urb Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Um, this is wicked... and will get this rainy, crappy Monday off to a much better start! You have to click on the [b]'Planet Gear'[/b] link on the right of the video box - I tried finding a separate link but there's ain't one! [url="http://warp.net/records/events/squarepusher"]http://warp.net/records/events/squarepusher[/url] Cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Nice ! I assume you've seen the youtube vid. from the Culture show - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ0LL1SJ-6U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ0LL1SJ-6U[/url], some great spanish influenced playing astarting about 4:45 in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButler Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Love his stuff, humble chap too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) Yeah awesome. Enjoyed the interview with him in BGM too Mike. Russ. Edited October 5, 2009 by Rayman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapscallion Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I saw him at Bestival, and whilst his bass playing was on a par with no one, the music just too much! We left after 10 minutes because the treble and distortion was physically hurting our ears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButler Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 [quote name='rapscallion' post='617570' date='Oct 5 2009, 03:53 PM']I saw him at Bestival, and whilst his bass playing was on a par with no one, the music just too much! We left after 10 minutes because the treble and distortion was physically hurting our ears[/quote] niiiiicccceee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapscallion Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 [quote name='TheButler' post='617577' date='Oct 5 2009, 03:57 PM']niiiiicccceee! [/quote] Not as much as MGMT though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I've never really enjoyed his music. A bass-playing mate of mine is really into it but it's all a bit full-on for me I think. I do like some of the sounds he gets with those huge racks of effects though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I may have mentioned it before ( ) but my Tech Soundsystems combo used to belong to Squarepusher. He used it for a gig at the Albert Hall. I probably don't make it sound quite as good as he did though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 It is a bit mad, and certainly not for the traditionalists, but if you like to explore new areas of music, and where you could take a bass onto different levels, Squarepusher is a real inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButler Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I like to do a lot of laptop rooted experimenting and i couldn't make sounds half as weird as his. He has a creative mind many would envy, but the product - that is his music - is what many would call.. well, rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 [quote name='TheButler' post='617599' date='Oct 5 2009, 04:11 PM']I like to do a lot of laptop rooted experimenting and i couldn't make sounds half as weird as his. He has a creative mind many would envy, but the product - that is his music - is what many would call.. well, rubbish.[/quote] Yep, each to his own, that's for sure. I'm definitely a fan though, I love it. After years of the live band treadmill, My brother and myself are about to start some home demo stuff, hopefully in a similar style to Squarepusher, but of course nowhere near as good!! I'm not up to that kind of standard, not by a country mile and then some, but certainly for our own fun, and it beats band politics any day, I mean, drum machines don't answer back . I think it's a shame that some bassists won't give Squarepusher a go, I think there's room for everything from James Jamerson to Squarepusher and everything inbetween. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusionbassist1 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I do indeed love mr pusher but i'd like to point out that the album that that video's taken off is a weird one in both concept, playing and sound. Some other videos with his more electronic side showing and less "out there" kind of playing.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZUKBCupZaA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZUKBCupZaA[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLcxve603-4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLcxve603-4[/url] His solo's in some of his IDM songs really show his breakbeat influence i think as he has a quite percussive, punchy sound and he uses a lot of fast 16th note rhythms that kind of bubble away like breakbeat drums usually do. I'm sure he picks with his pinky and his thumb or something weird like that, any ideas? I love his work but i've never dug out any articles of his to really find out what he plays n stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Funny, I was listening to him just now. For those who hate his electronic stuff: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXpzK1ItQGw&feature=channel_page"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXpzK1ItQGw...re=channel_page[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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