+theneedledrop Squarethony Pushtano, you're a Squarepusher fan, but I just don't understand him. Could you explain it to me? I like my IDM a lot more aggressive and mathy and fast. Everyone seems to worship Mr. Pusher but he really doesn't do it for me and I don't understand how he could do it for anyone else.
some of these hate comments are insane. My dad who was a jazz bass player and instructor, introduced me to squarepusher when i was just a kid 15+ years ago. revisiting this hits close to home, as i can hear the passion my father also expressed through his playing
Tom is my greatest influence when it comes to the musician I've always wanted to become (but I know I'm lightyears behind of him). A prodigious multi instrumentalist, always thinking about new ways on how to use conventional instruments, this man can do anything in the studio and make you think that it was composed by an entire band on a fully professional studio but it turns out it was only him displaying his music knowledge that is almost unparalleled no matter the genre. To me not only he stands alongside all of the greatest bass players ever but he also stands above them when it comes to innovation on the instrument. No other bass player that I know of has brought the bass to unknown lands like Tom Jenkinson has been doing on the past 25 years (not to disrespect some of the greatest like Jaco Pastorius and Charles Mingus). This is a very personal interpretation but for me to consider a bass player one of the greatest he has to have 2 of the following 4 points: emotion, technique, diversity (when it comes to genres and BPM) and complexity. Tom has all 4 of those stats above the maximum and can display all of them at the same time. Most of the greatest bass players only have 2 of those, of course there are some exceptions but Tom for me really stands as the greatest bass player and the one who has pushed the boundaries on the instrument the most (I know I'm a little bit unbiased to consider him the greatest but when it comes to this point I really think no one has pushed the boundaries of what a bass can do like him). He's the one who brought the real Jazz musicianship to Experimental Electronic Music and to this day not even on this field there's someone that is at his level when it comes to bring that Jazz musicianship to Electronic Music.
37 minutes of spikey, throbbing, percussive, tickly cerebral goose bumps. Tumbling bubbles of discrete emotional responses that tug at the heart, make the blood rush thunderously like thrashing white water, before resolving in delicate, fizzing capillary waves on the surface of a cosmic inky black glacial pool. An ASMR experience to rival any orgasm, with power to wrinkle the smoothest of brains. Most stimulating.
Its pretty Clear to me. If I had to name the most dynamic talented and unique bass player in the world, ALIVE right now... It is with out a doubt Squarepusher. He obviously truly loves music, and is very humble unlike cats like victor Wooten who can tend to show boat. Check out his video "Dark Steering" watch the original version . then watch the version where he's playing with, and in synch with a full-blown orchestra. What a bright Idea!!. everyone included is a world class musician. those of you hating on Squarepusher should take a step back. When I hate a band , I sit there and FORCE myself to listen to their entire catalog. depending on the size, twice. Then If I still cant stand it , I know i gave it an unbiased shot. and can move on in peace. so haters, move on, and fucking peace'
true, admittedly I was a bit excited when writing my comment. It is pretty much impossible to say who is better then who especially when they each have their own genre for the most part. And ladies and gentleman if you read my first comment and now this one I am now a Hippocratic! haha. oh well. Side note: If you think about it, most electronic act's do not get any respect, I believe this is because most DO NOT deserve any what so ever. Continuing that thought... are the poison running through the veins of music these days. However I do think the fact that squarepusher decided to play this show, and the audience not only showed up but took a step back and gave him a chance to show what i believe to be the true root of Tom's music, his bass playing. I cant think of anyone in the electronic world that has crossed over in such a way. If I were him I would mark that moment as a great feat in my career. anyone that knows of any other electronic artist that has done something similar please share. For instance Ive never seen Aphex Twin Pull off a show with only a grand piano.... it's quite bold what Toms doing these past few years. Know what i mean? that was to long! sorry about that, if anyone had a spare 30 mins to read this, lol!
