Hard Normal Daddy
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| Studio album by Squarepusher | ||||
| Released | 28 April 1997 | |||
| Genre | Drill 'n' bass | |||
| Length | 62:07 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Tom Jenkinson | |||
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Hard Normal Daddy is a 1997 studio album by British electronic musician Tom Jenkinson under his alias of Squarepusher. The album was the first studio album as Squarepusher for Warp Records. A single for the track "Vic Acid" was released in 1997 prior to the album's release.
The album has received praise since its release including a five star review from Allmusic and being listed as one of the best albums of the year by The Wire and the NME. Stylus Magazine referred to the album in 2003 as Squarepusher's "masterpiece".
Tom Jenkinson was offered to sign to Ninja Tune, Rephlex Records, R&S Records and Warp Records. Jenkinson eventually chose Warp as he was more interested in the label's music.
Pitchfork as an album in the Drill n Bass subgenre, described by AllMusic as a version of drum'n'bass that warped "old midtempo beats and breaks into a frenzied, experimental potpourri of low-attention-span electronic music."
The Palm Beach Newspaper described the album as jazz fusion influenced, describing its contents as "Lyrical, complicated keyboard riffs, dense, churning beats, nimble, melodic fretless bass - add in a saxophone, and you'd have the drum 'n' bass equivalent of Weather Report." Tom Jenkinson has stated that his music on Hard Normal Daddy has not been influenced by jazz fusion, but more funk oriented music like Herbie Hancock's Death Wish soundtrack and cop show themes.
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