Ultravisitor

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Ultravisitor
Squarepusher.ultravisitor.gif
Studio album by
Squarepusher
Released8 March 2004
Genre
Length79:41
Label Warp
Producer Tom Jenkinson
Squarepusher chronology
Do You Know Squarepusher
(2002)		Ultravisitor
(2004)		 Venus No. 17
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Daily Telegraph (favourable) [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork Media 7.9/10 [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [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]

Contents

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, set to be released on 25 October 2024. [12]

Track listing

All tracks by Tom Jenkinson, all instruments played by Tom Jenkinson. [4] [13]

No.TitleLength
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" in a studio version, whereas the "album" version was a live recording.

"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]

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  4. 1 2 "Ultravisitor - Squarepusher | Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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  11. 1 2 "Squarepusher Interview from i-D Magazine, March 2004" . Retrieved 30 June 2012.
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