Track by track with Squarepusher
“I don’t think the original issue of the LP was flawless. Not at all. It became apparent, when we remastered it, how strange the record sounded. A lot of the 1-2K band removed. I believe that the mastering engineer was trying to unite the pieces, because some of the music on there does sound pretty harsh. But, it meant it took a lot of the energy out the
mix. So, this time around, we’ve gone how the DAT tapes originally sounded.”
Squarepusher Theme
“The guitar chords were sampled from an Applause acoustic guitar that I’d had since I was 11. And this was the first piece I recorded using the Fostex M80 8-track, which I think gives the solos a tangible sense of liberation from the gruelling live-to-DAT process.
“The bass solos were performed on my Ibanez Roadstar II bass which I had bought at the age of 14 and was my mainstay instrument right up into this period and beyond.
“This was also an early
