Squarepusher - Kammerkonzert (Double Black Vinyl)

Tom Jenkinson (aka Squarepusher) presents Kammerkonzert, a riot of onyx-hard, hyperfast riffs, fiendish orchestral themes, and handbrake turns through varieties of progressive, ambient, electronic and experimental music. Given that Kammerkonzert is essentially a chamber concerto with him playing all of the parts, it’s safe to say he has come a long way since his crystalline drum & bass debut for Warp in 1996. Twenty-one albums in, this is the start of a new era for Squarepusher as a composer.

The singular hardcore rave/IDM producer, experimental musician and creator of futuristic forms of fusion, has a three-decade-long back catalogue studded with a variety of jewel-like records. From the furious breakbeat acid and pulverising live bass guitar attack of Feed Me Weird Things (1996) to the literal and self-explanatory Music For Robots (2014) via the virtuosic live showcase of Solo Electric Bass 1 (2009) and the otherworldly concrète jazz of Ultravisitor (2004) few contemporary musicians have covered as much ground in as sure-footed a manner. But despite this reach, his three decade output is only typified by two things: unpredictability and rule breaking.