"Recently unearthed from Tom Jenkinson’s archive, this previously unseen film of ‘Tetra-Sync’ was recorded on 15 May 2004, at the Laforet Museum Roppongi in Tokyo, Japan - shortly after the release of Ultravisitor." Oh, to get a peek into that archive...
I love how much risk Tom injects into performances like this. He’s such a studio magician, crafting the most technically astute electronica out there, and then when he plays live he pushes himself to render some of the most difficult sonic passages from his catalogue in real-time. I love the funky ending on this version, just stellar. An absolute master of the craft.
Expanding outward away from the tonal center but key changes in "non-standard" rhythmic cycles make this song and the whole album delicious and ground breaking. Throw in some huge dissonant chords to make the true believers rejoice and send the naysayers packing and you've got yourself a makeshift bird feeder sir.
I saw Squarepusher play for Ultravisitor in Texas, 2004 I think. His bass playing astounded me - I thought he was just a knob n' key man, and this is pretty much what I saw. Back then you could smoke in bars, and I kept wiping my eyes though they burned like crazy, trying to keep my eyes on his moves. I bought a cool brown shirt with a bunch of orange math written real fine all over it. After a few years, the writing completely disappeared and it only said "squarepusher" on the backside up near the neck.
This performance/footage is almost too beautiful and visceral. I find words always fail, when trying to describe what it’s like to experience Tom’s genius - his art is greater than that which language can express. Same can be said of (JS) Bach, who, I’m certain would admire the *Hard Normal Daddy* if he was among us 🖤
Bruh, He’s playing that insane baseline and tweaking knobs/pots at the same time, not only ‘not fucking it up’ but it’s so tight and groovy. And I was tripping a bit mis reading 2024 from the title instead of 2004. Either way, it’s amazing.
@@pippigreenheart I saw him in 2001 we drank out of the same water bottle lol and on RUclips you can see old Venjer Sixx there in the Mojave tent with bleach blonde hair
Please please release the live recording at the Camden Palace/Koko from years and years ago. Must be 15/20 years ago. I met the drummer from that gig and he said the recording was amazing! The show in Leeds was stunning too. Was rammed!
Never had a good image my mind of what squarepusher "the person" looked like. Never had the privilege to see them live. Its the seemingly little things but big to me things like this that I will stay on social media, RUclips, etc for.❤🎉
It was either this track or Do You Know Sauarepusher that my uncle showed me back in 2005/06 as a kid and this shit blew my mind, been a huge fan ever since, this is so cool to see archived footage like this.
The year I first heard him. Probably my favorite track on ultravisitor too-- what an unexpected treat! Now, Mr. Jenkinson, please upload the whole set! 😅
we were listening this live with frinds 20 years ago in a farm of Gers to mmotivate ourself etiqueting duck confit for a farmer durring summer works ... improbable hypnotical magical moment, thanks again Squarepusher
20 years ago!!! Damn. I had a ticket and a great seat to your show in Toronto in 2020....but of course, COVID happened. Goddamnit. PLEASE COMEBACK TO TORONTO.
must be the hardest and quickest gate to have ever gated on those drums, maybe for aphex his mount saint micheal thing. remember those to made one song together, one of the all time best..
I used to listen to that aphex bit over and over and over and over I still can't get enough of that in fact I'm going to make a loop of it right now. My conclusion is that it goes from being high bpm, beautiful music to cutting little bits out of it and gradually increasing the number and speed of the cut out omissions until there is more silence than music but then that itself is the most pleasurable musical thing to listen to that I've ever come across. Strange and awesome and thanks for reminding me.
@@marchantiapolymorpha8933 what i think what he was going for is that your brain will fill in the blank spaces automatically. i kind of knocks you out and then back in of reality. that's what i loved about the scene..., they where pushing boundaries. same as with tom, he was so far ahead of his time. don't know if it was true but there was a rumour that he got a visit from the company of a drum machine he was using for timestreching, while it was not possible with that device. imagine you make your bike fly, or an pear speak.
