- Audio CD (Feb 5 2009)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Warp Records
- ASIN: B00006C2P4
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #112,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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With a clutch of album releases under his belt and a growing reputation, it seems a little strange that Tom Jenkins still feels obliged to include a lengthy synopsis to his musical standpoint in relation to popular culture (hence Do You Know Squarepusher). Maybe this is the result of a bad review or confused audience feedback, or simply about that time when justification was finally met. Logically it follows that the musical template remains a hallmarked cacophony of splintered beats and fractured sonics that find an aggressive medium of balancing melody in and around contorted backdrops. Lyrically it's a pastiche with "F-Train" coming across as The Streets played off and out by The Anti-Pop Consortium. Not a particularly comfortable thought, but then Squarepusher doesn't necessarily do easy listening. The closest to that comes on the latter half of the album ("Mutilation Colony") where the beats are dropped in favour of soundscaping, that again combines abstract parts (akin to Carlos and Richter) although still finds a path for more conventional or should that be "accessible" pieces too. Rounded off with a passable version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" it's another astute album with a hint of ageing and acceptance. --Found Sounds
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Tout au long de sa carrière discographique, l'Anglais Squarepusher (aka Tom Jenkinson) n'a jamais cherché la facilité pour imposer sa musique, au même titre que son compagnon d'armes Aphex Twin. Restant circonscrit à un cercle d'adeptes éclairés, son style hors norme, sans concession, navigue entre drum'n'bass épileptique et 2 step névrotique. Ici, nous avons droit à un double album avec une face "(home) studio" et une face "Live In Japan" (dans la grande tradition des dinosaures du rock et autres jazzmen). Sur le premier CD, le morceau d'introduction qui donne son nom à l'album reprend les choses là où Tom les avait laissées sur son précédent opus, dans une veine proche de l'excellent single "My Red Hot Car". Passé ce titre à l'efficacité redoutable, on s'aventure de plus en plus dans l'expérimentation un peu froide et psychotique. Tom offre sa version de la musique concrète, dans une veine proche de ce que pouvait faire un compositeur comme Edgard Varèse ("Conc 2 Symmetriac", "Mutilation Colony"). Les inconditionnels apprécieront, quant aux autres, ils seront un peu décontenancés. En revanche, sa reprise du classique de Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart", est irréprochable, contrairement à celle de Cure en son temps. La partie live, quant à elle, séduira les fans malgré une puissance sonore quelque peu atténuée. --Laurent Gilot
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Lets get this straight,
By A Customer
This review is from: Do You Know (Audio CD)
Alright, let me just say Pithy Commentz is a f*ckin moron! Just 4 the hell of it I checked out the other reviews this idiot did, and (lol) he likes Jay-Z, Marilyn Manson, and thinks Bill O'Reilly is the best reporter! LOL!!! What a tool.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do I Know Squarepusher?,
By Pithy Commentz (CT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Do You Know (Audio CD)
Yeah i do, this guy can't spit out a decent album if his life depended on it. Another product of Warp Records' "Let's Sell Music Without Melody; Just Make It Weird So All The 12 Year Olds Eat It Up!" campaign. Ignore it, the only decent things this guy dropped were the Dragon Disk and that Untitled EP.
4.0 out of 5 stars
pushin' all squares... pushin' all squares...,
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This review is from: Do You Know (Audio CD)
I enjoyed this album much more than "Go Plastic". I can't stop listening to track 2 - it's like some dark, futuristic, electro, euro rap... i love it. Track 1 is a classic of course. Track 3 and 4 are insane (and 4 is so friggin' speedy gonzales on coke). Not sure how I feel about the Joy Division cover... but it is certainly refreshing after all that ambient, 2001:Space Odyssey crap. I've only listened to the live disc once so far... no comment.
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