is it true Go Plastic by Squarepusher featured no computer wizardry?

[cern]

19 minutes ago, ignatius said:

it's one of the records that stands alone to me. such a specific thing about it. when i want to hear it there's no alternative. 

It's crazy with Squarepusher every time I come back and listen to his music it is kinda fills me with a warm nostalgic feeling. 
 

[phudoshin]

There's nothing as twisted and chaotic yet so coherent as Go Plastic.... fair play to tom for just saying fuckit and mess with time sigs, poppyness, jungle etc in such a way. When there's melodies they're soo good.... nothing is at rest. But these beats! 

when I first heard the Japan live CD i was convinced it was a dark warehouse not a family filled daytime Fuji fest. However, TJ rages hard, the crowd reacts perfectly and its just no holds bar assault on everything

 

[phudoshin]

HARD AF

 

[cern]

Yo what small controller is he using?? 

No computer at all so rad!
 

 

[mcbpete]

On 10/29/2021 at 11:44 AM, phudoshin said:

when I first heard the Japan live CD i was convinced it was a dark warehouse not a family filled daytime Fuji fest. However, TJ rages hard, the crowd reacts perfectly and its just no holds bar assault on everything

Oddly enough I pictured exactly the same thing in my mind's eye/ear..... Wasn't until I saw the video a few years later I thought 'hang on - I recognise these shout-outs to the rather muted crowd'

[Silent Member]

On 10/29/2021 at 1:14 PM, cern said:

Yo what small controller is he using?? 

No computer at all so rad!
 

 

It's a minidisk remote. 

[acid1]

I always figured it was a CD player connected to an eventide. Minidisk makes more sense!

[ignatius]

always thought it's a peavy pc1600 midi controller and dat tapes. midi going to the eventide to control FX

[Silent Member]

Yeah, this is probably correct, I tried to do a funny.

[ignatius]

16 minutes ago, Silent Member said:

Yeah, this is probably correct, I tried to do a funny.

i need a nap. 

[exitonly]

On 10/29/2021 at 4:14 AM, cern said:

Yo what small controller is he using?? 

No computer at all so rad!
 

 

him not using a computer live doesnt mean he didnt use a computer to write the album. that being said i have no idea what he used

[ignatius]

50 minutes ago, nikisoko said:

him not using a computer live doesnt mean he didnt use a computer to write the album. that being said i have no idea what he used

akai S6000, Qy sequencer, eventide orvilles, 303/101, bass and maybe yamaha FM synth fs1r or something..  but i think he sampled the shit out of everything and it ended up in the akai then he jammed w/the sequencer and FX.  

talks about it some in this interview. 

 

[exitonly]

18 hours ago, ignatius said:

akai S6000, Qy sequencer, eventide orvilles, 303/101, bass and maybe yamaha FM synth fs1r or something..  but i think he sampled the shit out of everything and it ended up in the akai then he jammed w/the sequencer and FX.  

talks about it some in this interview. 

 

thanks for the vid, sorry if it was posted before. this thread is quite long. all is clear

[ignatius]

13 minutes ago, nikisoko said:

thanks for the vid, sorry if it was posted before. this thread is quite long. all is clear

no worries. it's a good interview and worth a repeat if it was already posted.  shows just how deep tom gets w/his gear. tearing apart eventide algorithms with vsig is tedious stuff... more than most other patching environments. 

[psn]

A couple of cool 94-95 jungle tracks being paraphrased/quoted in My Fucking Sound and The Modern Bass Guitar.

 

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by psn

[Taupe Beats]

Best Squarepusher album

[pizza]

might be my fav album of all time

[phudoshin]

its defo in my top5 desert island disks for sheer repeated listenability and non-stop action. Nothing else like it. 

Nearest to its twisted jungle take I could possible compare it to is DJ baleys John Peel set with all its jumpstarts/pitch changes - but thats very tenuous