Squarepusher - Squarepusher Theme

[FunkyBass]

1:36 flashback to the sega dreamcast

[LIGHTRONIX]

this is nothing at all having anything to do with the techno!! u silly people want to call everything techno >.>

[Kankerzwijn]

wow nice clip :O

[aw5omeFRAZA]

best squarepusher music to date

[robertjohnloftus]

@aw5omeFRAZA Not sure about that. I really like the new CD Shobaleader One

[aw5omeFRAZA]

@robertjohnloftus

Oh yeah i obtained that yet. Plus i said that 3 months ago lol...

[robertjohnloftus]

@aw5omeFRAZA Well get on it man! it's great stuff

[aw5omeFRAZA]

@robertjohnloftus

Yeah I was going to buy it this weekend actually!

[LinJapanese]

this could totally be music for a video game... mega man, perhaps?

[dertischler20]

ups,here it is... :D

[AfroNigerianMan]

I want this song how do I get it?

[colicub]

@AfroNigerianMan Get a copy of Ken Ishii's X-Mix: Fast Forward & Rewind CD. It's fairly reasonably priced and fucking amazing.

And get a copy of Jelly Tones while you're at it!

[homidog11]

complex animation. that would have taken hundreds of hours to finish

[Ms400m]

yeah dis is cool. you're awesome for making this

[thegreasytoothpick]

well i didnt make it..

[Ms400m]

lol you're awesome anyway

[RadioheadaphexZappa]

I'm high, and this is marvelous

[gerisboyle]

@RadioheadaphexZappa Im eating fruit and this is marvelous

[lysergicwindow]

neat fusion... reminds me of the AI video from WARP back in the early 90s.

[HO2]

Also, the main melody likely was played life, and a lot of the mixing can be done life also with tools like glitch and a groovebox. just cause the instrument is now in the form of a box and a screen doesn't make it any less of an instrument.

[HO2]

Western freeform is an oxymoron because you still limit yourself into chord structures and specific scales of frequency. How can it possibly be freeform if can only make a finite amount of sounds?

[ezkiel]

oMG Skateboarders only skate on a board. How can they freestyle if they are stuck on a board.

[lestersole]

ROFL what about za hoverboardz?

[slymon]

we are not stuck on our boards. no straps motherfucker. its pretty goddam free lol, mix that with a bit of style. freestyle can be anything you make up as u go along, skating, bmx, snowboard, rap.

your comment is so stupid i think ur just taking the piss

[LegoDubstepnDnB]

@ezkiel try rodney mullen, dik'ed

[robertjohnloftus]

@ezkiel skateborders r kul

[lestersole]

I take it your eastern? Well, let me explain.

Not all western artists use chords and stuff like that. The new age is starting to use tech to compose their music (such as i am.). So don't be so quick to say we have limitations to our music.

[kordkordkord]

you are totally right. the only interpretation where it could not be a contradiction is if "western" is meant to be a geographical reference for the origin of the artist or the piece, but not "western" in a musical way.

[kordkordkord]

oh and another thing, an artist has infinite possibilities inside finite options, always. It doesn´t matter if it is a finite amount of sounds, you can still be free with it, and do something new, just the same way a painter can make infinite things with a finite space in the canvas, do I explain myself right? See you!

[PrinceOttmar]

"it should not be labeled as jazz because it is not a display of freeform expression based around an improvisatory framework, using melodic and harmonic traditional elements that are idiomatic to jazz. That's the short answer :)" - by jazzpsalti

That's not a SHORT answer, that's a SHIT answer which doesn't actually mean anything.

You need to revise your definitions of Jazz, Mate.

[Zeptis1337]

he's right in that it is not classical jazz; it is, however, a wonderful fusion of classic techno with modern jazz much in the way industrial fuses rock and techno.

[Anawnymous]

@Zeptis1337 I don't really techno in it at all though.

[dsleeperhold]

id say it was a pretty good answer.

[theflush]

I first heard of Squarepusher when I bought Ken Ishii's X-mix album back in the day. I immediatelly fell in love with the song and the rest is history. I'm going to watch Squarepusher live at STRP in The Netherlands, April 4th.

