Squarepusher - Ultravisitor 20th Anniversary Remaster

In light of the re-release, lets not forget that Toms UV tour was an absolute goddamn banger. I saw him at the  Glade festival then and it was the most intense... extreme brillant white strobing and they pumped the most massive amount of  smoke out during Steinbolt that we could literally not see your neighbout and instead were in a whiteout nowhere-land with noise-jungle overload pummeling your noggin

Behold the epic 2 hour set he did in Tokyo that year.... the range of tracks and intensity is off the charts. Bonkers AF.... "Yoko soooooooooo"

wonder if he programmed the drums on this album  or played them in they sound very natural.

i like how the remastered version sounds brighter and the album cover is brighter as well.

As Venus 17 was released 20 years ago too and is being re-released also, i cannot possibly leave out this unbelieable  - i dare to say the best ever - MASF live rinsing by Tom in Boston

Theres  afew gaps, sadlily at the end it gets cut off.... but  you'll hear hilarious  Tom-interactions with the crowd showing what just an aamazin and excited mood he was in... genuainley funny and sincere... it feelis like it was his first time performing these tracks and you can tell he fuckimng knows they are absolutely MAGIC

BIG probs to the recorders, ovbsiously off their tits... taking the piss out of things lightly buit also fully absorbed ion the insanity...does anypone knwo these guiys at all? their website does not seem to exist....

Grab a coffee... make room to dance... sit back, hangout and wrap your brain around "Venus 17" live that willl "send you into outter space man...."

  On 9/25/2024 at 10:57 AM, phudoshin said:

In light of the re-release, lets not forget that Toms UV tour was an absolute goddamn banger. I saw him at the  Glade festival then and it was the most intense... extreme brillant white strobing and they pumped the most massive amount of  smoke out during Steinbolt that we could literally not see your neighbout and instead were in a whiteout nowhere-land with noise-jungle overload pummeling your noggin

 

Behold the epic 2 hour set he did in Tokyo that year.... the range of tracks and intensity is off the charts. Bonkers AF.... "Yoko soooooooooo"

 

 

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Proper listening parties

Is Venus 17 ep the best thing he’s done? It’s def up there

  On 9/28/2024 at 9:46 PM, YEK said:

Is Venus 17 ep the best thing he’s done? It’s def up there

one my favs for sure. quite a slice of time when it came out. 

so, these re-releases.. are there new(old) tracks in any of it or is it same content just remastered or whatever? 

  On 9/28/2024 at 10:28 PM, ignatius said:

 

so, these re-releases.. are there new(old) tracks in any of it or is it same content just remastered or whatever? 

From what I can tell it's nothing new, just remastered stuff

don't hold me accountable for this but im pretty sure i bought the cd from his site the absolute first minute he had it up, i woke up and said "let me check his site." and practically fainted when i saw that on the front page.

  On 9/28/2024 at 9:46 PM, YEK said:

Is Venus 17 ep the best thing he’s done? It’s def up there

My favorite Squarepusher moment was the 2004 Breezeblock set. There are very few times in my life when I've been blown away like that and it still carries through 20 years later. I'll upload the set if anyone wants it. He plays Tundra 4, that unreleased tune he used to play live around 2001ish (on youtube it's called Direct To Mental), Venus No. 17 (Acid Mix), and another tune that was never released. It's absolute pure fucking madness and I like the way it sounds with the heavy radio compression on top of it. I can still remember tuning into that live show from the net and losing my god damn mind. Found someone's upload on Youtube but it's in mono (i don't think my version is mono) and doesn't have the interview at the start, so let me know if anyone wants an mp3. As far as pushing the boundaries of electronic music goes, I haven't really heard much that has gone to that level.

Selection Sixteen is always in the back of my mind. It sounds so sonically big to my ears. Everything just pops and compresses in all the right rhythmic ways. Def my fave mixing he's done on an album. Love that album.

  On 9/29/2024 at 4:40 PM, Mr.Sensi said:

wants an mp3.

pls thx mr. sensi

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZEWMwuPhMF6xZ3sTgia1jfLQxa0CZ6q0/view?usp=drive_link

There ya go.

