Squarepusher - Go! Spastic

Name: Squarepusher - Go! Spastic
Uploaded: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released 25 June 2001 on Warp Records as a track from Go Plastic — Squarepusher's fifth studio album and a landmark of the drill 'n' bass and IDM genres — 'Go! Spastic' arrived during a period when Jenkinson had deliberately abandoned live instrumentation in favour of purely digital, hardware-processed sound. Produced using Eventide…

2001 · Post-Millennial IDM / Drill 'n' Bass Peak (2001) · music video

2001Post-Millennial IDM / Drill 'n' Bass Peak (2001)IDM / Drill 'n' Bass / Warp Records Avant-Electronic (UK, 2001)

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Released 25 June 2001 on Warp Records as a track from Go Plastic — Squarepusher's fifth studio album and a landmark of the drill 'n' bass and IDM genres — 'Go! Spastic' arrived during a period when Jenkinson had deliberately abandoned live instrumentation in favour of purely digital, hardware-processed sound. Produced using Eventide DSP4000/Orville effects processors, Yamaha QY700 sequencers, and an Akai S6000…

Why it matters

Go Plastic is widely regarded as a canonical drill 'n' bass and IDM artefact. The track samples the Amen break alongside jungle and funk sources, subjecting them to granular DSP manipulation that redefined what breakbeat-based music could sound like in the digital era. The video's refusal of…

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