''Go Plastic'' is the fifth studio album by British electronic musician
Squarepusher
Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, a ...
, released on
Warp
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in 2001.
It peaked at number 100 on the
UK Albums Chart
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Production
Unlike many of his earlier albums such as ''Hard Normal Daddy
''Hard Normal Daddy'' is the second studio album by English electronic musician Tom Jenkinson under the alias Squarepusher, released on 28 April 1997. The album was Jenkinson's first studio album as Squarepusher for Warp. A single for the track ...
'' and ''Music Is Rotted One Note
''Music Is Rotted One Note'' is the third studio album by English electronic musician Squarepusher, released on 12 October 1998 by Warp. The album is a departure for Squarepusher, with only elements of the familiar drum and bass style appearing in ...
'', which often prominently featured live instrumentation (particularly drums and bass guitar), the sound palette on ''Go Plastic'' is almost exclusively synthetic, with an emphasis on high-velocity breakbeat
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and ...
s subjected to extensive manipulation and granular effects. In a contemporaneous interview, Squarepusher claimed to be "fed up" with real instruments, wanting everything "brutal and digital."Eventide
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DSP4000 and Orville
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digital effects processors, Yamaha QY700 sequencers, Yamaha TX81Z and FS1R synthesizers, and an Akai S6000 sampler.[Rockin' On Magazine (Japan) interview 2004]
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Critical reception
At Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Go Plastic'' received an average score of 70% based on 17 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.[
In 2015, '']Exclaim
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'' placed it at number 2 on its list of "an essential guide to Squarepusher".
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2001 albums
Squarepusher albums
Warp (record label) albums