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It's best to expect the unexpected from our latest Electronic Sound cover star, the tirelessly innovative Tom Jenkinson, better known as SQUAREPUSHER.
Starting out on Aphex Twin's Rephlex label before moving to Warp in 1997, Squarepusher has crafted some amazing records over the last 30 years, each of them a radical sonic adventure. Our exclusive interview with Jenkinson focuses on his startling new album 'Kammerkonzert', a one-man chamber opus embracing ambient, psychedelic, jazz and avant-garde sounds. It's just the kind of left-field intent we want to hear from our electronic visionaries. There's plenty of outrageous virtuoso bass playing along the way – as always with Jenkinson's music – but the baroque feel places 'Kammerkonzert' somewhere totally different within the Squarepusher oeuvre.
We're bundling this month's magazine with a highly collectable Squarepusher record. A limited edition seven-inch pressed on gleaming white vinyl, it features two previously unreleased tracks taken from 'Vaclament A', the name Jenkinson gave to a series of sound experiments he conducted in his shed in 2022.
The mysteriously titled 'S4 021 D2' and 'S4 021 B2' are both sine wave excursions, but the two pieces are likely to prompt very different reactions. 'S4 021 D2' is a gradually unfurling tonal pattern that is incredibly hypnotic and wholly enveloping. We've cut the disc at 33rpm to accommodate its ebb and flow across seven glorious minutes. In stark contrast, 'S4 021 B2' is oppressive and unnerving, perhaps because Jenkinson worked on the track in complete darkness. But whichever side of this record you're dropping the needle on, please don't operate heavy machinery while listening.
As with all our magazine-linked music releases, this seven-inch is only available to readers of Electronic Sound, so make sure you grab your copy right away.