+Fig Bender he's a good bass player no doubt but a lot of his playing relies on wacky shit that is definitely showboating thats something all bass players tend to do though
+Ash Bartlett 6 string bass with an open tuning, it sounds great but you can only do it on a 6 string or else the effect is ruined, squarepusher is a great bass player anyways on a 4 string
He is, in fact, in standard tuning. If you play guitar (which has aspects of its tuning in common with the bass), you noticed that the chord shapes he uses throughout are similar to guitar chord shapes. The ultimate give away, though, is at 35:31. You can clearly see that he plays a straight 1-finger barre across all the strings, and the sound is stacked Perfect 4ths, which is basically how a bass is standard tuned. I'm guessing he's B-E-A-D-G-B, or possibly a C on top.
To an extent, definitely. The album has all the tracks numbered, but they are not in the order of the track names (like how track two is "Seb-1.09"), which suggests he prepared the tracks individually, but then played them in whatever order felt right at the time. Crazy
Impressive. I didn’t know he was a bass player. Do have to say I think he sounds better with a drummer but the level of talent here is undoubtedly astounding.
this post is for scubapig for someone who obviously dislikes squarepusher you spend an awful lot of time trolling his youtube account. i dont know if you can convince a flock of geese to dislike bread its like your telling a tree water is no good for it. maybe there is a hatesite where you can preach to people who agree with your opinions instead of preaching to diehard fans who specifically looked up "BASS SOLO" cause they wanted to hear him show off. go to another skrillix concert yo, i think that'd be more your cup of tea
Yeah, come back when you can spell and use punctuation beyond the level of an eight year old and I might take you seriously. See you later. I'm off to tell some geese to hate "skrillix".
I suppose the question is do we like to watch it and listen but I'm afraid the answer is no for me, he's effin brilliant and talented and all that but his instrument just isn't that entertaining, this music is dull compared with every genre I can think of. Sorry dude but maybe your talents would be better exploited as part of an ensemble?
You obviously have no taste. Have you ever listened to any Herbie Hancock? or Chick Corea? Sometimes music is about the gaps between the noises rather than the hedonistic misuse of endless noise. If its not a drum machine these young kids can't fox with it.
He needs to stick to pushing squares. Yea, he's good, but he's trying to do something that prodigious jazz musicians do. And he's just...eh...not there, So come on haters. Bring it on. I'll post up some vids of me playing exactly the same stuff. And I'm A GUTARIST by trade. He's not there.
Thank you! I thought I was the only one. Jesus, the fanboys on here. They won't listen to reason. It's like going on an Apple forum and saying you're not that keen on the new iPad. Oh, the heresy! If you watch the video and the word "fake" doesn't come to mind about 30 seconds in, then you lack the critical skills to pass judgement and should shut the fuck up.
yeah, of course his drum and bass work is what his unique style is visible in, but this kind of a thing isn't really bad when it's limited to a single concert, you know.
I feel bad for you that you have absoluteley no taste in music, you probably think ufabulum is his best work lol. or worse shobleder. this is brilliant work, and i do not believe you can play an of what he does, if you could you would maybe be a world renound bass player too, but i never heard of you so..... where are those videos brian? your words are bigger than your links Brian Press
Why must people limit artists? If you looked into Squarepusher's past you would see that he has never restricted himself to a genre or methodology. You shouldn't either.
Beautiful masterful playing combined with incredible classical guitar styled right hand technique. It is really interesting on the string how peeps need to pigeon hole a person one way or the other. This man is a musician full stop: of immense skill on the bass and electronically. Further he has a masterful control of genres. In my experience all the decent (technically skilled and musically significant) jazz musicians I have worked with respect him. Credit where credit is due.
So complex, tender, smart, variable, inspiring, emotional, deepness, easyness, everything. He had an arm or hand injury some years ago due to a fall, on ice i remember - then came "Damogen Furies" (Not 'Ufabulum' as i remember). Waiting along time for "Solo Electric Bass II".
