Squarepusher is a $h1t hot bassist

[Fionn]

check out his playing ...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJT3Zmo3deM&feature=fvwrel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJT3Zmo3deM&feature=fvwrel[/url]

[EskimoBassist]

All true, this guy is a badass.

[thisnameistaken]

Yarr. What bass is that?

[longtimefred]

so THATS how you play a 6 stringer! always wondered what them extra strings did cool tune

[thumbo]

Inspirational stuff He's got a new album on the way. edit: it's out on the 14th [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvLAKrVbCBM[/media]

Edited May 10, 2012 by thumbo

[ahpook]

a brilliant musician all round.

i find his music almost endlessly enthralling.

[RhysP]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1336661570' post='1649111']
Yarr. What bass is that?
[/quote]

It's a custom Iceni Zoot bass.

[The Dark Lord]

Yeah, very good and all that. I can see that he is indeed quite skilled at doing wot he is doing .... but it's not bass playing to me.

Give me Lynott, Foxton, Sting, Geddy, Lemmy and JJ.

[rogerstodge]

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1336673211' post='1649346']
Yeah, very good and all that. I can see that he is indeed quite skilled at doing wot he is doing .... but it's not bass playing to me.

Well said that man
Give me Lynott, Foxton, Sting, Geddy, Lemmy and JJ.
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[Chris2112]

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1336673211' post='1649346']
Yeah, very good and all that. I can see that he is indeed quite skilled at doing wot he is doing .... but it's not bass playing to me.

Give me Lynott, Foxton, Sting, Geddy, Lemmy and JJ.
[/quote]

So what you're saying is you like rock music. That's cool, but the 'is this bass playing' argument is as old as the f***ing hills.

Nice little solo there, he's a very skilled player no doubt. Can't write a tune to save his life, if his albums are anything to go by. They bore me to tears. Aphex Twin on the other hand...

[The Dark Lord]

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1336673586' post='1649359']
So what you're saying is you like rock music. That's cool, but the 'is this bass playing' argument is as old as the f***ing hills.
[/quote]
Yeah, that's probably a fair comment.

[MythSte]

Anyone notice how high his action is for that kind of thing? Steel fingers that lad.

[yorks5stringer]

[sub][size=5]Previewing this thread read "Squarepusher is a sh*t" so upon reading it's less controversial than I thought![/size][/sub]

[visog]

Much as I like SP, this is just a repetitive slid 7th chord with a bit of flutter... No I couldn't do it but I wouldn't want to... Bring back Hard Normal Daddy.

And he looks like Bill Bailey in this which is distracting.

[AndThenSome1]

Someone once played me a track of his that heavily relied on him playing harmonics on the bass - I've no idea what its called - anybody know which track i'm on about?

[jamesbass116]

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1336673586' post='1649359']
Nice little solo there, he's a very skilled player no doubt. Can't write a tune to save his life, if his albums are anything to go by. They bore me to tears. Aphex Twin on the other hand...
[/quote]

They're pretty intense sometimes. He has too much of a mathematical approach to songs, quite a lot of production going on. He is a hell of a musican though.

[JakeBrownBass]

Forget the bass playing, that drummers left hand on the hi-hat is insanely tight at those speeds!

[Chris2112]

[quote name='MythSte' timestamp='1336675968' post='1649423']
Anyone notice how high his action is for that kind of thing? Steel fingers that lad.
[/quote]

I suppose that allows him to get those muted 'click' ghost notes out cleanly.

[BluRay]

Clever and breathtakingly tight as I'm sure it is - I think it sounds utter sh*te. I'll get my coat.

[leschirons]

[quote name='thumbo' timestamp='1336669340' post='1649283']
Inspirational stuff He's got a new album on the way. edit: it's out on the 14th [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvLAKrVbCBM[/media]
[/quote]

Catchy tune, no doubt I'll be whistling that all day tomorrow.

[thumbo]

[quote name='AndThenSome1' timestamp='1336676989' post='1649446']
Someone once played me a track of his that heavily relied on him playing harmonics on the bass - I've no idea what its called - anybody know which track i'm on about?
[/quote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXpzK1ItQGw&feature=related

[Cairobill]

The superb harmonic. Awed tune is 'iambic 5 poetry' off Ultravisitor. Very good stuff. He knows a tune.

[Cairobill]

The superb harmonic. Awed tune is 'iambic 5 poetry' off Ultravisitor. Very good stuff. He knows a tune.

[lowdown]

[quote name='Cairobill' timestamp='1336681820' post='1649571']
The superb harmonic. Awed tune is 'iambic 5 poetry' off Ultravisitor. Very good stuff. He knows a tune.
[/quote][quote name='Cairobill' timestamp='1336681842' post='1649572']
The superb harmonic. Awed tune is 'iambic 5 poetry' off Ultravisitor. Very good stuff. He knows a tune.
[/quote]

Very good - Pan your first post hard left, and pan the second post hard right with some delay.
Would make a lovely stereo spread.

I like that high action slap sound he gets, nice, tight and articulated.


Garry

Edited May 10, 2012 by lowdown

[BigRedX]

He may be a great bassist, but the track in the OP is the most boring and uninspired thing I've heard him do. Not a patch on the brilliant Iambic 9 Poetry posted above ^