Squarepusher - My Sound

What this video is

Released in October 1998 on Warp Records, 'My Sound' appears on Music Is Rotted One Note, Squarepusher's third album and a radical departure from his drill-n-bass reputation. The album was produced entirely without sequencers or sampling equipment — Tom Jenkinson performed all instruments live — representing a deliberate rejection of the digital tools that defined late-90s IDM. The video's extreme durational…

Why it matters

Occupies a rare intersection of jazz-fusion, nu-jazz, IDM, and electroacoustic performance within the Warp Records canon. The video's single-take durational structure and VHS-adjacent aesthetic are emblematic of the anti-commercial visual strategy common to late-90s UK experimental electronic…