Squarepusher - Kammerkonzert

Tom Jenkinson aka Squarepusher presents ‘Kammerkonzert’, a riot of onyx-hard hyperfast riffs, fiendish orchestral themes and handbrake turns through varieties of progressive, ambient, electronic and experimental music.

The singular hardcore rave / IDM producer, experimental musician and creator of futuristic forms of fusion, has a three-decade-long back catalogue studded with a variety of jewel-like records. From the furious breakbeat acid and pulverising live bass guitar attack of ‘Feed Me Weird Things’ (1996) to the literal and self-explanatory ‘Music For Robots’ (2014) via the virtuosic live showcase of ‘Solo Electric Bass 1’ (2009) and the otherworldly concrète jazz of ‘Ultravisitor’ (2004), few contemporary musicians have covered as much ground in as sure-footed a manner. But despite this reach, his three-decade output is only typified by two things: unpredictability and rule breaking. Given that his new album on Warp, ‘Kammerkonzert’, is essentially a chamber concerto with him playing all of the parts, it’s safe to say he has come a long way since his crystalline drum & bass debut for the label in 1996, ‘Port Rhombus EP’.

Twenty-one albums in, ‘Kammerkonzert’ is the start of a new era for Squarepusher as a composer.