Ultravisitor
| Ultravisitor | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 8 March 2004 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 79:41 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Tom Jenkinson | |||
| Squarepusher chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Daily Telegraph | (favourable)[5] |
| The Guardian |  [6] |
| The Independent | [7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.9/10[9] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [10] |
Ultravisitor is the seventh album by English electronic musician Squarepusher, released on 8 March 2004 by Warp Records. The album incorporates many of the various musical styles exhibited by Jenkinson on his previous albums, including drum and bass, acid techno, jazz fusion, and electronic noise. A few of the tracks feature layered, modulated, or filtered bass guitar. Several of the instrumental parts were recorded live and include applause, blurring the lines between live and studio performances.[11]
Tom Jenkinson has stated that "Ultravisitor is my spectacle of beauty and of terror. It is unknowable, and will never be understood by anybody, least of all its creator."[11]
In September 2024, Jenkinson announced a remaster of the album to commemorate its 20th anniversary, as well as an expanded and remastered edition of Venus No. 17, which was released on 25 October 2024.[12]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks by Tom Jenkinson, all instruments played by Tom Jenkinson.[4][13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ultravisitor" | 8:32 |
| 2. | "I Fulcrum" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Iambic 9 Poetry" | 6:55 |
| 4. | "Andrei" | 2:00 |
| 5. | "50 Cycles" | 8:33 |
| 6. | "Menelec" | 5:43 |
| 7. | "C-Town Smash" | 1:29 |
| 8. | "Steinbolt" | 7:44 |
| 9. | "An Arched Pathway" | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Telluric Piece" | 1:53 |
| 11. | "District Line II" | 8:33 |
| 12. | "Circlewave" | 6:28 |
| 13. | "Tetra-Sync" | 9:27 |
| 14. | "Tommib Help Buss" | 2:10 |
| 15. | "Every Day I Love" | 2:39 |
The album was released in three formats. The first is a standard CD release, presented in a standard jewel case with Tom Jenkinson featured on the cover. Second, there is a limited edition of the CD, presented in a book-style case, with bonus artwork and notes by Jenkinson. Third, a double LP vinyl version of this album was released. Orders from the Warp's online store Warpmart included a 3" mini CD, entitled Square Window, with outtakes and B-sides from the album.
A promotional CD and record for Ultravisitor featured "Square Window", a new track entitled "Talk About You & Me", and the title track, "Ultravisitor", without the live recordings bookending the song.
"Venus No. 17" was also released as a vinyl-only single, featuring the title track, an Acid remix of it, and a reworking of the Feed Me Weird Things track "Tundra", entitled "Tundra 4".
Jenkinson has stated that the track "50 Cycles" took over a month to complete.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Bush, John. "Squarepusher - Ultravisitor". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ Smith, Jack. "Squarepusher Ultravisitor Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Ultravisitor – Squarepusher". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Ultravisitor - Squarepusher | Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ various (8 March 2004). "CD reviews: Squarepusher, Harry Connick Jr, Lionel Richie and more". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (4 March 2004). "Squarepusher, Ultravisitor". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "US". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2016.[dead link]
- ^ The Observer review
- ^ "Squarepusher: Ultravisitor Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Music Review: Squarepusher - Ultravisitor". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Squarepusher Interview from i-D Magazine, March 2004". Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Eede, Christian (19 September 2024). "Squarepusher Details 20th Anniversary Edition of 'Ultravisitor'". The Quietus. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Ultravisitor - Squarepusher | Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Ask Squarepusher!". BBC. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
External links
[edit]- Ultravisitor at the official Warp Records website
- Ultravisitor at MusicBrainz
- Tom Jenkinson interview from i-D, at the Warp Records site.
- Ultravisitor at Metacritic
