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Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator

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come on you guys.

tom jenkinson has been one of the most dynamic, evolving figures in electronic music for the past 15 or so years. this is a natural progression from the direction he's been heading for the past few releases - in fact the biggest difference is mostly that he's working with a live band now, which influences the sound in a big way. i, for one, admire his courage to make head in the musical direction he wants to, even when it means possibly alienating some of his less open-minded fans. he's doing something truly original here, and he's doing it for the right reasons.

"I've always wanted to sabotage coolness as for me music is about laughing and crying, not about standing around smoking cigarettes." - tom jenkinson, 2010.

i'd probably only rate this album 4 stars, but i'm giving it 5 on principle. gee, sorry he's not making exactly the same music he started out making. to those saying he's selling out: wouldn't it be more of a sellout if he just put out another album exactly like big loada? it would break absolutely no new ground, but it'd certainly sell well...

also, for the record, i'm really not getting the daft punk thing. the music bears virtually no resemblance to french electro/house whatsoever (yeah, they use vocoders... so does everyone... else...) and the LED facemasks are a far cry from the robot bodysuits that daft punk used. i really fail to see how this constitutes "knocking off" daft punk. come on.

Amazing Album.

This album is outstanding. I love the direction Squarepusher has been going in recently, and hope to hear more stuff like this. As far as the Daft Punk comments go... those comparisons are made by people who don't know enough about music. Basically anyone who uses a vocoder or puts lights on their outfit is going to be compared to Daft Punk because they are the only reference point most people have for electronic music. There was a french disco group called Space in the 70s that dressed in space suits... that doesn't make Daft Punk less genuine or creative. But enough about the French... this album is fantastic. A new favorite in fact! Buy it.

Really people, Daft Punk?!

Squarepusher knows how to use auto-tune correctly. Rather than using the device to cover up short-comings in a voice, Squarepusher takes it to the next melodic level. This is an incredible album filled with brilliant musicianship. Since the beginning Squarepusher has been reinventing himself and his sound, but all the while sticking to a level of musical craftsmanship unbeknownst to most. Shobaleader One is another chapter in the Squarepusher cannon that is worth every minute of listening. At once jazzy, poppy, and electro, Shobaleader One has crafted an album that blows through any modern genre of music we're accustomed to today. Naysayers armed with comparisons to Daft Punk obviously have a very limited knowledge of Daft Punk's overall sound. You guys need to relisten to Daft Punk's catalogue. Shobaleader One is entirely different and original. I love this album.

Biography

Born: January 17, 1975 in Chelmsford, Essex, England

Genre: Electronic

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Tom "Squarepusher" Jenkinson makes manic, schizoid, experimental drum'n'bass with a heavy progressive jazz influence and a lean toward pushing the clichés of the genre out the proverbial window. Rising from near-total obscurity to drum'n'bass cause célèbre in the space of a couple of months, Jenkinson released only a pair of EPs and a DJ Food remix for the latter's Refried Food series before securing EP and LP release plans with three different labels. His first full-length work, Feed Me Weird Things...
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