Squarepusher
22.00-23.15
Squarepusher, whose real name is Tom Jenkison, is an undisputed star of the British electronic scene and an artist associated with the legendary label Warp Records. His work spans many genres, including drum’n’bass, IDM, jazz, and electro-acoustic music, all of which obtain a completely distinct sound in his hands owing to extremely complicated drum programming and live instrumental playing. As one of the most forward-looking and endlessly inventive electronic artists, Squarepusher approaches music with an open mind, as seen on all of his successive albums, such as the album „Music for Robots” from 2014, composed by him but performed by three robots. In 2013, Squarepusher worked with a team of Japanese roboticists on an ambitious project called Z-Machines, the creation of robots that could play music far beyond the capabilities of even the most skilled human instrumentalists. Jenkinson aided the robotics team in the composition of music for these robots to play. In 2018, he wrote a suite of music for the organ which became the album ‘All Night Chroma’ and was commissioned by BBC TV’s CBeebies channel to compose for their ‘ambient viewing for toddlers’ programme, ‚Daydreams’, narrated by Olivia Colman. In his latest work, he returns to his acid roots, and he’ll lead the audiences of Different Sounds on a drum’n’bass journey.
8.07.2022 | 22.00 | Festival Tent