Squarepusher - 'Drax 2'

What this video is

Released in April–May 2012 as a promotional track from Squarepusher's ninth studio album Ufabulum (Warp Records, May 14, 2012), 'Drax 2' belongs to a deliberate aesthetic pivot in which Tom Jenkinson abandoned live instrumentation entirely in favor of a fully synthetic, software-generated sound and visual system he coded himself. The Ufabulum project was conceived primarily as a live AV experience — with a massive…

Why it matters

Represents a pivotal moment in Squarepusher's career — the complete abandonment of live bass guitar and jazz-fusion in favor of purely electronic synthesis and custom AV software. Within the Warp Records canon, Ufabulum and 'Drax 2' specifically mark the IDM tradition's engagement with industrial…