With the release of Kammerkonzert, Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) continues his career-long obsession with the intersection of human performance and machine-led precision. However, this 2026 offering marks a significant departure from the improvisational jazz-fusion of his previous eras, opting instead for a rigorous exploration of neoclassical structures through the lens of hyper-modern electronic synthesis.
The album is structured as a 14-movement suite, chronologically titled “K1 Advance” through “K14 Welbeck”. This nomenclature immediately signals a move toward a proto-classical framework, distancing the work from the club-oriented aesthetics of IDM. The “Kammerkonzert” (Chamber Concert) concept is not merely…
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…remastered from the original tapes.
Tom Jenkinson’s first release appeared in a limited edition of 1,000 vinyl copies in 1994, issued by Spymania sublabel Nothings Clear (which didn’t put out anything else). Preceding his earliest releases as Squarepusher or under his own name, the initially self-titled Stereotype remained one of the artist’s rarest recordings until Warp finally gave it a proper reissue as a Squarepusher album more than 30 years later.
The album has none of the jazzy bass guitar or blitzkrieg drill’n’bass that Squarepusher is best known for, instead exploring acid hardcore. The first two of the album’s six tracks each pass the ten-minute mark, with “Whooshki” looping a cerebral synth sequence for 16 minutes,…