(1997, Warp)
 [bad word] ON YOU [bad word]  – that was his refrain. Tom Jenkinson is the bolshy, bearded Es geezer who bolted jazz fusion of the most noodlemungous type onto jungle, Detroit techno and electronica, and – for better or, mostly, worse – inspired a whole generation of ridiculous breakbeat molestation. From his debut as Squarepusher – the Conumber EP, released on his Chelmsford friends’ Spymania label – onwards, he flew the flag more than just about any of his contemporaries for experimentalism as rave music, and anyone who saw his mid-’90s festival performances can testify he knew how to rock a mainstream crowd, fretless bass solos and all. We could have picked Spymania tracks like the acid jungle of ‘Male Pill 5′ or ‘Conumber’ itself – but this one from after his signing to Warp was and is his most [bad word] anthemic, brilliantly ridiculous moment.