Agree that ending is showing us how the mind fills in the gaps and I'm not sure because I haven't looked at the spectrum or waveform but I think by the last 4-5 seconds there is more silence than music but it feels very satisfying to listen to for me anyway. And while RDJ is a legend and I love most of hi😂s music, tom j, square of the Pushers is hands down without argument one of the most advanced composers of beautiful, cutting edge, music that has ever lived. It's not an exaggeration or fanboy hyperbole. He is objectively and scientifically validate ably effing amazing. I could point to 1000 reasons why but I really only need one: ultravisitor. If you put on good headphones and really listen to that track your IQ will probably step up a couple of points_5 .
Bass-ma-geddon -.great to see and hear this in such great quality - there must be a huge archive of these gigs - I reckon they’re sitting on a stack of material…. 😎
Wow, what a performance 😮 I remember working in a music shop and one day this album arrived on CD. I instantly gave it a listen and I was conquered. I knew and listened to his earlier albums but that one always stood higher than them all. At that same time I got to know Miles Davis and his 70's fusion material and I find them highly influential here
Squarepuscher sent out a Wow-signal ... so damn amazing, If I 'm right I remember you playing it on Bang Face too ... thanks for sharing this, what a tune and performance.
Yes! Still have fond memories of listening to this in the car in 2004 with my buddy whos an absolute wizard on the drums. I put this on and it melted his mind. thanks for posting this Tom. Question: whats up with the Korg MS-20 up top?
I'll just casually drop one of the greatest bass performances from 20 years ago
In the entire world's history! :D
Phenomenal
Ridiculous
"Recently unearthed from Tom Jenkinson’s archive, this previously unseen film of ‘Tetra-Sync’ was recorded on 15 May 2004, at the Laforet Museum Roppongi in Tokyo, Japan - shortly after the release of Ultravisitor."
Oh, to get a peek into that archive...
I think the public are finally ready to see this one
Nah, probably not. But I am!!!!!😂
The Public will never be ready...only the ones in the hall that have Seen this
They might not be ready for this yet, but their kids are gonna love it.
Do See Marty Here on the guitar!
not untill 2069
I love how much risk Tom injects into performances like this. He’s such a studio magician, crafting the most technically astute electronica out there, and then when he plays live he pushes himself to render some of the most difficult sonic passages from his catalogue in real-time. I love the funky ending on this version, just stellar. An absolute master of the craft.
The only thing missing is the "Hello"..... "HELLO!" at the beginning. Outstanding as always.
Expanding outward away from the tonal center but key changes in "non-standard" rhythmic cycles make this song and the whole album delicious and ground breaking. Throw in some huge dissonant chords to make the true believers rejoice and send the naysayers packing and you've got yourself a makeshift bird feeder sir.
@@marchantiapolymorpha8933 Couldn't agree more.
loved that is was a studio album, an ode to livealbums.
@@michel5148 alot like Vishnu Report. fusion jazz meant to sound like old live shows ;)
I recall AFX saying he prefers this version over the public one, which has crowd noises in it.
I saw Squarepusher play for Ultravisitor in Texas, 2004 I think. His bass playing astounded me - I thought he was just a knob n' key man, and this is pretty much what I saw. Back then you could smoke in bars, and I kept wiping my eyes though they burned like crazy, trying to keep my eyes on his moves.
I bought a cool brown shirt with a bunch of orange math written real fine all over it. After a few years, the writing completely disappeared and it only said "squarepusher" on the backside up near the neck.
Sounds great! I love how Tom occasionally peeks out from his barricade like there might be snipers in the audience.
This performance/footage is almost too beautiful and visceral. I find words always fail, when trying to describe what it’s like to experience Tom’s genius - his art is greater than that which language can express. Same can be said of (JS) Bach, who, I’m certain would admire the *Hard Normal Daddy* if he was among us 🖤
LETS GO SQUAREPUSHER!!!
dang the quality is pretty good for a 2004 footage
I'm guessing it was recorded on film and not digital back then.
@@HAZARDOUS88
Yeah might be the case, glad this was archived
You can see in some of the shots where its been AI upscaled.
Bruh, He’s playing that insane baseline and tweaking knobs/pots at the same time, not only ‘not fucking it up’ but it’s so tight and groovy. And I was tripping a bit mis reading 2024 from the title instead of 2004. Either way, it’s amazing.
He's adjusting the synth strings sound so it sounds like a single entity.
