Anyone who knows me well is bound to get a good dosage of Squarepusher at one point or another. Some love it, some can’t stand it – but very few deny that the man is a talent to be reckoned with.

I’m ecstatic to discover that Squarepusher (or Tom Jenkinson, as his mother knows him) has a new album coming out, which follows his slightly lower-than-peak-performance Hello Everything album.

Jenkinson’s last few records have seen him placing an ever-increasing emphasis on his live bass playing, experimenting with live bass techniques and approaches as well as integrating it into his electronic arsenal via MIDI pickups and filters. Live drums have features, alongside guitars, an assortment of other instruments and classic synthesizers – along with plenty of sequenced synths, drum machines and digital manipulations

A taster for album in the form of a new track – available on the Warp Records Myspace – indicates Jenkinson is once again taking things in an even more live direction while retaining his classic trademarks of manic squalls of rigour and noise.

On first listens the track seems to be little more than Jenkinson permitting himself a little fun – a good natured, fairly capable sounding garage thrash rock-out. It sounds like the instrumentation is all live – no noticeable cut-ups or manipulations. I don’t mind it as a bit of a lark, but I’m not sure what I’ll think if the whole album turns out like this.

Nonetheless, keep October 27 in your diaries. And please, Tom, let’s see some live dates for Australia!

Tracklist for Just a Souvenir: (courtesy of Pitchfork)

1. Star Time 2
2. The Coathanger
3. Open Society
4. A Real Woman
5. Delta-v
6. Aqueduct
7. Potential Govaner
8. Planet Gear
9. Tensor in Green
10. The Glass Road
11. Fluxgate
12. Duotone Moonbeam
13. Quadrature
14. Yes-Sequitur