Be Up A Hello [2020]

[cruising for burgers]

that chord progression in the beginning of the album sounds like Pachelbel - Canon In D Major...

anyway the melodies on this song are delicious, i wish he'd let that that drum break run wild... he keeps smashing it after every bar... and it sounds like the cymbals/hihats are side-chained with the kick and snare way too much or something... i'd rather prefer if he didn't do that... drums don't breath?

that's one of my main concerns with ufabulum and damogen furies... the drums sound too squashed and there's almost no acoustic cymbals running in the back... he also uses a lot of synthesized drum hits which sound too harsh instead of samples from acoustic drum breaks... seems like he got rid of that style in this album which is a good thing...

Edited August 9, 2020 by Tim_J

[Guest]

No matter how good or bad the album is.

3:11 ff. in Terminal Slam is pure gold. What is it btw., 1/64 or 1/128 kicks? Seem recorded and then put in a sampler to play those in key. I should try it myself.

Edited August 13, 2020 by Guest

[beerwolf]

Weird album. I used to hate it, then I learned to quite love it, now I don't care for it. Odd.

 

[ignatius]

i listen to it a lot. such a winner for me. i've had a few all squarepusher listening days in recent weeks. i recommend it. 

[may be rude]

i like every song on the album

i went through an evolution with the track vortrack. when it was the pre-release single, i liked it, but thought it was a mellow track and not a beast. then one day i was sitting on a stone shrine in the woods and listening and realized that vortrack is pretty insane.

Edited August 14, 2020 by very honest

[beerwolf]

35 minutes ago, beerwolf said:

Weird album. I used to hate it, then I learned to quite love it, now I don't care for it. Odd.

 

Hah! How weird. It's been a hard week at work and for some fucking bizarre reason I thought we were talking about Hello Everything, but now I realise we are chatting about his new album.

I think I need a goodnights sleep....

Edited August 13, 2020 by beerwolf

[Richie Sombrero]

I like parts of the album Speedcrank and Terminal Slam are outstanding. Feels more disjointed than last few but that's ok. Possibly enjoying Lamental more and delighted we finally got Midi Sans Frontieres with beats.

[ignatius]

nervelevers, vortrack (both mixes), terminal slam - are the standout jams to me.. but i like it all.  i get the first two tracks stuck in my head all the time.  at first i thought they were super  sugary cheese but after a couple listens just adored them. 

he does a lot of interesting little acid squiggles on this record.. accents to other acid lines that sometimes seem to play a part in making the percussive stuff fit together. i guess that's kinda been his thing for a while but it feels different on this record because it's so clean sounding or something.  

i like the mixing on this record a lot compared to his previous 2 records. 

[Richie Sombrero]

Forgot about Fracture mix. Must stick it on.

[phudoshin]

On 8/14/2020 at 7:27 AM, ignatius said:

nervelevers, vortrack (both mixes), terminal slam - are the standout jams to me.. but i like it all.  i get the first two tracks stuck in my head all the time.  at first i thought they were super  sugary cheese but after a couple listens just adored them. 

he does a lot of interesting little acid squiggles on this record.. accents to other acid lines that sometimes seem to play a part in making the percussive stuff fit together. i guess that's kinda been his thing for a while but it feels different on this record because it's so clean sounding or something.  

i like the mixing on this record a lot compared to his previous 2 records. 

Very well said!

 

[Ivan Ooze]

Love the album, his best work since go plastic imo

[cruising for burgers]

Gave it some more tries... Love the melodies but the beats still ruin it for me...

[Ivan Ooze]

Lol wut?

[cruising for burgers]

Yeah bro I explained it in the beginning of last page... I can try and put it into words but does it really matter?

[chronical]

squarepusher has the worst beats ! : - )

[cruising for burgers]

He had the best circa go plastic... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[chronical]

venus and go plastic !

[cruising for burgers]

19 minutes ago, chronical said:

Venus No.17! ❤️">

right? i miss those cymbals, everything's breathing, there's space between the samples... that jungle tambourine running wild...

Edited August 17, 2020 by Tim_J

[pizza]

yeah, bring back the funk

[gunnar]

What do you mean, the beats are back baby.

[Joyrex]

Can't be arsed to search, but Resident Advisor did an interview with Tom in March:

 

[Hugh Mughnus]

@Joyrex - what did you think of beup? 

 

 

[Guest]

Widscale 2 has the best beats.

[d-a-m-o]

 

[psn]

Yes!