Squarepusher 1996 interview part 1

[Travmapunk]

I ADORE Dutch! It sounds so gay)) Dutch in my opinion is the language of youth, music, clubs and drugs!

It's deff my fav!

Cheers from frrrozen steps of Sajberia! My drunk bear on bicycle saluts you too...))

[ProzacPie]

Master of the interview ...VERY smart man ...Like a straight Stephen Fry.

[spacenoise5]

all to tape, legendary, no comp, awesome

[juvedoo99]

@spacenoise5 yeah digital analogue, a bitch to write unless your square pusher or aphex twin. but sounds incredible.

[bastlake]

a delicious little enclave of gear

[phthalocyanine4]

wow... his place is a mess. i wonder if he lived this way all the time or if he did this especially for the tv-guys :)

[AphexDreamer]

Aphex Twin logo at 2:52 Makes sense someone as good as him would listen to the best :)

[kotep777]

no way there is no computer being used at this point......impossible? no noway

[Brom24]

I love the chuckle when he messes with the pitch shifter.

[LIGHTRONIX]

that song at the beginning is so awesome

[thunderheart530]

ive seriously watched this interview 100x. his sounds are so amazing to me

[slickfalls]

whats the name of the song he starts breaking down on the mixer at 1:45?

[electronicexposure]

@slickfalls "E8 Boogie" from the Hard Normal Daddy album.

[flaggfam]

As long as I've been a die-hard fan of Tom's and seen him live and allat, I must say this is the most normal, I've ever seen him. Fascinating to hear him talk and work on the tracks that I've committed to heart.  Great post.

[TyrannosaurusGnome]

I spy an Aphex Twin sticker on 1:10

[SomeShows]

Also, 2:51, pause it right on that mark and you'll see he has an aphex sticker on his guitar as well.

[Z06vette7500]

any1 know the song that starts at 2 seconds?

[anticimexxx]

"Tundra" from Feed Me Weird Things

Ciao

[ourigin]

No one's really done a gear tally on this one.

I've spotted a TR-606, TB-303, TR-727, SH-201, and Ibanez bass. If you know what mixer or sampler he's using I would love to know.

You may have also spotted the AFX/LFO split and White Noise - An Electric Storm.

[taoteking2]

Sh-101, not an Sh-201. 101 is an analog synth. 201 is an digital synth.

[ourigin]

Ah, cool.

[cyphersum]

The mixer looks like a Spirit Folio 14:2 and the sampler below is the Akai S900 or S950.

The LFO 12" is not the AFX/LFO split because this interview was in 1996 and that was released in 2005.

[JonDaniels]

SH-101, but I knew what you meant! :)

[Phylopn]

+10 points if someone knows what you hear the first 2 seconds of this clip.

[emiliolio]

what what what??? i want to know!!!

[Phylopn]

It's Cypress Hill - Illusions (+10 for me, hehe). The clip is also on youtube.

[Neekstarrr]

Jenkins is always stuck with pretty terrible interviewers

[WKaliber1]

he;s beetter than that twat aphex twin

[maxwolfeee]

1:10 Aphex twin sticker LOL.

[Brom24]

the song in the studio, was that from feed me weied things? or the record that followed?

[cpokey]

"E8 Boogie" from Hard Normal Daddy

[Brom24]

omg thanks so much, i love you.

[Brom24]

what record was this music from?

[daftblac]

make a 101 sound like different man thats wat squarey dud

[eroticmisery]

odd fucker

[70ilovemusic70]

Excelente! I love Squarepusher, I love music.

[dawoof]

that Recorder isss Sooooooo OOLD

[d3p3ch3mod3]

"and also you can do this!" haha eccentric geniuses are so fucking cool

[munk18]

ahh man... not in english!?

[loydmanred]

At 2:51. Is that Aphex Twin's symbol on Tom's bass?

[thedjscotto]

it's Warp Records

[cheekyegg]

no its afx's

[cboy144]

the symbol appears twice. It's the Richard D James logo, that he's been using since his first commercial release. It is HIS symbol, however, RDJ has no specific name. Saying 'no, it's not Aphex Twin, it's AFX' means jack-shit because they are the same person. Squarepusher releases stuff for Rephlex Records, which is a company owned by RDJ. They have a professional relationship in the very least.

[cheekyegg]

yeh, thanks for patronising me

[cheekyegg]

it was "no" to warp records not the symbol comment

[toberborgan1]

what is the backround music in the beginning?

[auntiephos]

Don't know about the very begnning of the clip, but from when the "Drum & Bass" caption comes up at 0'03", it's Tundra from Feed Me Wierd Things by Squarepusher.

[freezegelman]

the beginning is "Tundra" one of Tom's best!

