Released 8 March 2004 Ultravisitor
(2004) Venus No. 17
(2004) Release date 8 March 2004 Label Beat Records | Length 79:49 Artist Squarepusher Producer Squarepusher | |
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Genres Drum and bass, Jazz, Intelligent dance music, Rock music Similar Squarepusher albums, Intelligent dance music albums | ||
Squarepusher ultravisitor
Ultravisitor is an album by Squarepusher. It was released on 8 March 2004 by Warp Records (see 2004 in music).
Contents
Ultravisitor incorporates many of the various musical styles exhibited by Jenkinson on his previous albums, including drum and bass, acid techno, jazz fusion, and electronic noise. A few of the tracks feature layered, modulated, or filtered bass guitar. Several of the instrumental parts were recorded live and include applause, blurring the lines between live and studio performances.
Tom Jenkinson has stated that "Ultravisitor is my spectacle of beauty and of terror. It is unknowable, and will never be understood by anybody, least of all its creator."
Ultravisitor is the only album to show a clear portrait of Tom Jenkinson's face on its cover art.
Track listing
All tracks by Tom Jenkinson, all instruments played by Tom Jenkinson.
The album was released in three formats. The first is a standard CD release, presented in a standard jewel case with Tom Jenkinson featured on the cover. Second, there is a limited edition of the CD, presented in a book-style case, with bonus artwork and notes by Jenkinson. Third, a double LP vinyl version of this album was released. Orders from the Warp's online store Warpmart included a 3" mini CD, entitled Square Window, with outtakes and B-sides from the album.
A promotional CD and record for Ultravisitor featured "Square Window", a new track entitled "Talk About You & Me", and the title track, "Ultravisitor" in a studio version, whereas the "album" version was a live recording.
"Venus No. 17" was also released as a vinyl-only single, featuring the title track, an Acid remix of it, and a reworking of the Feed Me Weird Things track "Tundra", entitled "Tundra 4".
The beginning of the track "Steinbolt" was sampled for an episode of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.
Jenkinson has stated that the track "50 Cycles" took over a month to complete.
Songs
1Ultravisitor8:33
2I Fulcrum3:31
3Iambic 9 Poetry6:56