To try and give you an idea of what Tom Jenkins, Mr. Squarepusher himself has done on his latest is no easy task but hopefully most of you will already have some idea of what to expect. In the press release, Jenkins attempts to share his thoughts on artists being trapped in a ‘musical ghettos’ that can destroy any artist who wishes to side with one branding, genre, or movement and locking into one perspective is simply no way to give a reflection of current culture, or at least not to him. In other words, like the new album, create anything that someone could easily describe in a album review. Do You Know is a two disc set consisting of seven new tracks of digital cut-ups which are wicked but are expected from Warp but also contains a spoken word or abstract hip-hop track crammed through an arsenal of plug-ins, sounding as it’s shell was busted open and turned inside out as well as some standard spooky drones that are finally sliced and reconfigured at battering ram speed. This could be considered fine work to the trained ear but some (like my wife) thinks it’s just damn annoying if you’re not into this sort of thing. But I love it. Finally he closes out disc one with an almost identical cover of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart. Disc two, Alive in Japan is an hour long live set of new and older material from July 2001 and the only complaint on this is the bootleg quality to the set. Basically it would of been better without the reverb but then you wouldn’t get all of the fun crowd cheers and rock antics! Another strong album from Squarepusher but now I must shut it off because my wife is going to kill herself. -JH

Disc One

1. So You Know Squarepusher
2. F-Train
3. Kill Robok
4. Anstromm-Feck 4
5. Conc 2 Symmetriac
6. Mutilation Colony
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart

Disc Two
Alive In Japan. REcorded July 2001