2004年の来日ライブの映像が公開されるのは初めてでしょうか？今見聞きしても最高ですね。当時この場所にいることができたのは今でも幸せに思います。
Hell yeah been listening to you since 1997 bro
same! I had the chance to see him in London that year! What a cool dude.
@@pippigreenheart I saw him in 2001 we drank out of the same water bottle lol and on RUclips you can see old Venjer Sixx there in the Mojave tent with bleach blonde hair
❤
Same. Had the pleasure of seeing him live a couple of times… Utterly mind blowing, he’s an absolute master of his craft!
Please please release the live recording at the Camden Palace/Koko from years and years ago. Must be 15/20 years ago. I met the drummer from that gig and he said the recording was amazing! The show in Leeds was stunning too. Was rammed!
Never had a good image my mind of what squarepusher "the person" looked like. Never had the privilege to see them live. Its the seemingly little things but big to me things like this that I will stay on social media, RUclips, etc for.❤🎉
Correction…you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing HIM live…one genius of a human!!
Watch interviews of him. The man is obviously a musical genius, but hearing him speak inspires deeper thought and appreciation for music.
It was either this track or Do You Know Sauarepusher that my uncle showed me back in 2005/06 as a kid and this shit blew my mind, been a huge fan ever since, this is so cool to see archived footage like this.
Now that is one cool uncle!
sauarepusher
@@joselourenco5542 lmao whoops
He is an absolute monster on the bass
The year I first heard him. Probably my favorite track on ultravisitor too-- what an unexpected treat!
Now, Mr. Jenkinson, please upload the whole set! 😅
best thing to have after a sleepless night. consider my tetra synced.
amen
@@beefax like the break?
This was an incredible tour, the bass guitar came out quite a lot. Caught it in New York at Irving Plaza a couple weeks before this recording.
I must’ve heard this track a couple of thousand times and I’m still not sick of it 👍🫠
Come on my Selector was the first track of his I heard, but Tetra-Sync and the Iambic Poetry tracks are what kept me hooked. Such an amazing artist.
we were listening this live with frinds 20 years ago in a farm of Gers to mmotivate ourself etiqueting duck confit for a farmer durring summer works ... improbable hypnotical magical moment, thanks again Squarepusher
and thanks eMule :)
Can't believe this haha. Tetrasync is one of my favorites. Epic journey of a track.
Squarepusher got me into bass and wanting drums
What a magnificent performance 🦸♂
20 years ago!!! Damn. I had a ticket and a great seat to your show in Toronto in 2020....but of course, COVID happened. Goddamnit. PLEASE COMEBACK TO TORONTO.
Insane what he does with a bass
Ive never heard of this at all but thank you algorithm for blessing me with this 🙏 Thanks for posting and DOING this !!!
😂
must be the hardest and quickest gate to have ever gated on those drums, maybe for aphex his mount saint micheal thing.
remember those to made one song together, one of the all time best..
I used to listen to that aphex bit over and over and over and over I still can't get enough of that in fact I'm going to make a loop of it right now. My conclusion is that it goes from being high bpm, beautiful music to cutting little bits out of it and gradually increasing the number and speed of the cut out omissions until there is more silence than music but then that itself is the most pleasurable musical thing to listen to that I've ever come across. Strange and awesome and thanks for reminding me.
@@marchantiapolymorpha8933 what i think what he was going for is that your brain will fill in the blank spaces automatically. i kind of knocks you out and then back in of reality. that's what i loved about the scene..., they where pushing boundaries. same as with tom, he was so far ahead of his time. don't know if it was true but there was a rumour that he got a visit from the company of a drum machine he was using for timestreching, while it was not possible with that device. imagine you make your bike fly, or an pear speak.
Agree that ending is showing us how the mind fills in the gaps and I'm not sure because I haven't looked at the spectrum or waveform but I think by the last 4-5 seconds there is more silence than music but it feels very satisfying to listen to for me anyway. And while RDJ is a legend and I love most of hi😂s music, tom j, square of the Pushers is hands down without argument one of the most advanced composers of beautiful, cutting edge, music that has ever lived. It's not an exaggeration or fanboy hyperbole. He is objectively and scientifically validate ably effing amazing. I could point to 1000 reasons why but I really only need one: ultravisitor. If you put on good headphones and really listen to that track your IQ will probably step up a couple of points_5
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My ears are blessed
Lucky enough to see this tour 20 years ago - still the #1 greatest music concert I've ever witnessed! 🤯
This maniac 🥰🥰🥰🥰. Ultravisitor is sooooo f'n GOOD!