[WARDISWARD]

she says ..thats bjork, amiroquai and therapy are heavily influenced by the rhtms of drum and bass ( this shit dates from early nineties ..you know

[snarfeck]

haha. pitch control. if i had all those toys my wife would make me clean it up after every session. and i wouldn't. and we'd eventually get a divorce. and it'd be all over. so i don't own that shit. i just record shit with my laptop. easier to clean up. and the wife loves the floor space. but in my next life i think i'll be like tom. but with shorter hair, and perhaps hygiene.

[cheekyegg]

lol he is putting out the scuff cock vibe isnt he

[fuckingharpsichord]

look at his tb

man, that tb had a good live

[elektrobi]

i can't understand dutch, but i can recognize the words "bjork, jamiroquai and therapy" at the beginning of this vid. what tha fuck have all those 3 artists in common with s-pusher ?

[maurits2]

They are influenced by drum&bass.

[unityrover]

I would LOVE to be his Room-mate!!!

[Agentrenfield]

this sounds like korn

[slavashalava]

u sound like a dumbass

KORN?!??!?!

[Agentrenfield]

Yeah! While I listen to this I visualize the "blind" video. Jonathan's wild dreads flying everywhere. His music is alot like korn.

[husikamravedojo]

a lot like Korn ? wtf , explain to me how squarepusher is anything like Korn please

[squarepusher645]

Cheers for this up....

[AKCrowley]

Using analogue recording for electronic, interesting.

[Ecclesio]

Oh, hey. Right at 1:10, you see an aphex twin logo... That's interesting. Where did that logo come from anyway?

[peewack]

he and Aphex Twin are friends, maybe they share some equipment

[unoriginalname666]

He was/is a massive fan of Aphex, as all electronic musicians were/are. Because he's amazing. Though Snares is better LOL!

[kurtisblow3000]

venetian snares better than aphex? are you kidding me? every sound aphex makes drips fucking "aphex" style and flavor. venetian snares is cool, but he's something like a pimple on afx's colossal jimmy.

[ihatelumberjacks]

Is it just me, or is he seemingly out of his head on something? Like Acid......

[Ecclesio]

He just seems a little nervous to me. This is right after his first album came out, so he's still a newbie in the spotlight.

[alfons00p]

@Ecclesio

where is he nervous tell me, where?...

[funkulankula]

What's wrong with being nervous?

[jonsilence]

Sick and needs help. But please tour again first.

[mpalmer28]

Amazing. He's so normal!

[tag2426]

tundra is played at the beggning off the album Feed Me Weird Things

[Dilemma21]

well shit.....that explains why the man is so fuckin sick at production........he starting messing with it in 85.......then was putting out beastly tunes all on a fahking 8track!!!!! thats nuts....it almost seems like when he got into DAW his music was toned down a little..........weird.

[madurodamn]

I remember that documentary, Source Direct is interviewed aswell and the journalist challenges them to a contest "how loud can you take the sound in your headphones". You gotta see it to believe it.

[UsedEQuipment]

where this interview can be found mate ?

[madurodamn]

I lost the tape, maybe check with this uploader ?

[pmcd]

I can't quite recall where I found this. Sorry.

[vordkaze]

Ok all u morons I checked and that song is NOT Tundra. I still dont know what song it is but its not tundra.

[lukeashmoore]

YES IT IS! at the beginning it is

[motorishot]

it's tundra, you're retarded.

[motorishot]

The tracks in his studio are 1) e8-boogie off Hard Normal Daddy and then at the end is 2) Theme From Ernest Borgnine, also from Feed me Weird Things.

[toffee20]

Its f-ing brilliant, thats what it is!

[JohnRater]

By the way, Feed Me Weird Things is not his first album. He had Crot EP and Conumber EP before he made Feed Me Weird Things.

[movingpicture]

those are EPs not albums

[JohnRater]

I consider the album Feed Me Weird Things to be the Magnum Opus of Squarepusher. The album is absolutely brilliant.

[holdenclaudfield]

what's the name of the first song?

[seablue]

"Tundra" It's from his first album.

[holdenclaudfield]

nice thanks a lot mate! feed me weird things right?

[tifius]

Thundra, not tundra

[Ecclesio]

Uh, no. Its Tundra.

[tifius]

oops sorry, my bad :P

[McYaballow]

Looks like his other 303 and Bass guitar are marked with an AFX logo. The 303 with the logo looks really in crappy condition compared to the other one.

[Nicetry75]

Press pause at exactly 2:33. Lmao.

[skatetopoop]

hilarious at 4:10 on

[mypocketsausage]

did she just call jungle, jingle?

[UnknowablEnigma]

jingle bells ...

[JacobAshcroft]

Does anyone know what tape deck he's using?

[CassetteMaster]

Pretty cool. Nice tape deck!

[AdamWoodhams]

It's about the music though which is still superb, and improving i think so if the interview bothers you, let it be. Personally I think it's nice that an artist actually thinks about his work.

[Molinman]

Well, his thoughtful poses are a bit jeezy (get it? "Jesus" + "cheesy", yeah), but his answer to that completely waste of interview space about fuckin apples is rather nice, I think.