Wonderful
LOL
well anthony nice to see you here too
theneedledrop Hi everyone, Bassthony Strumtano here.
theneedledrop squarethony pushtano
+theneedledrop Squarethony Pushtano, you're a Squarepusher fan, but I just don't understand him. Could you explain it to me? I like my IDM a lot more aggressive and mathy and fast. Everyone seems to worship Mr. Pusher but he really doesn't do it for me and I don't understand how he could do it for anyone else.
I met Tom in a club in Chelmsford the other week, and he is a fucking awesome down to earth dude
Danny, you are a very lucky man...I've been waiting the latter half of my entire life to meet him.
verry giod boy
some of these hate comments are insane. My dad who was a jazz bass player and instructor, introduced me to squarepusher when i was just a kid 15+ years ago. revisiting this hits close to home, as i can hear the passion my father also expressed through his playing
23:45 - 24:36 is pure bliss.
Jenkinson is an absolute master. He stands alongside all of the greatest bass players ever to hold the instrument.
Tom is my greatest influence when it comes to the musician I've always wanted to become (but I know I'm lightyears behind of him). A prodigious multi instrumentalist, always thinking about new ways on how to use conventional instruments, this man can do anything in the studio and make you think that it was composed by an entire band on a fully professional studio but it turns out it was only him displaying his music knowledge that is almost unparalleled no matter the genre.
To me not only he stands alongside all of the greatest bass players ever but he also stands above them when it comes to innovation on the instrument. No other bass player that I know of has brought the bass to unknown lands like Tom Jenkinson has been doing on the past 25 years (not to disrespect some of the greatest like Jaco Pastorius and Charles Mingus). This is a very personal interpretation but for me to consider a bass player one of the greatest he has to have 2 of the following 4 points: emotion, technique, diversity (when it comes to genres and BPM) and complexity. Tom has all 4 of those stats above the maximum and can display all of them at the same time. Most of the greatest bass players only have 2 of those, of course there are some exceptions but Tom for me really stands as the greatest bass player and the one who has pushed the boundaries on the instrument the most (I know I'm a little bit unbiased to consider him the greatest but when it comes to this point I really think no one has pushed the boundaries of what a bass can do like him). He's the one who brought the real Jazz musicianship to Experimental Electronic Music and to this day not even on this field there's someone that is at his level when it comes to bring that Jazz musicianship to Electronic Music.
Thank you for sharing, and I think you're right. He has always been an inspiration to me
The bravery of this man is second to none! Salute ✊🏼
hahahaha I just realized at 0:06 somebody is singing the hello meow riff
Thank you. I just found out about a song I haven't heard.
Inspector picture spotted
Haha. Yea.
lol i was just going to say that
Iconic
28:51 Tom remembers the audience is still there
lmao
Jesus that is some real skill right there. I have no idea how you can have such finger control.
Guitar/picking is easy mode.
JESUUS
Hope you get to make another solo album. I really enjoy listening to this one.
30:37 where you bend that flat string true spells it all out. ;) and the wry smile to the accidental? hendrix cheer.
Brilliant. Thanks very much.
37 minutes of spikey, throbbing, percussive, tickly cerebral goose bumps. Tumbling bubbles of discrete emotional responses that tug at the heart, make the blood rush thunderously like thrashing white water, before resolving in delicate, fizzing capillary waves on the surface of a cosmic inky black glacial pool. An ASMR experience to rival any orgasm, with power to wrinkle the smoothest of brains. Most stimulating.
23:10
favourite moment
amazing fingerstyle!
