squarepusher Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir

I really don't know what I should expect out of squarepusher anymore. imo, every one of his albums have some outstanding tracks mixed in with a bunch of filler/crap. this sounds like more of the same - few good songs, lots of forgettable bad ideas.

  cornelius (aka ben) said:

man, you're fucking crazy if you think you can assume something like "oh this is his japanese influenced album. he wrote it about japan, OBVIOUSLY."

 

If you only you knew how much bullshit I spewed on a daily basis. Shit up to the ankles.

he has written what the album is about and what influenced it, clarifying the point to where there is no way anyone could say it is about anything else except a psychadelic rock band day dream experience........

Edited September 16, 2008 by Atop

*cough*discovery*cough*

  karmakramer said:

  Awepittance said:

  karmakramer said:

  Awepittance said:

  karmakramer said:

Also this album is very emotional. Its all about his trips to Japan and what its like there for him. What he hears, what he brings back... his very own souvenirs.

 

Was one of his souvenirs to abandon good production/recording techniques for drums and guitar?

 

Its from another culture/country... of course its going to sound and stylistically be very different. Thats the fucking point.

 

wait how is this supposed to be a japanese themed album again? i didn't read about that anywhere.

 

Its not Japanese but what Tom thinks is Japanese. Its his take on their culture.

 

source where you read/heard this please

thanks

 

nevermind, just read your other response. the source = your imagination

Edited September 16, 2008 by Awepittance

  GORDO said:

i hate to be sound like a music critic. let me reprhase, i don't like joust a souvenir because it compiles all the elements that i didn't care for from his past two albums.

 

I think you basically hit the nail on the head there. Some great fucken ideas in this album... but for the most part it's like he took all the filler material from the last 3 albums and expanded upon it. Star Time and Coat Hanger, two obvious gems.

Great points people, but I think this is fun. It's a Mike & Rich or something. It's a weird CD that I will listen to and enjoy, no biggie that it's not electronic music nerdery, I'm waitin for an Ultravisitor beater too, but not now, I don't get one yet.

I really liked Hello Everything but I'm struggling with this one. A few good tracks towards the end and I actually like the distortion used on certain tracks but the songs themselves seem a little weak. Gonna give it more of a go though.

ultravisitor sounded like a genuine travel into what wierd music should fuckin sound like, evil, harsh, fast and dirty. only electronic music album ive ever heard that doesnt sound like a complete fucking gayfest.

 

, this is more gay than i can possibly begin to describe. it would take a 4dimensional diagram.

  messiaen said:

, this is more gay than i can possibly begin to describe. it would take a 4dimensional diagram.

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  Pennywise said:

  messiaen said:

, this is more gay than i can possibly begin to describe. it would take a 4dimensional diagram.

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LOL

  six said:

  Pennywise said:

  messiaen said:

, this is more gay than i can possibly begin to describe. it would take a 4dimensional diagram.

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LOL

 

wtf did i just watch.

Best tracks so far:

 

The Coathanger

A Real Woman

Potential Govaner

Tensor in Green

  The Vidiot said:

Best tracks so far:

 

The Coathanger

A Real Woman

Potential Govaner

Tensor in Green

 

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I really appreciate how there are some super experimental moments going on in the album. I feel like it does a decent job pushing in ideas of composition etc. I enjoy it when you listen to it in full, it def. flows very well.

  AOOproductions said:

  six said:

  Pennywise said:

  messiaen said:

, this is more gay than i can possibly begin to describe. it would take a 4dimensional diagram.

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LOL

 

wtf did i just watch.

 

 

first lol of the day!

 

 

This album is funny? I liked the story with the album...it all kinda seems like a joke

 

I enjoyed it on first album but didn't love it

 

 

 

edit: to glass plate, I agree it flows super well

Edited September 16, 2008 by alpaca

  Enter a new display name said:

Just A Souvenir is just a poor collection of leftover tracks...

 

im really surprised that more people don't get this album. even some of the rock tracks really clicked for me when hearing the rest of the album. with the drums, the kicks are weak and on the whole it may not be very loud or compressed but i just can't get enough of those wet bouncy snares. listen to it in the dark on some studio phones and i dont know how you can complain. im inspired to pick up some boomers to further explore this uberjam supreme.

 

also i think electronic music fans are assholes and its no surprise that tom has no loyalty.

Edited September 16, 2008 by Scrambled Ears

what becuase we are fans we're supposed to be all over his poop?

  GORDO said:

what becuase we are fans we're supposed to be all over his poop?

 

no just supposed to realize that it doesnt matter if you think you could have done a better mix.

wanky noodling, but fun wanky noodling...

 

he should of released this under a different alias.

  Idrn said:

wanky noodling, but fun wanky noodling...

 

he should of released this under a different alias.

 

oh i disagree i kinda hate the whole alias thing

especially if it's not obvious whose alias it is

It's beard/dad music. It's pretty fun.

 

But to everyone that loves it - put My Fucking Sound on now and skip to 5 minutes in....

 

Fuuuucckk

  Scrambled Ears said:

  GORDO said:

what becuase we are fans we're supposed to be all over his poop?

 

no just supposed to realize that it doesnt matter if you think you could have done a better mix.

 

i think it really does matter and i consider myself a huge fan of his.

i find this album to be fantastically good.

 

nobody, that i'm aware of, has ever made anything quite like it. it's like listening to a scratched jaco pastorius cd, but in a good way.

 

i got really tired of the amen break wankery that he kept hashing out again and again. i think this stuff is loads better.

 

and it appeals to the part of my brain that likes small doses of outlandish fusion jazz like henry threadgill - but without the ensuing headache that comes from stuff that disjointed. it holds together a lot better and keeps rhythmic interest.

 

fuckin' a.

 

4 stars out of 5, so far.

 

c

most of the reaction towards this album are the scientifical/rationnal proof watmmers have shit tastes (& explains why they're still doing threads about nin gayness or 9/11 being made by armies of klingons).

 

LONG LIVES THE SQUAREPUSHER