I was here.
Definitely the best live in my life.
I know that Squarepusher is the best musician on Earth 🌎❤ my favorite.. thanks Tom
Bass-ma-geddon -.great to see and hear this in such great quality - there must be a huge archive of these gigs - I reckon they’re sitting on a stack of material…. 😎
amazing. love this. thanks for the time capsule!
Wow, what a performance 😮 I remember working in a music shop and one day this album arrived on CD. I instantly gave it a listen and I was conquered. I knew and listened to his earlier albums but that one always stood higher than them all. At that same time I got to know Miles Davis and his 70's fusion material and I find them highly influential here
I've seen octave effects on guitars before. This is the first time that I've ever seen one used on a bass, to mimic the guitar. Pretty cool.
Wake up babe, squarepusher dropped
Can't stop listening to it since yesterday
hello.... HELLO
the goat of pushing squares doing it as always
ALL HAIL THE ONE AND ONLY SQUAREPUSHER!
His best.
Finally... disclosure!!!
i want to do what you did.. it sums up the porridge in my head nicely
I wish I could have been there Mr. Jenkinson. This is my favorite album by you.
Squarepuscher sent out a Wow-signal ... so damn amazing, If I 'm right I remember you playing it on Bang Face too ... thanks for sharing this, what a tune and performance.
I missed this tour but I remember friends coming back from the Minneapolis show who were positively SHOCKED AND ALARMED by how amazing it was.
Dude has a crazy bass face for a crazy performance, amazing video
It's LA-FEY!!!!!-ETTE TOKYO! I was there, >[] was well relieved to AE's "Me no Pzy-ko...!!!!" -Arch Carrier
I'm quoting >[]
"Me no psycho!" -the coined colloquial epitaph in conversational Nihongo: "psycho" translates as: "Amazing!!!" in American English, Mr. Jenkinson.
I also am the man who quoted Aphex Twin: "come on you cunts, let's have some Aphex Acid!" Later on in your Liveset, sir! -Ace'd it...
yo you forget how good this guy is. Long time, Squarepusher! Good to see you again
i saw this pop up in my feed and thought it was old, and it was, but it's also awesome.
Great footage! Love it!
Love you Tom, please tour again!!!
8:10 crazy good
Always nice to hear from Tom
Goddammit, it's *alive* !
Outstanding coda! Listened with a pleasure like at first time :* Thanx a lot for this video!!!
Very nice!!
This guy even credits his jacket manufacturer. It must be great collaborating with him hhhhh
Love this!
This was amazing
HOLY SHIT!!!
Bravo!
Merci
yes!!
ありがとう
For 2004 this footage looks CRISP!!
sick
wtf i didn't expect the guy behind Squarepusher to be a pro bass player. interesting
Yes! Still have fond memories of listening to this in the car in 2004 with my buddy whos an absolute wizard on the drums. I put this on and it melted his mind. thanks for posting this Tom. Question: whats up with the Korg MS-20 up top?
magic
Пока лучшее исполнение этого тречка, что я видел. Кайфарик
so beast
El mejor ✨
Tormato era Chris Squire sound engaged at 2:20
OMG
YES
Please come to the US!
Absolute wizardry. I'm convinced he has some sort of advanced bionic thumb installed. 😂
Indeed
insane 08:10
Looking forward to Pitch black playback in Bristol. Hope you're healthy Tom
🔥🔥🔥
❤❤❤
cool
Easily one of the greatest innovators of the bass guitar 👏👌
I wanna see that cellphone pic taken at 3:04
Nice bass.
❤
I was there！！！
thats awesome!
genius
Hey man, bring your show to Los Angeles!!!1
epic.
fucking can't wait for the remaster to come out
best man on bass since Jaco
I love you, Tom
i always thought that it was someone else playing the bass on that track!!!! now i know! sorry sir, sorry Tom, sorry @squarepusher 😇😍
🔥