Hard Normal Daddy
Encyclopedia
Hard Normal Daddy is an acid
and drum and bass
album
by UK
electronic musician Squarepusher
. It was his first full release on the Warp Records
label.
The booklet features pixelated images of locations in Chelmsford
(Jenkinson's home and birthplace), and sprites and graphics from Commodore VIC-20
computer games.
The album is dedicated to the Chelmsford rave scene.
Acid techno
Acid techno is the term used to describe a style of techno that developed out of late 1980s Chicago Acid house. Acid house was essentially house music made with a specific sound, obtained by using very distinctive instruments created mainly by Roland, such as the TB-303 for bass and lead sounds,...
and drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
electronic musician Squarepusher
Squarepusher
Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence....
. It was his first full release on the Warp Records
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
label.
The booklet features pixelated images of locations in Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
(Jenkinson's home and birthplace), and sprites and graphics from Commodore VIC-20
Commodore VIC-20
The VIC-20 is an 8-bit home computer which was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET...
computer games.
The album is dedicated to the Chelmsford rave scene.
Track listing
- "Coopers World" – 5:09
- "Beep Street" – 6:37
- "Rustic Raver" – 5:08
- "Anirog D9" – 1:11
- "Chin Hippy" – 3:16
- "Papalon" – 8:10
- "E8 Boogie" – 8:13
- "Fat Controller" – 5:38
- "Vic AcidVic Acid"Vic Acid" is a single by the electronic artist Squarepusher, released in 1997 on Warp Records. It includes a remix of Vic Acid , a track from the album Hard Normal Daddy out at the same time.-Track listing:# "Vic Acid " – 3:06...
" – 3:07 - "Male Pill Part 13" – 8:38
- "Rat/P's and Q's" – 4:33
- "Rebus" – 2:47