Answers which are really...well, annoying and destroying my picture of cool ol' Squarepusher, can be found by searching for "squarepusher interview" on Google, the fourth result, "WARPRECORDS", an excerpt from i-D Magazine from 2004.

[I0Take0Drukqs0]

the dutch get such good tv

[lxvlx]

damn, he was so chilled back then.. now his head is so far up is ass its comin back out his mouth.. read some of his latest interviews.. dang.

[I0Take0Drukqs0]

it was the herion, im sure

[23607]

Hey which interviews r u talking about?:)

[lxvlx]

go to yahoo and type in "squarepusher bbc interview" and click on the second link.. bbc - collective - ask squarepusher.. read his comments about apples and check ou his thoughtful pose with the wind blowin' freely in his hair.

[cheesechoker]

Hah, remember when people thought Source Direct were going to be the next big thing

[movingpicture]

it's definately a TR606, now that i look at it, cos it was designed to be used with the TB303. thanks for the info.

[theapc]

squarepusher is among the most creative people in the music industry. I just wish I could afford to use hardware more, im stuck using live right now :(. one day...

[movingpicture]

what is the machine to the left of the 303? It's Roland...

[tripbrother]

well, it is silver, and i did not get a good look so a couple of ideas:

another 303, a tr606 which is known as the poor mans 808, a tr 626 not the best roland drum machine. i lean towards the 606.

[excellrec]

I absolutely love this video. this is my favorite record of his. It's incredible that he made a very competent jazz record with that setup. Does anybody know of more videos with him like this?

[littlelisaluna]

aww it started and i thought i was in german and got excited so i now only understand like every other word

[frostedminipete]

"It's like...like WISSHSHHWOOHAWHOO WSHHHOAWOAAOOO!!"

[nundale]

loving it. he's a genious, and down to earth and modest. he follows a big idea, a feeling, a need, and that can be felt in this documentary...

[proboscislounge]

so stoned i thought narrator was speaking english.

[deepshadows86]

lol

[movingpicture]

the language is dutch.

[plukx]

that is one muddy 303,__ya think he bought it off Aphex...I hope so

[EdgarPlaysBass]

It uses a SAWWWWWWWMMMMPLUH!

[gabyu]

this man is a genius !

[Joasis]

Cool, I used to have this on tape! It's from dutch tv btw. Would like to see the interviews with photek and source direct too!!

[RhythmDroid]

Does somebody know what languge that intro is in? Is it Welsh?

Curious.

[RhythmDroid]

nevermind, is it Dutch?

[databass313]

dirty 303

[meu02136]

Just to clear this up, Tundra is on at the start, but Tom is messin about with EZ Boogie.

[klojinum]

Nice little split second clip of Cypress Hill's 'Illusions' as the video starts there. Heh. I only recognised it by the music though (haven't seen the video - though, I guess I'm in the right place for having come to that realisation).

[Kostly]

Mad scientist he is. Incredible mind. Awesome sound. Me Ted! Squarepusher is the fucking daddy. You think youre out there? You think youre fucking out there? I wonder if Tom trips a lot, if at all.

[silvastomp]

"buttons n stuff!" hahaha. SO funny.

[profikid]

ez boogie is another track

[hoobster5]

yea sqaurepusher ist volles mett. den wollte ich schon immer mal bei der arbeit sehen. der kann mir mal sein studio geben.

[Industro]

lol,the face he makes when he messes up the pitch. hilarious :D

[PreciousJoe]

Tundra - My favorite track from Feed Me Weird Things. Such a nice treat.

[ReflexRec]

damn I wonder what studio he has now!

[pope1870]

tundra ..... need i say anymore than that

[silvastomp]

agreed

[silvastomp]

hha yes, I did notice the AFX logo lol. before i read your comment. Hee's probably got one of richi's umbrella's stashed away from the windowlicker vid too.

[jesuitx]

Any one else notice the AFX logo :D

[disengage12a]

haha nice, I wouldnt have noticed if you hadnt said that lol

[philay07]

all analog! you rock tom. fuck pro tools!

[silvastomp]

he's using sequencers now-a-days...

[freezegelman]

yeah but each album is recorded differently. he never used the same way to create his music on each album, so half of the work is learning how to use new equipment.

[harhol]

And then you have "Hello Everything", which he clearly couldn't be bothered with and probably recorded in an afternoon on an old 4-track! It's still pretty good, of course, because it's Squarepusher, but I hope he tries with the next one.

[d3p3ch3mod3]

haha, no way, hello everything is the best one

[Drunkencrow]

gloomy little rat's nest that is.

[Down10]

Tom's like a mad scientist showing you his lab. Sure, there are beakers and bunsen burners and all the typical equipment, but what's key is the BRAIN behind it all...

[sleepytimeB]

ahhh analog :)

[bollocks2k]

genius