks Released on Spymania under the alias The Duke Of Harringay, later all tracks included in Squarepusher compilation Burningn'n Tree.
1996 Bubble And Squeak Released under name Tom Jenkinson.[3]
1996 Dragon Disk 2 Split EP, released under name Tom Jenkinson.[4]
1996 Squarepusher Plays...
1996 Port Rhombus EP Also compiled in the US version of Big Loada on Nothing Records
1997 Vic Acid
1997 Big Loada Also released on Nothing Records in 1998.
1998 Remixes 12" Released under alias Chaos A.D. on Rephlex.
1999 Maximum Priest EP
1999 Anti-Greylord Protection Scheme Prelude Included with most copies of Selection Sixteen
2001 My Red Hot Car
2001 Do You Know Squarepusher Single for the album of the same name, no titles appear on this release, merely a single song "Do You Know Squarepusher".
2003 Ultravisitor Single for Ultravisitor.[5][6]
2004 Square Window Promo for Ultravisitor.
2004 Venus No. 17 Includes Venus No.17, acid mix of the track and Tundra 4, which is reworking of track 2 from Feed Me Weird Things album.
2006 Welcome to Europe Exclusive digital single #1: released September 4 (Also available on Hello Everything).
2006 Hanningfield Window Exclusive digital single #2: released September 18.
2006 Exciton Exclusive digital single #3: released October 2.
2006 Vacuum Tracks Released with certain editions of Hello Everything.
2006 Welcome to Europe 12" vinyl single.
2009 Numbers Lucent EP
2010 Shobaleader One: Cryptic Motion[7]
  • A track entitled 'Lost in Space Drum n Bass 2000' or simply 'Drum n Bass 2000' exists on various music streaming web sites such as Last.fm for which Squarepusher or Amon Tobin are widely credited as the artist. However, the track is in fact 'Hungry On Arrival (Spring Heel Jack Remix)' by the group Outernational Meltdown and found on a compilation entitled "Lost In Space Drum 'n' Bass Phase 00:03".

Compilation appearances

Release date Released on Track Notes
1996 Law & Auder Records "Happy Little Wilberforce" Avantgardism drum'n'bass
1998 We Are Reasonable People "Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid" Song credited to "Squarepusher/AFX".
2002 Lo and Behold! Lo Recordings Sampler "Live 1" Credited to "Tom Jenkinson and Friends" link
2003 Lost in Translation "Tommib"
2006 Marie Antoinette "Tommib Help Buss"
2006 A Bugged Out Mix "My Red Hot Car"

Remixes

1996 DJ Food: "Scratch Yer Hed (Squarepusher Mix)" Appears on Refried Food and various Ninja Tune compilations.
1996 Funki Porcini: "Carwreck (Squarepusher Mix)" Appears on Carwreck EP.
1998 East Flatbush Project: "Tried By 12 (Squarepusher Mix)" Appears on Tried By 12 Remixes.
2001 Chaos A.D.: "Psultan (Squarepusher Mix)" Appears on Rephlex Records The Braindance Coincidence compilation.

References

External links


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