A melon interviewing a square, now that's not something you see every day.

I see Tom is recreating the Ultravisitor album cover for this interview.

The talk about him meeting Richard is very important IDM lore

Damn Anthony is killing it. These interviews are always great he picks good artist, and gives them good questions. You can tell he actually deeply appreciates the art/artist. Much love melon

~23:00 talks about first meeting with Richard James (Aphex Twin). For posterity

I love how Tom’s video frame looks like the cover of Ultravisitor..

Tommy is indeed a legend, I can't say enough about how important he and Richard D were to shaping my taste in music.

Some balls to say to an artist that you pirated their music. Respect. Great response from Tom.

No Anthony, Squarepusher isn’t a hacker, so stop asking him about Squarespace.

Tom is such a real, kind and humble musical genius. Enormous crush on him and his brain haha. All-time favourite. His fundamental lack of pretention and absolute sickness make him really special. Such a fucking cool dude.

Holy FUCK Anthony. This is a legendary one. This is one for the books.

Now get his brother, the legendary acid man

no fucking way, the minute i start listening to iambic 5 poetry, this drops

Anthony should absolutely review more IDM artists. This would give them a ton of much needed exposure.

let's goooooo squarepusher is a legend

Love hearing Tom talk about the Ultravisitor period and how much time he spent on individual tracks, of that focus on creating intense, non-repetitive rhythms that could act as ear worms in the same way a catchy melody does. For me, that period from Go Plastic through Ultravisitor is perhaps Tom's great musical legacy - 'The Exploding Psychology', 'Menelec', 'Tetra-Sync' - being there to witness that evolution of sound through the IDM 90s, I still haven't heard anything since that period that has felt as musically progressive, from any artist.

my heart flew out of my ass when i see this in my notifications

Been spinning Feed Me Weird Things since it dropped. So great. About time it got a vinyl reissue. Next up: Hard Normal Daddy and Go Plastic…

"I cherish stuff that's transient". Hell of a paradox.

isn't this the first legit legend he's interviewed

His description of the way hearing LFO for the first time made him feel made my heart flutter. Losing Mark Bell was such a fucking horrible tragedy.

You got an interview with Tom Jenkinson?! Legendary musician. Props on nailing this one.

In grade school and high school, in Chicago you waited till midnight and there were 5 college radio stations that played whatever they wanted, it was always the most underground experimental electronic music, trip hop, acid jazz, jungle, house, arena, ambient, 80s style hip hop, spoken word, goth, dark danse, noise, etc. And if you didn't tape it you would never hear it again.

My Red Hot Car is still my ringtone.

he's a genius in my eyes, Hard Normal Daddy blew me away, I couldn't believe this kid made such a masterpiece. it really was so good a producer three times that age wouldn't be able to make something like that.

It's always awesome to hear the details of a genius artist's journey. And to hear Squarepusher talk about bringing jazz into electronic is incredibly interesting.

I 100% feel him on the ''just pick anything' approach with drums etc., I still often just pick basics from FL studio and swap, tweak or drastically change them from there. I also have some processing chains that I know produce interesting results I can't predict fully, I just throw stuff on those and see how they sound. A lot of my music even starts like that, I ''find'' a sound I like and I make a mostly arbitrary pattern I like that suits it, then these steps keep slightly informing the next mostly arbitrary step until I know I wanna go somewhere specific, until then I run out of concrete ideas, and I start poking around again.

Big props to melon for this! I’ve been a fan of squarepusher and melon for a while. I’m always excited when he covers these electronic artists. I hope he reviews a Luke Vibert record.

Living fucking legend, and a huge inspiration to the music I produce. Thanks melon 🍉!!!

Toms music pretty much defined my late teens and im 26, i was thinking feed me weird things has like 3 acts you have the opener which is square pushers theme, then you have tundra through UFOs over leytonstone which is like the bulk of the album, then you have everything after UFOs which is like the encore. Its neat.

I was so disappointed when the lockdowns began last year because I was going to see Squarepusher at a festival in the summer, guess it's time see where he's playing next.

Thanks for this, I've been going down some of these rabbit holes myself recently and Tom's advice is fantastic. This provides some great perspective.

6:50 - superb early question! Straight to the tech spec!!! Love it!!! Always love to know what hardware was used to create the early sounds! Thank you Mr Fontano

Squarepusher a living legend

I got Big Loada. At the time I was heavily into dnb and the scene in central Florida. Trying to get everyone to listen. A Journey To Reedham sounded like a lovesong, a celebration. Fully augmented my idea of what electronic music could become.

I never thought of checking out an interview with him. Years of playing the music, first interviews I’ve seen. A total gem!

I guess the Hip-Hop track that Tom mistakenly thought to say "Don't go plastic" is indeed called "Dope on Plastic" and is the only single by rapper Uptown. No Britcore track, but still has that hectic sound. Dope track, look it up!

Feed Me Weird Things gets a reissue and now an interview? Holy shit!! This dude is a legend.

Great interview. I'd assumed Squarepusher might have been some hyperactive IDM mutant but he's a thoughtful low-key guy who speaks really well.

