AMBIENT SOHO: TOM JENKINSON
Yesterday, we had some ambient mixed with jazz from Dunderhead. Today, some ambient mixed with dnb from the same limited edition 1996 EP. Nowhere near as successful for me, although very popular at the time.
Tom Jenkinson is of course the real name of oddball electronic artist Squarepusher – previously here – biog:
Tom “Squarepusher” Jenkinson makes manic, schizoid experimental drum’n’bass with a heavy progressive jazz influence and a lean toward pushing the clichés of the genre out the proverbial window. Rising from near-total obscurity to drum’n’bass cause célèbre in the space of a couple of months, Jenkinson released only a pair of EPs and a DJ Food remix for the latter’s Refried Food series before securing EP and LP release plans with three different labels. His first full-length work, Feed Me Weird Things (on Richard “Aphex Twin” James’ Rephlex label), was a dizzying, quixotic blend of super-fast jungle breaks with Aphex-style synth textures, goofy, offbeat melodies, and instrumental arrangements (arrangements samples his own playing for his tracks) that recall vaguely jazz fusion pioneers such as Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report. A skilled bassist and multi-instrumentalist, Jenkinson’s fretless accompaniment is a staple of his music and one of the more obvious affiliations with jazz (although his formal arrangements are often as jazz-derived as his playing).
Tom Jenkinson – I Was Livid
Tom Jenkinson – Peace Nail
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