Respect from Montevideo, Uruguay
35:13 onward is just...wow
agreed
Its pretty Clear to me. If I had to name the most dynamic talented and unique bass player in the world, ALIVE right now... It is with out a doubt Squarepusher. He obviously truly loves music, and is very humble unlike cats like victor Wooten who can tend to show boat. Check out his video "Dark Steering" watch the original version . then watch the version where he's playing with, and in synch with a full-blown orchestra. What a bright Idea!!. everyone included is a world class musician. those of you hating on Squarepusher should take a step back. When I hate a band , I sit there and FORCE myself to listen to their entire catalog. depending on the size, twice. Then If I still cant stand it , I know i gave it an unbiased shot. and can move on in peace. so haters, move on,
and fucking
peace'
Christopher Georgios he's up there with the best for sure...doesn't mean he reigns supreme though, just on an equal plateau of badasses
true, admittedly I was a bit excited when writing my comment. It is pretty much impossible to say who is better then who especially when they each have their own genre for the most part. And ladies and gentleman if you read my first comment and now this one I am now a Hippocratic! haha. oh well.
Side note: If you think about it, most electronic act's do not get any respect, I believe this is because most DO NOT deserve any what so ever. Continuing that thought... are the poison running through the veins of music these days. However I do think the fact that squarepusher decided to play this show, and the audience not only showed up but took a step back and gave him a chance to show what i believe to be the true root of Tom's music, his bass playing. I cant think of anyone in the electronic world that has crossed over in such a way. If I were him I would mark that moment as a great feat in my career. anyone that knows of any other electronic artist that has done something similar please share. For instance Ive never seen Aphex Twin Pull off a show with only a grand piano.... it's quite bold what Toms doing these past few years. Know what i mean?
that was to long! sorry about that, if anyone had a spare 30 mins to read this, lol!
+Christopher Georgios What about Les Claypool?
Miller and Clarke are pretty though challengers. Without a doubt one of the bests though.
+Fig Bender he's a good bass player no doubt but a lot of his playing relies on wacky shit that is definitely showboating
thats something all bass players tend to do though
how to make the average bass player feel worthless 101
+Ash Bartlett 6 string bass with an open tuning, it sounds great but you can only do it on a 6 string or else the effect is ruined, squarepusher is a great bass player anyways on a 4 string
What open tuning is he using? I thought he was tuned standard... maybe that's why I'm having such a hard time learning this
He is, in fact, in standard tuning. If you play guitar (which has aspects of its tuning in common with the bass), you noticed that the chord shapes he uses throughout are similar to guitar chord shapes. The ultimate give away, though, is at 35:31. You can clearly see that he plays a straight 1-finger barre across all the strings, and the sound is stacked Perfect 4ths, which is basically how a bass is standard tuned. I'm guessing he's B-E-A-D-G-B, or possibly a C on top.
Never heard of this person, looking forward to watching it all
what a great classical guitarist! oh.. it's a bass..
+selectAxyz yeah you are right ..they just added the extra strings to the bass to avoid chords...arpeggios, and else hehehe
Thanks Squarepusher!
incredible
This man is still inventing genres!! white collar lute bass.
The tongue action in this video is crazy. Seriously, watch his tongue when he gets really focused! Edit: he gets it under control for the second half.
A delicious sandwich is served at 16:00.
Even crazier: it’s probably all improvised.
To an extent, definitely. The album has all the tracks numbered, but they are not in the order of the track names (like how track two is "Seb-1.09"), which suggests he prepared the tracks individually, but then played them in whatever order felt right at the time. Crazy
he played one of them as part of his Culture Show interview a year before this performance
I'm loving this.
true patrician music
Nice suprice in your playlist.. love it..
I'm very late to this party, but I keep thinking around 1:15 is an early sketch for Tom's organ piece Voix Celestes from All Night Chroma
To be honest, I think you're correct, it's at least his draft of the musical figure
I think that guy should take up the banjo!
Brilliant!
castles made of sand @ 27:35
+MultiMK6 Nice! There's another Hendrix reference at 31:05 I believe~
@@fonkimonki5000 I think that might be Hey Joe.
