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Born in 1975 (Essex, England), Tom "Squarepusher" Jenkinson's innovative work spans almost every musical genre, although he is perhaps best known for his experimental drum'n'bass with a heavy jazz fusion influence. Rising from near-total obscurity to drum'n'bass cause c??l??bre in the space of a couple of months, Jenkinson released only a pair of EPs and a DJ Food remix for the latter's Refried Food series before securing EP and LP release plans with three different labels. His first full-length work, Feed Me Weird Things (on Richard "Aphex Twin" James' Rephlex label), was a dizzying, quixotic blend of superfast jungle breaks with Aphex-style synth textures, goofy, offbeat melodies, and instrumental arrangements (Jenkinson samples his own playing for his tracks) that recall vaguely jazz fusion pioneers such as Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report. A skilled bassist and multi-instrumentalist, Jenkinson's fretless accompaniment is a staple of his music and one of the more obvious affiliations with jazz (although his formal arrangements are often as jazz-derived as his playing). Jenkinson grew up listening to jazz and dub greats like Miles Davis, Augustus Pablo,

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Budakhan Mindphone

Covered

Feed Me Weird Things

Go Plastic

Hard Normal Daddy

Music is Rotted One Note

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