Does what it says on the tin! In the earliest days of squarepusher we got flashes of the fact that hey this guy can really play the bass, but the actual use of an actual instrument got pushed deeper and deeper into the background as the great IDM one-upsmanship of the late 90's forced the shedding of anything traditional if you wanted to stay in front of the wave of Innovation.
A decade or so later, full reset: just the bass.
It's probably the best just a guy on the bass album you'll ever here, full of interesting pacing, subtle warm tones, and some faceripping runs. Half the fun is picking apart how the hell one man with two hands makes all that sound, think Brian Gibson, and the other half is just letting a long harmonic come to rest on your backbone, as things get fast and slow, respectively (and sometimes both).
Still imma file this under novelty. Cool to hear once, but at the end of the day its just a guy on the bass showing off how well he can play the bass. There's little in terms of emotional resonance, no movement or narrative, not real useful as a listen other than to piece together the enigma that is Tom Jenkinson 3/5
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