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The slap-happy bass in in Two Bass Hit is another favorite. Although much is made of Mr. Fly Street is another great, undefinable track. There are plenty of electronic elements in Budakhan Mindphone, but one need not be a fan of electronic music (or any of it's sub-genres) to enjoy this album.
Budakhan Mindphone was my first introduction to the work of Tom Jenkinson aka Squarepusher. There are no tracks that don't belong, and ultimately the album gels well as a whole. Varkatope is an awesome subteranean riff that explodes to life a minute or so into the track. For someone new to Squarepusher this might actually be a good place to start.
For Squarepusher fans this album is, of course, a must.Like others have stated, Iambic 5 Poetry is a standout track. Not an easy task for music this diverse, but Squarepusher does it again, brilliantly. Although his catalog is wildly diverse and this album could be labeled "experimental" (then again almost all SP work could be), I think the listenablity and clearly identifiable Squarepusher aesthetic make this as good a place as any to start your SP collection. Jenkinson as a "drill'n bass God" his approach to music seems to share alot with improvisational jazz.
There is more electronic sequencing involved here, but it is quite subtle in its execution.The aforementioned track is the big melody track. It uses some of the more accoustic jazz style of Music Is Rotted One Note, but this time it's less dark in tone. In fact, it's rather uplifting. "Iambic 5 Poetry" is sheer beauty. Others are more experimental and free-form in nature, but easy to enjoy and complement the overall feel of the mini-album. This mini-album takes several listens to get engrossed and to appreciate all that it offers. It IS the standout track, and at first I thought it was going to be the only one. At this stage, I can say that I'm thoroughly satisfied with this album.
Tom's bass playing is quite a strong presence on this album as well, which isfun because he has chops like no other. This disc is more experimental than Tom's other albums. At times it reminds me of some dreamy organic free jazz, as opposed to the digital cyberjungle heard on Selection Sixteen.
its realy great, the atmosfere.a million words in some minuts song, well, a classic. i was in a net DJ radio when i listen a song, that was realy one of the greatest i ever heard,;;; i just wanted to know the name of the artist,,, the suspence remain some months till i visit warp site , whith hope to find something.when from the nothing, in over A look at squarepushers stuffs i decide to hear a sample from BUDDAKAN. you will be not regret;;;;; every one must have this cd. EP. The suprise come in the first song ,that song.LABIC 5 POETRY.
BUDAKHAN MINDPHONE features some of the most swinging breakbeats you'll ever hear, with Jenkinson coming off like the Elvin Jones of the sampler. While the songs incorporate a bit of MUSIC IS ROTTED ONE NOTE'S jazzy rhythmic feel, elements of dub, ambient and trip-hop are more prominent. There's a greater amount of space in the arrangement here than on MUSIC IS ROTTED ONE NOTE, and consequently a more luxuriously textured ambience. Released in the wake of Squarepusher's masterful MUSIC IS ROTTED ONE NOTE, which combined electronica-derived studio wizardy with sturdy jazz-rock musicianship,BUDAKHAN MINDPHONE neither expands upon its predecessor nor returns Tom "Squarepusher" Jenkinson to his drum-and-bass beginnings. Instead, it travels down an entirely different path.
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