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The fusion of jazz and drum & bass has become the toast of the chattering classes, throwing up a canon of overlong epics like Goldie's Saturn Returnz. What a relief, then, for Squarepusher; Hard Normal Daddy comes as a gleefully psychotic antidote to such Tubular Bells-esque pomposity. In the spirit of Warp Records' prolific, dazzling, but sometimes difficult output, Hard Normal Daddy is a trailblazing work of half-mad genius. It's also the sort of record that might force your neighbours to buy earplugs. Shrugging off lightweight soundscapes with a pneumatic battery of drum & bass and cut-glass jazz, and forever goading you--the confused and frightened listener--to keep up the pace, the likes of "Vic Acid" are high-tempo blasts of solidified confusion. No, it isn't coffee table music. But whatever you do, don't try and dance to it either.--Louis Pattison
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Fantastic soundscapes and innovation to blow your mind. This guy is at the forefront of new beats. And he used to go to my school, I remember he played this cool jazz piece (really tricky) on a double bass. Musical genius and genius cheekiness
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Sheffield dj Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) is arguably the foremost drum'n'bass artist whose over-riding interest is jazz-rock. This is a knowledge base that informs his compositions towards the complex as opposed to the facile and sterile aspects that typify much of the D&B genre. Jenkinson's compositions constitute a wild assembly of manic breakbeats, spirited eletronica and disjointed samples.
'Hard Normal Daddy' (1997) is arguably the best of his works. It is an album that sails full-throttle towards jazz fusion and melodic synthesizers. 'Coopers World' is a supersonic slab of melodic keyboards, funky guitar, bass and syncopated moves which gave birth to a new genre - 'drill and bass'.
In tracks such as 'Rustic Raver', 'Fat Controller' and 'Male Pill Part 13', drum programming becomes an 'object' as opposed to a 'subject' in which the music revolves around the bass and electronic keyboards. These are the music equivilents of abstract paintings, rather than manic dancefloor explosions. Imagination and a sense of humour permeate these pieces (especially 'Chin Hipopy') in the manner of futurism and dadaism.
'E8 Boogie' is characterized by fluid jamming that hints at progressive-rock, whilst 'Beep Street' is reminiscent of the surreal, spacey and quasi-psychedelic ambience that permeates the first album. The 'musique concrete' effects of a creaky door add to the overall effect.
One of the highlights of the recording is the touching 'Papalon' which incorporates bassoon and vibes within a minimilist soundscape that echoes Terry Riley.
'Hard Normal Daddy' is an outstanding achievement.
'Hard Normal Daddy' (1997) is arguably the best of his works. It is an album that sails full-throttle towards jazz fusion and melodic synthesizers. 'Coopers World' is a supersonic slab of melodic keyboards, funky guitar, bass and syncopated moves which gave birth to a new genre - 'drill and bass'.
In tracks such as 'Rustic Raver', 'Fat Controller' and 'Male Pill Part 13', drum programming becomes an 'object' as opposed to a 'subject' in which the music revolves around the bass and electronic keyboards. These are the music equivilents of abstract paintings, rather than manic dancefloor explosions. Imagination and a sense of humour permeate these pieces (especially 'Chin Hipopy') in the manner of futurism and dadaism.
'E8 Boogie' is characterized by fluid jamming that hints at progressive-rock, whilst 'Beep Street' is reminiscent of the surreal, spacey and quasi-psychedelic ambience that permeates the first album. The 'musique concrete' effects of a creaky door add to the overall effect.
One of the highlights of the recording is the touching 'Papalon' which incorporates bassoon and vibes within a minimilist soundscape that echoes Terry Riley.
'Hard Normal Daddy' is an outstanding achievement.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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If you have ANY spare money, then please go and buy this album as soon as possible. Tom Jenkinson is fast proving himself to one highly gifted artist. There's no point trying to label this music. Drum and bass, electronica, ambient? Yes, it's all that, but so much more. It's designed to lift the roof off what you can normally expect to hear from music. At times it sounds reminiscent of Aphex Twin's Brando, at others like some crazed orgy of jazz-techno porn! Absolute genius.
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A friend of mine once referred to the opening track of this album as sounding like "Japanese game show music", and, despite a few months of protesting, I think I finally see what... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2008 by 77
Sounds like a cat stuck inside a dustbin.
Tom Jenkinson is a gifted artist? Give me a break. Although he may be label mates of Richard James (aka Aphex Twin) that is where the similarity ends. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2003 by Lawrie Reilly
Tom Jenkinson in real form.
This simply is Squarepushers, aka Tom Jenkinson's finest work. It is by far his most consistent album, and is filled with grade A songs, the first one "Coopers World" really does... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2003 by Lewis Green
Genius!
This album is absolutely fantastic! Tom Jenkinson's bizzarre blend of rapid, drum n bass jazz comes accross as a mixture of Jamiroquai and Aphex Twin (Another Warp label genius). Read more
Published on 6 July 2001
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