Ceephax
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Andy Jenkinson
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Also known as Andy Jenkinson (younger brother of Squarepusher Tom). Encompassing an old school acid sensibility crossed with the energy and innovation of Rephlex's "Universal Indicator" series, plus a melodic and moody experimental side that is revealed in his mellower moments.
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This guy blew me clear off my feet at this years's (2005) Glade festival. A live performance injected with a lot of humour and some fantastic noises. In Jenkinson's hands the sound of the 303 has taken on a new and important role that has surpassed the lame and predictable offerings from the psy trance and acid techno camps. With a nod towards yesterday's hero's from Detroit, Chicago, Holland and Germany Ceephax pushes the acid sound to the limit, from one end of the sonic spectrum to the the other. Pummelling technoid pounders, spazzed out breakbeats and other assorted genre-defying experiments allow Jenkinson smash the wonders of acid into those fortunate enough to witness his live performance.
His soundcapes range from psychedelic and smooth idm to acid housey stuff to hardcore/gabber-ish to drum'n'bass to noise to 8-bit to oh-so-odd melodies and sometimes weird(but good) vocals.
He can be temptatingly slow and hyperactive in the same time, but anyway gives you a reason to grab your ravingshoes and start dancing.
I haven't been fortunate enough to witness his live set yet, but obviously he's the man of the machines. So on his gigs there wont be a dark figure of a man in the corner with a apple shaped dim light in front of him. But instead tables filled with synths and drum machines and mixers and cd-players and all that stuff i don't know about..
He's also a good friend with mic, harmonica and megaphone.
A trippy true original!