[boranboy]

I was there too! It was so freaking cool!

[SlackerIndustries]

jazzpsalti, that's YOUR definition of Jazz. As a jazz musician myself, the term "jazz" itself to me comprises a wide variety of styles, not all of which are necessarily based off improvisation, and definitely not all are freeform.

[DDRpwnerer]

-2 for being way out of tune on the video.

[foreignaustrian]

then buy the K-7 DVD. I have it. ;)

[dubconcrete]

@DDRpwnerer I think one reviewer describes the K7 series of VHS tapes having incredible DJ sets but horrid visuals

[trewkiko]

why is this all sped up :S either way bomb track

[jazzpsalti]

I like the fact that squarepusher was hip to the demoscene :)

[mikew1500]

reminds me of when my great grandmother died. she know me better than anybody

[5imian]

this is fablous

[mikew1500]

no this is a masterpiece

[5imian]

god you're right.

[mikew1500]

song makes me very happy

[victotronics]

Great stuff. But I'm a bit confused. What's the name of this track and who released it? What's the relation between Squarepusher & Ken Ishii?

[kreatah81]

taken from K7's longvideo "Ken Ishii - X-Mix8.

track name is "Squarepusher theme" taken from the album "Feed me weird things".

I think Ken is a fan.

[hazardous541]

richard sinclair...

[hazardous541]

mmmmmmm recalls me david sinclair's sound...

[arturosuken36]

Brought to you by the fountain of the Gods.

[wotonden]

wheres the start of the song!?

[R0B0TRON]

Tom is da junk. Luv his musiks. Where is "Our underwater Torch"?

[hectorsland]

thats what i wanna know¬!!!!!! my version is called song;underwater torch but there probably the same....luv that song!!!!!!

[Californiasoul05]

Jazz Chords =), what's better than a guy who impliments jazz chords into electronic music

[hectorsland]

well yeah but who said this is electronic music anyway? its just because it uses electronic instruments....i havnt studied music enough to learn about different styles of music but i think this has characteristics of jazz so why shouldnt it get labelled as jazz?!

[Californiasoul05]

I think it is because of the presence of electronics that it would be classified as such. The jazz chord progs are basically his little spin and touch, but it makes it what it is. Pretty sick though I love this song

[hectorsland]

yeah i know what your saying. electronic music kind of relies a lot on the sound, i dont know of any set rules or boundries for it which is good but very loose label. music appreciation is mad

[Californiasoul05]

appreciation is all that matters in any shape or form...props

[hectorsland]

too true

[jazzpsalti]

it should not be labeled as jazz because it is not a display of freeform expression based around an improvisatory framework, using melodic and harmonic traditional elements that are idiomatic to jazz. That's the short answer :)

[flageolette]

sweet and pushy!

[cojoneees]

one of the best drum programming in the biz

[eddiebumbum]

Have a listen to Replica off Becks new album, there must be a definate influence there

[mistersimmons]

Straight doms that bassline. Totally epic.

[VulgarMongoose]

damn this is some trippy shit

[AgentSpinhead]

i love how he makes the bass speak for him

[lueyb12]

hes so tight

[chutzpah37]

Steady - that's between you and him!

[zipohhaha]

I'm perpetually stunned by Squarepusher. Squarepusher theme and Don't Go Plastic are some of the bests songs I've heard.

[eklectric]

ahh, x-mix :)

I actually fell in love with squarepusher when i first saw this video...

memories.. lol

[rockwarnick]

he's such a great bassist

[foreignaustrian]

This video is a work of art.

[Reik45]

this is not a full you miss the first part

[bizarreoutsider]

I had forgotten how awesome this track really is. You wouldn't believe how many times I've searched for this on YouTube. I loved this when this came on on Chill Out Zone in the good ole days of 1997. Pure sonic joy.

[foreignaustrian]

Same here! Luckily I had it on a VHS tape to remind me once in a while - and now, with Youtube, I can finally dig up all those groups again (and occasionally buy a CD to sponsor them) 8-)

[dinesor]

fantastic song