Saturday, January 31, 2009

Squarepusher is probably my favorite contemporary musician. Here are some videos that feature either interviews, studio shots, or both.

This is the earliest studio interview I know of. It was originally broadcast on MTV Europe, or something like that, and is from the time of Hard Normal Daddy. He shows off some of his older gear (tb-303, sh-101, etc, as well as some highlights from his record collection, including the Death Wish soundtrack (fantastic!) and a Buddy Rich album) There's also some amusing footage of him interacting with a "festival worker."



Here's the link, if you're following along on Facebook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdI4jiDz_Fs

Here's a short clip from the Modulations documentary (1998). His bedroom studio is still a mess.



link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzOGueZOpNw

When Go Plastic came out, he was interviewed by Techtv. Here, the editor tries to do to video what Jenkinson does to audio. My favorite part is when he talks about extended drum machine techniques. There's a setup with a Korg Prophecy, but it's not Squarepusher's.



link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knnLsJ37PLI

Here's a 2006 interview from BBC's The Culture Show. The interviewer is pretty unprepared, but there's some solo bass that doesn't suck.



link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ0LL1SJ-6U

Here he is in 2008, in his much cleaner, new studio. He plays a duet with drummer Alex Thomas.



link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dPI129bJw

That's it for now!

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