  On 9/29/2024 at 10:52 PM, Mr.Sensi said:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZEWMwuPhMF6xZ3sTgia1jfLQxa0CZ6q0/view?usp=drive_link

 

There ya go.

classic mix.  I have it saved on a 20+ year old Zune player w/ a broken interface.  I can still use it hooked up to my car radio stuck in shuffle mode.  Thanks

  On 9/25/2024 at 10:57 AM, phudoshin said:

In light of the re-release, lets not forget that Toms UV tour was an absolute goddamn banger. I saw him at the  Glade festival then and it was the most intense... extreme brillant white strobing and they pumped the most massive amount of  smoke out during Steinbolt that we could literally not see your neighbout and instead were in a whiteout nowhere-land with noise-jungle overload pummeling your noggin

His 2004 LA show was the first concert I ever attended. I think I was 15. Incredible memory, still one of my favorite live music experiences. I remember he played Come on my Selector and Journey to Reedham in the encore, those were some of my earliest favorites of his and it was amazing to hear live.

I remember Talk About You & Me was a highlight of the show too, hadn't heard it before and when it gets all wonky toward the end I kind of dissociated a bit. Great underrated track, that one.

  On 9/30/2024 at 2:07 AM, Boxus said:

His 2004 LA show was the first concert I ever attended. I think I was 15. Incredible memory, still one of my favorite live music experiences. I remember he played Come on my Selector and Journey to Reedham in the encore, those were some of my earliest favorites of his and it was amazing to hear live.

I remember Talk About You & Me was a highlight of the show too, hadn't heard it before and when it gets all wonky toward the end I kind of dissociated a bit. Great underrated track, that one.

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epic 1st show. 

Excuse my ignorance but didn't his live shows back then consist of him just djing album tracks? Was he doing anything live? I remember thinking that "live in Japan" disc that came with DYKS was some kind of pisstake.

Also was under the impression that all the audience noise on ultravisitor was just dubbed over studio tracks to create the impression of a live album (I'm sure I read that somewhere). 

Never liked ultravisitor personally, kinda the beginning of the end for him imo. Iambic 9 poetry is nice.

i think i've shared this story here before but i went to see him around the "go plastic" / "do you know.." era and in the middle of the set his computer crashed - probably because he was splashing water all over the place from a plastic bottle. all the music stopped for a few minutes while he rebooted and during that time i yelled "come on you cunt let's have some aphex acid" and he looked me dead in the eyes with a murderous rage. 

  On 9/30/2024 at 3:20 AM, toaoaoad said:

Excuse my ignorance but didn't his live shows back then consist of him just djing album tracks? Was he doing anything live? I remember thinking that "live in Japan" disc that came with DYKS was some kind of pisstake.

Also was under the impression that all the audience noise on ultravisitor was just dubbed over studio tracks to create the impression of a live album (I'm sure I read that somewhere). 

Never liked ultravisitor personally, kinda the beginning of the end for him imo. Iambic 9 poetry is nice.

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he did record a bunch of live shows and said he used the crowd noise to make it sound live or make it like you didn't know if it was live or in studio.. but it's all in studio as far as i know. he talked about it in an interview

Ultravisitor was a slow to grab me but eventually was a grower and now finds its way in the []pusher rotation. 

  On 9/20/2024 at 6:12 AM, Squee said:

I remember being so disappointed by this album due to all the hype you guys threw at it. Still don't like it.

Also, Squarepusher is still a cunt, right?

*slaps squee*

BAD SQUEE 

Something id forgotten about Ultravisitor is how great I Fulcrum is as a link track. 

Makes run from Ultravisitor to Iambic feel like one full suite.

Absolute staggering music.

  On 9/30/2024 at 3:20 AM, toaoaoad said:

Excuse my ignorance but didn't his live shows back then consist of him just djing album tracks? Was he doing anything live? I remember thinking that "live in Japan" disc that came with DYKS was some kind of pisstake.

Also was under the impression that all the audience noise on ultravisitor was just dubbed over studio tracks to create the impression of a live album (I'm sure I read that somewhere). 

Never liked ultravisitor personally, kinda the beginning of the end for him imo. Iambic 9 poetry is nice.

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A lot of the set was extended bass solos with live processing (ala I Fulcrum), and him playing the bass parts of tracks live. I don't know how much else he was doing live, but the heavy focus on bass gave it a great energy. A lot more fun than the set I saw during the Ufabulum tour (which was also cool for what it was, but so much less dynamic musically).

Dear to my hart this album, if tom releases this with improved mastering i will give my monies asap

The whole remaster is listenable through here:

https://warp.net/products/473218-ultravisitor-20th-anniversary-edition

Cheers for that link. waiting on the CD, seems to work really well as a double album

my favourite squarepusher, it's just lush and completely mental