What
is the feeling that a person gets when she dances and in which
points do you believe it differs from the feeling that the DJ has
while she mixes? Is it the same what they feel?
I
can’t know. There is some sense of an injection and the injected
here though. Qualia.
How
was your childhood and which experiences you had as a kid influenced
you greatly?
It
was great really, lots of older people to hang about with. My family
had(s) a huge influence on me. People who you know give a fuck about
you.
In
your interview for FACT magazine you describe many of the processes
of conceiving ideas for producing your music. For Diversions
1994-1996
you bring up the importance of the pauses
between the rave tracks, later on you mention as an inspiration the
neurological symptom of 'release hallucinations' and before that the
importance of the 'game' mode. Through all this, have you found your
main personal impulse, your drive, or a core that drives your
creativity?
These
processes are symptomatic of the drive to create something. It’s a
circular thing. There has to be a drive – not like supplication
or something.. If I’m not excited about what i could potentially
create, I can’t expect anyone else to be fussed about it either.
There were some number systems that instigated two of the tracks on
‘Tvashar’ – sometimes the drives to engage, and make something,
can seem/be very abstracted from the things themselves (the outcome).
Are
there things in your work that you feel good about and you believe
that they will last through time?
I
have absolutely no idea whether or how they will last. Of course, in
some form they will - It would be amazing if you could encode some
music in a kind of Panspermic spore though and fling it out there…
You
belong in a generation which has lived through rave parties. How does
this make you feel today?
It
doesn’t make me feel anything today really, I’m not at all
nostalgic. Nostalgia is yourself lying to yourself via a
hallucination of your own smiling face.
How
do you imagine your life after 40?
I
haven’t..
If
you suddenly lost your memory, what wouldn't you want to forget?
My
family and closest friends
Do
you have obsessions?
Of
course, I’m a human.
Is
terrorism a kind of revolution?
What
is your rational and justified mode of attack/defence? The term
‘Terrorism’ is not easy to define..
When
was the last time you have been to the cinema? What did you watch?
Couple
of months ago to watch ‘Berberian Sound Studio’ by Peter
Strickland
Does
it matter for you how many people finally will buy your music?
When
you’re with a label that spends money on mastering, promotion,
artwork, pressing, then yes,
there
is a financial aspect. I would make music if this wasn’t the case
anyhow though..
Do
you watch TV?
Occasionally
there is interesting stuff on TV.
How
do you perceive the concept of myths? Do you think that myths are
essential for living?
We
are absolutely surrounded by myth. ‘The World’, or our version of
it is full of myth. The entire universe is non-human, so, to accept
that you’re here at all is to some degree, to accept myth. You
don’t have to believe in the Tooth-Fairy or God or be a
psychologist to know that humans are dreamers, existential
mythmakers, liars… It’s I think why ‘atheism’ is a tricky
term. Where do you start/stop being totally scientific and
super-rational? I mean, were just apes with massive brains plopped
out without question into a universe we can’t be sure we are
equipped for, and that we have little clue about.
Do
you remember your first trip far from your home? Do you travel often?
Yes,
it was to Ireland. I was very young, I had the most remarkable,
memorable and lucid hallucination of a huge man following us up the
motorway for hours, he was purple, he was walking fast to keep up
with the car. I was encouraging him. He was about the same size as
the tall trees.
What
does it mean 'to be having a good time'?
To
be in a mental state where you are not burdened by the stuff that
usually burdens you.
What
is the craziest thing you have done, ever?
I
was born. That really must be an intense experience. Being in such an
intimate, dark and secluded place for 9 months, akin to an insect.
Then to be suddenly confronted with a bright white room, huge people
in white robes and masks, an entirely new sound and visual world, a
plummeting temperature, the smell of a hospital ward etc…
Can
you send us a picture of you and a picture of something/place that
best illustrates your current state of mind?
(see picture in the beginning of interview and the following: )