Absolute legend. This man influenced me more than anyone as a teenager. As a Canadian only music we had other than the traditional pop bullshit was "MuchMusic" they had a show called the "Orange Squeeze" or something like that, they'd play a lot of European music we'd never hear in Canada anywhere. The internet was new to me at the home at the time. After seeing "Come on My Selector" I immediately went on Napster and downloaded every Squarepusher song I could find. I was too young to have any spare money but Napster was around. I went to concerts in Toronto every time he was in town though so I feel I made up for the stealing. One show hearing the sorta epic of bass thru time was amazing, I could never find a recording of it. Seemed like it was improvised maybe for the Toronto show, was my favorite part. From old jazz to Jimmy Hendrix to modern stuff in one tune. Was mind blowing.

Good interview. great to hear in depth long form conversation centered on music.

Great interview. Thanks alot for that. Some great nerdy insights too into the gear and recording process ! Now if you can get a BOC interview you will officially be the champion of the whole internet forever

Thank you for this, Anthony. Tom is such an inspiration for me through my life - such an icon and really setting the bar for musical artistry with his approach and aesthetic. I see him on the same level of the greatest musicians/artists ever. He creates out of necessity - only searching for his own voice. He has had a profound influence on me and I'm eternally grateful. It really seems he has so much unreleased music. I wish some day that some of that gets out and maybe gets curated. I also wish he discussed his thoughts on the current state of music but I would imagine he doesn't concern himself much outside of his own world.

Great interview! Tom is one of the most underrated bass players performing today.

Killer interview. Great to hear some insight into his musical process.

Excellent interview, Squarepusher was actually the first electronic artist I enjoyed listening to back in the mid-2000s. I was a metal kid with a lust for guitars and effects pedals but my mate burned me a copy of Hello Everything and I was like 'woah, this is like the soundtrack to a crazy videogame that never existed'.

such a good interview bro, thoughtful respectful spontaneous. and Squarepusher is so mellow always following his joy.

Tom and Richard are two people who shaped my musical taste. The album Feed Me Weird Things was a turning point in my life. I can not express how much a value these two individuals. They brought so much meaning and color to my existence.

YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND. Tom's one of my favorite musicians. Can't believe what I'm seeing!

Great interview! Absolutely loved it. Thanks.

I had literally no idea what I expected SP's voice to sound like but somehow it fits perfectly.

Squarepusher is legit interesting to listen to and seems ultea sympathetic. Alot of respect from me.

Yay! Just when I started getting back into Squarepusher

I love Tom. What a guy. Enthusiasm and momentum. Amen to that! great interview, thanks for that.

imagine if you got an aphex twin interview

This was a great interview. Thank you so much for doing this!

Been a huge fan for a while. Great interview.

LETS GOOOOO

thanks for this interview, it's your best one IMO

Go Plastic is THE best electronic album

Ty for this interview 💙

We listened to Squarepusher in college for a DA Production class. It was awesome.

Great interview with a fascinating musician. Thank you!

This interview was awesome.

Well this is pretty much epic. Tough to describe how influential he has been. Which is to say, massive. Been getting back into his sound after around a 10 year absence. Never gets old. And that's really saying something about an artist.

Man, thanks so much for this interview!

How did I miss this before? Great interview, love Squarepusher. I banged that on soulseek then as well...

Thank you Mr. Jenkinson. You make the world a better place.

A deeply satisfying interview. Thank you.

Amazing interview!

Absolutely awesome, I didn't expect this!

Very revealing, open and honest. I loved the trivia surrounding his relationship with RD James Twin. Awesome.

amazing interview!Thanks :) Would be amazing to see one with Autechre :)

Squarepusher seems like such a chill dude!

56:39 hes probably referring to Dope on plastic by Uptown. but who knows.

It's nice to see Tom being so open and flexible with his answers. Knowing of his previous interviews, obviously he could've gone into more philosophical and techincal stuff but instead he aimed to please the interviewer and his audience.

So glad this interview exists!

The vinyl reissue is quite good, very glad I got it. Sounds much better than the cd. The b-side 7” included is also very fun, never heard it before!

A living legend, danke my friend

Great interview 🙌 must go see him live ✌❤✌

I am absolutely the biggest fan of Squarepusher, my eyes lit up when I saw this video

Oh my my my. I lost track of him but was a huge fan in the 1990s and early 2000s. Big Loada (1997) especially was like nothing I had ever heard. I mean, there was the drum and bass influence but it was so ahead of it all.

What an incredible talent. This was my first time hearing him talk. I have to admit, I was not expecting his voice to be this baritone. My mind is officially blown!!!

Trianglepuller

I love that the audio is lined up just off in a way that makes them sounds like they're always biting on each others heels

amazing interview!

legend

lol jesus finally some electronic music content

This is a really excellent interview! Well done man :)

This is great, thank you for the interview.

ahh the good old days of roland sync and trigger.. dr660 drum machine triggering akai sampler .. such a classic era or electronic music .. very creative and fresh , i love the way the dr660 could be used to essentially reorder patterns by changing the kit on the fly .. when using it to trigger a sampler .. over midi out ..

Nah bruh. Squarerpusher for life, you not bout to just pull some random interview lol. It’s in the past but this is squarepusher! 😅

love this man

Good tips and inspiration for producers thanks

seeing tom smile makes me feel something again

Well this is an unexpected gem. Thanks both!

Excellent interview, thanks Melon

great interview!

Thank you for this - this was incredible :D

Awesome! Love TJ. Maybe Bibio and Clark in the future?