Es el mejor
Impressive. I didn’t know he was a bass player. Do have to say I think he sounds better with a drummer but the level of talent here is undoubtedly astounding.
what is the name of the song played at 20:40 ??? please Thank you
squarepusher =)
Incredible!
i was there :)
Tom you've done things to my brain
Genius.
thanks!
I’m ok to give the Devil some (to be discussed) years of my life to be that skillful, but with , of course, any effort, like that,snap!
i really enjoy the camera angle being slightly off. very squarepusher.
castles made of sand @ 28:47 definitely sounds Jimi Hendrixy
I want to hear Squarepusher cover the Fortress Mode song.
fingers of steel!
love
So much frisson!!!!!!!
Wow!
❤️
squarepusher aka stringslapper
this sounds like it could be in the soundtrack of Dwarf Fortress lmao
based
💫❤️
there will probably never be an electric bassist as great
He is great, a trully master,no doubt, but never forget Jaco, Mick Karn and many more before.
This is very good - but it's more classical baritone guitar than bass playing. That looks like a short scale - ACG? Tune?
mookie2637 It's a custom Zoot bass. Short scale strung E-E like a guitar.
Very skill! Such amaze! Wow : D
hearing a few hendrix references
flamenco...
4:55 HOW DARE YOU COUGH IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
why is the cameraman so drunk ?
Plug Me In Baby
this post is for scubapig
for someone who obviously dislikes squarepusher you spend an awful lot of time trolling his youtube account.
i dont know if you can convince a flock of geese to dislike bread its like your telling a tree water is no good for it. maybe there is a hatesite where you can preach to people who agree with your opinions instead of preaching to diehard fans who specifically looked up "BASS SOLO" cause they wanted to hear him show off. go to another skrillix concert yo, i think that'd be more your cup of tea
Yeah, come back when you can spell and use punctuation beyond the level of an eight year old and I might take you seriously. See you later. I'm off to tell some geese to hate "skrillix".
scubapig
u mad?
jasbiebob kuzuhsnamanala Yes, quite.
scubapig
poor kid
jasbiebob kuzuhsnamanala For someone who obviously dislikes what I say, you spend an awful amount of time trolling my comments.
Castle Made Of Sand😍
mmmm.. creamy delight
29:45
Jesus Christ
Yes?
Sick mate, you're inspiring me ❤️ I want you're number
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
Hey im tom jenkinson check out how many chords i know
He's Tom Jenkinson, Bitch.
christ he's like victor wooten
no
boring, i think he needs more strings
I suppose the question is do we like to watch it and listen but I'm afraid the answer is no for me, he's effin brilliant and talented and all that but his instrument just isn't that entertaining, this music is dull compared with every genre I can think of. Sorry dude but maybe your talents would be better exploited as part of an ensemble?
You obviously have no taste. Have you ever listened to any Herbie Hancock? or Chick Corea? Sometimes music is about the gaps between the noises rather than the hedonistic misuse of endless noise.
If its not a drum machine these young kids can't fox with it.
"You have to listen to the notes she's not playing."
-- Lisa Simpson
That's subjective, I find this to be the opposite of dull. entirely opinion
Out of tune nonsense. Egotistical show off. Not musical. A slop fest! Yay!
hes actually a very fine musician without all the EMD crap...
He needs to stick to pushing squares. Yea, he's good, but he's trying to do something that prodigious jazz musicians do. And he's just...eh...not there, So come on haters. Bring it on. I'll post up some vids of me playing exactly the same stuff. And I'm A GUTARIST by trade. He's not there.
Thank you! I thought I was the only one. Jesus, the fanboys on here. They won't listen to reason. It's like going on an Apple forum and saying you're not that keen on the new iPad. Oh, the heresy!
If you watch the video and the word "fake" doesn't come to mind about 30 seconds in, then you lack the critical skills to pass judgement and should shut the fuck up.
yeah, of course his drum and bass work is what his unique style is visible in, but this kind of a thing isn't really bad when it's limited to a single concert, you know.
