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===2013β2024: ''Music for Robots'' to ''Dostrotime''=== On 13 February 2014, an EP entitled ''[[Music for Robots (EP)|Music for Robots]]'' was announced, a collaborative project composed by him and performed by the three robots that comprise the Z-Machines. Squarepusher first started working with the team of Japanese roboticists behind the Z-Machines in 2013, who had commissioned him to write music for robots that were capable of playing beyond the capabilities of the most advanced musicians.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pangburn |first=DJ |title=A 78-Fingered Robot Guitarist Is the Perfect Accompaniment to Squarepusher |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-78-fingered-robot-guitarist-is-the-perfect-accompaniment-to-squarepusher/ |publisher=Motherboard |access-date=18 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221113340/http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/a-78-fingered-robot-guitarist-is-the-perfect-accompaniment-to-squarepusher |archive-date=21 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Following the success of the first piece of music, entitled "Sad Robot Goes Funny", Squarepusher went on to compose four more pieces for the robots, which comprise the EP ''Music for Robots'', released on April 7 (8 April in North America) 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Webster |first=Andrew |title=This robot band has a guitarist with 78 fingers |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/16/5416482/z-machines-robot-band |website=The Verge |date=16 February 2014 |access-date=18 February 2014}}</ref> On 20 April 2015, a new LP entitled ''[[Damogen Furies]]'' was released. Reviewers commented that it is "less funky but more clearly structured" than past work. All the recordings on 'Damogen Furies' were done in one take and were born out of Squarepusher's development of his own software, which was designed for a spontaneous, streamlined, efficient way of performing live and, in turn, making the record. All this makes for Damogen Furies being an ideal work to hear in concert, as genuinely live electronic music, with the capacity for change a primary objective. The release of this saw him performing at his largest-ever London show at the Troxy, and headlining The White stage at Fuji Rocks Festival, Japan.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cook-Wilson |first=Winston |title=SquarepusherDamogen Furies |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20487-damogen-furies |website=Pitchfork |access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> The EP was made using software that Squarepusher programmed by himself.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-21 |title=Squarepusher interview: The Software Behind Damogen Furies |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/squarepusher-interview-the-software-behind-damogen-furies/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Digital Trends |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, Squarepusher once again took his Shobaleader One band on the road, and is continuing to tour the project. He also wrote a suite of short organ pieces which were performed by James McVinnie as part of 2016 national tour "The Secret Life of Organs" celebrating the county's great organs as the first 'synthesisers' invented centuries before their electronic counterparts. In 2018, he provided the ambient soundtrack for [[CBeebies]] hour long wind-down programme ''Daydreams'', narrated by [[Olivia Colman]].<ref>{{citation | work = The Guardian | date = 17 April 2018 | last = Heritage | first = Stuart | title = Daydreams: can the 'ambient' CBeebies experience really work? | url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/17/daydreams-can-cbeebies-ambient-tv-for-kids-really-work | access-date = 4 June 2018}}</ref> The same year, Jenkinson broke his wrist in Norway and was forced to temporarily stop playing guitar. The incident caused him to re-explore instruments he had previously played in the 1990s which informed his subsequent album, ''[[Be Up a Hello]]''. Squarepusher was also influenced by the death of Chris Marshall, his childhood friend to whom he dedicated the album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keating |first=Daryl |date=2020-01-29 |title=Norwegian Ice Broke Squarepusher, but He's All the Better for It on 'Be Up a Hello' |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/norwegian_ice_broke_squarepusher_but_hes_all_the_better_for_it_on_be_up_a_hello |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Exclaim}}</ref> Featuring a return to his acidic drum and bass roots the album was released on 31 January 2020. "Vortrack", "Vortrack" (Fracture Remix), and "Nervelevers" were released in the weeks leading up to the album's release.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Tayyab|last1=Amin|access-date=2023-07-29|title=Squarepusher: Be Up a Hello review β devilish, danceable return|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/31/squarepusher-be-up-a-hello-review-warp-records|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 January 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-29|title=The Quietus - Reviews - Squarepusher|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/27744-squarepusher-be-up-a-hello|website=The Quietus|date=4 February 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-29|title=Squarepusher Proves IDM Is Still Fresh and Full of Possibilities on 'Be Up a Hello', PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/squarepusher-be-up-a-hello-2644921032.html|date=27 January 2020|website=PopMatters}}</ref> On January 21, 2024, Squarepusher sent out an email to his subscribers on the [[Warp Records]] email list, linking to a download for a WAV file named "XY.wav". Plugging the WAV file into an [[oscilloscope]] and plotting the signal as an XY plot revealed the word "Dostrotime". ''[[Dostrotime]]'' was released on CD, LP, and digital download on 1 March 2024. The single "Wendorlan" was released to promote the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://909originals.com/2024/02/14/squarepusher-announces-details-of-forthcoming-new-album-dostrotime/|title=Squarepusher announces details of forthcoming new album, ''Dostrotime''|website=909originals|date=February 2024|access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>
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