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Squarepusher

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Born 1975.

Squarepusher is a performance name for the person Tom Jenkinson.

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Biography

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. He went on to study Mathematics at Imperial College, London. Jenkinson performs live, playing with a fretless or fretted bass guitar, a laptop, and other hardware. He appeared twice on BBC Radio 1's The Breezeblock show.

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  1. Solo Electric Bass 1 2009

    Solo Electric Bass 1

    Reviewed by Mike Diver

    For its purity, this is a commendable project.

  2. Just A Souvenir 2008

    Just a Souvenir

    Reviewed by Alex Forster

    Feels like you're standing in a lift with Jaco Pastorious

  3. Ultravisitor 2004

    Ultravisitor

    Reviewed by Andrew McGregor

    The latest Squarepusher document sees Tom Jenkinson bare some genuine soul as the...

  4. Do You Know Squarepusher 2002

    Do You Know Squarepusher

    Reviewed by Peter Marsh

    The latest from Warp star and king of demented drum 'n' bass Tom Jenkinson - what will...

  5. Go Plastic 2001

    Go Plastic

    Reviewed by Olli Siebelt

    ...he's managed to push beat manipulation to its furthest coherent limits all without...

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