I feel bad for you that you have absoluteley no taste in music, you probably think ufabulum is his best work lol. or worse shobleder. this is brilliant work, and i do not believe you can play an of what he does, if you could you would maybe be a world renound bass player too, but i never heard of you so..... where are those videos brian? your words are bigger than your links
Brian Press
Please do post a video of you playing stuff like this. I would enjoy hearing it. It's a crime to withhold talent!
Not quite stuff like THAT... I'll do a vid of that kinda stuff at some point though. I just started youtubing again for the first time in like 7 years
It's fantastic. How does he get the taps to be so clear? compressor? low action?
Both. And probably relatively low gauge strings.
Amazing!!!
What kind of bass is that?
Really shows what can be done with the fingers and thumbs!
Why must people limit artists? If you looked into Squarepusher's past you would see that he has never restricted himself to a genre or methodology. You shouldn't either.
Angelo Fajardo sometimes you need to restrict yourself to be creative.
+Enhanced Pyrotechnics whoa
his genre is "squarepusher"
words to live by
@@voiceoftreason1760 not this kind of limitation. not for me at least.
♥
Beautiful masterful playing combined with incredible classical guitar styled right hand technique. It is really interesting on the string how peeps need to pigeon hole a person one way or the other. This man is a musician full stop: of immense skill on the bass and electronically. Further he has a masterful control of genres.
In my experience all the decent (technically skilled and musically significant) jazz musicians I have worked with respect him. Credit where credit is due.
+Jonathan Crossley You worked with him? Nice one. Yeah he's up there musically on all levels.
Scene kids and hipsters like Tom's jungle, musicians appreciate all his other stuff.
@@archyology LOL - nope, that would be dreamy!
@@adamnowicki466 Damn, you somehow just made Scene kids and hipsters cooler.
Stunning. One of those rare times where technical wizardry and good musical taste coincide.
So complex, tender, smart, variable, inspiring, emotional, deepness, easyness, everything. He had an arm or hand injury some years ago due to a fall, on ice i remember - then came "Damogen Furies" (Not 'Ufabulum' as i remember). Waiting along time for "Solo Electric Bass II".
Thank you for exist. Squarepusher and Claypool make my life better, and all i am as a bass player is thanks to them. So much respect
Same for me too. They're both inspirational :)
@@Iamnotaserialkiller_ I'm agree mate 😉 that's change my life
Probably my favorite “Squarepusher” material currently. Thanks for the HQ version it’s much appreciated.
I love watching your seasons change and all your colours shine Tom!
Reminds me of when I was a kid... just before I ditched the bass and became a member of the Church of Both Latter and Modern Day Wankers.
"Maximum different styles of solo electric bass"
He’s essentially a modern day Jaco Pastorius or Tony Levin, in my opinion.
Somewhere Jaco is smiling down...
check .... ua-cam.com/video/xTDe5i6JA6g/v-deo.html
@@vadimislearningguitar4977 Jesus, he's a mad lad
Legalize Meth
They're so much racism on the internet that seeing a comment like this warms the cockles of my heart.
+Socratic Method Man You seem "mad as hell" that meth isn't legal
TheSuperCommentGuy You'd think so but I'm more perturbed than anything
Legalize Ranch
Socratic Method Man worth following for the name alone
I love music
doesn't everyone?
Music sucks I hate you
Man if Squarepusher and Ichika Nito could make a record I would buy 13 records
10:30
Parts of this remind me of slowed down version of "Squarepusher Theme"
thanks, bootlegger
Those that can play on da fly are Jedi-maestros//kink D’s. We live for dat fat momentus 〰️➰〰️
Castles made of sand
He a darn wizard and a KingDaddi👑〰️➰〰️🏆🧠 perhaps someday he’ll meet this kingDaddi👑🏋🏻♂️👑🎼
Thanks for uploading the whole thing