The tireless, electronic fusioneer, Tom Jenkinson, returns with his much anticipated hyper, effervescent follow up to the complex electro-funk of ‘d’Demonstrator’ in his other guise, Shobaleader One. As much as ‘Ufabulum’ retains complex, classic Squarepusher characteristics, the album remains accessible and fun – heightened by sinuous, almost trance-like melodies. Having been entirely made without the help of any live instrumentation, ‘Ufabulum’ concentrates quite heavily on the forms and functionalism of Jenkinson’s drum ‘n’ bass, breakbeat and junglist roots. Yet this time round, those aforementioned trance synths take on especially anthemic form, especially so on opening track ‘4001’, with stadium-worthy breakdowns to lose your breath to - a humorous touch perhaps from Jenkinson. The album takes note from this for most of the first part of the album concentrating on big-room melodic hooks and maximalist theatrics. Yet, die-hard fans shouldn’t be alarmed by the hyper-evolution of his sound on this album, there’s still enough high-level acid malformation for the fanboys out there on closing tracks ‘Dark Steering’ and ‘303 Scopem Hard’- two manically veering, frenzied compressions. At minimum, it’s the sound of an artist with an awareness of the shifting facets of contemporary sound with a desire to evolve, and at maximum, it’s the sound of a true legend at play.
Also available as an LP-T (T-Shirt with FLAC / MP3 download code)
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(Please note, the video below only shows the Vinyl Edition and "LP-T" edition)
Ufabulum (Special Edition 2LP Vinyl) with Enstrobia EP
WARPLP228X
Special edition vinyl set. Rigid box, lid wrapped and lined in black, screen printed in phosphorescent and regular ink, so that when the lights go out, the Squarepusher logo is revealed. Contains 2 x LP in individual sleeves, 12 page 300x300mm booklet, download code card and the 3 track Enstrobia EP on CD.
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Squarepusher "LP-T" - T-Shirt with MP3 and FLAC download code
WARPLPT228
Phosphorescent print T shirt with Album download. Black premium T Shirt screen printed in phosphorescent and regular ink, so that when the lights go out, the Squarepusher logo is revealed.
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Ufabulum (Special edition CD) with Enstrobia EP
WARPCD228X
CD in 6 panel digipack with 12 page booklet, plus 3 track Enstrobia EP also in digipack, bound together in O-card printed black with spot gloss UV.
Ufabulum (Standard CD)
WARPCD228
6 panel digipack with 12 page booklet.
