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given name: V/VM
ideal romantic evening: last new years eve
yr most recent meal included: roasted parsnips
favourite pre-'91 ll cool j track?
i only listen to his GOAT album.
Given your preoccupation with grinding recognizable pop music into molested bits of regurgetated bits of pop music, there must be some self conditioning that might get in the way of you just plain leaving something alone to enjoy unfettered. or not?
everything is there really as a source of sound, and we now have the tools at this generations disposal which enables everybody who wishes to to create music. for V/Vm i think we only hit like maybe 5per cent of potential at the moment so there's a lot more to be done and offered musically from us.
you demolished (and to an extent beautified) highly influential artists ranging from the aphex twin to su pollard to lionel richie, himself. is nothing sacred?
no nothing is sacred, everything a source. and that makes it more exciting, there are so many faces to V/Vm output- from melodic electronics to noise cut ups, to impersonations to ambience to whatever and wherever we want to go. it's all there.
of course what you are doing makes perfect, calculated sense to yourself and the dozens of your fans out there, but has there ever been instances were an artist has heard your take on their craft and rebuttled with less then kind plattitudes?
i think they are often embarrased and confused about what we do with there work, but i try and get them copies- for instance i met chris de burgh and gave him our rendition of lady in red on a 7", never heard back from him though and it surprised me meeting him, he's only about 3 foot 4 tall- a real small guy.
what would yr world be like with out plugins and the like?
it would be fine, we started out without them and would revert back to producing in other ways. the only advantage we have now with the technology is that it is easier to realise what you wish and want to create. you really now can make music which reflects your mood.
if it was disclosed by the authorities that hybrid aliens were indeed populating the earth, would you be:
a. happily surprised
b. headed for the local gun co-op
c. hungry
d. pissed yr cover was blown
mmm. i'd be happily surprised and grateful to learn that a race superior than our poor effort were inhabiting the planet0 but then i'd be confused to as why they wanted to mingle in with us.
it can be said that there is a crowd for very strange music now a days, was it always like this?
probably but i think now people can find each other virtually over the net which maybe makes it a little more visible- but it is still minute, you can play live to just handfulls of people. but the battle is to make it more accessible for people to (a) find it in the shops for less money and (b) make sure the shows are interesting so people want to come back.
what artist would you remove from the face of pop music forever if you were granted the power to do so?
great question,,,, probably mick hucknall and simply red- he is really bad....... but to be honest i'd still keep him as i can now hack his music up with the rest. I think only those who make experimental music for financial gain are the ones i would remove- you can guess who those people are.
fantasy scenario #1: yr name is picked out of a hat, and you are asked to contribute music for a new english football league anthem. how might you approach this task?
.....easy, just a cover version of abba's money money money. it's all about the money these days- sad but true.
what inspires pigs?
pigs are excellent creatures and very intelligent, i think they are always looking for food so that is an inspiration. but really nice animals pigs.
what percentage of non-citizens living in the US speak better english then US president george jr bush?
about 70-80 per cent.
if, for some reason, one was to ask you how clever messing about with other peoples material was, knowing damn well they mean to be mean to you, how would you respond with out resorting to humilating him in a one on one breakdance contest?
i would just agree of course and then go on to say that his decision was based on the fact that he was obviously doing something far superior and then ask for an example before carrying on.
as far as you can tell, what does the term "crunk" mean?
crunk, is an as yet unreleased term used by warp records in an attempt to start up a new scene. it's the next scene which will follow IDM. kind of ICM- intelligent "crunk" music/// autechre patented the word in 1992 just before they released their debut hardcore 12" "cavity job" - CRUNK
people who do new things are often refered to as artists, folks who take it a step further (down the toilet, as such) as often labeled "cultural icons". who do you currently concider icons?
people who are pushing now ?? well until CRUNK hits the shelves nobody right now-- it's a lazy time for musicians and music.
numbers seem pretty absolute, is math sexy?
we are but numbers----// but in combinations numbers can be sexy- i pick 36 and 63 for obvious reasons.
are you a "bad boy"?
but of course.
have you ever concidered remixing a track then realized it was as mushed up as it could possibly get, for example like bogdan raczynsky?
nothing i;ve heard is too mushed up. didn;t he do myloveilovemyloveloveilove ? / too much love.
how would you describe the average fan of yr music?
like somebody who wants to go somewhere on a train but then gets on the train and it's the worst train with the best food so it's difficult to get off because you miss the food--- but you have to put up with the bad train- probably.
it's a crazy world: dozens of mysterious crop formations show up in farmers fields every year in sizes and symmetrical perfections that defy human construction, even so people seem to be more interested in what washed up pop stars do with thier free time. what's the deal?
my hair when i allow it to grow goes like a crop circle and looks like a crop circle, maybe this is the future for the media and V/Vm
what's there not to like about guitar solos?
i always love really poor solos by bad musicians, and i love anything strummed by chris rea.
what are some web sites you enjoy visiting?
i like the bbc online experimental music site at the moment for looking byond the usual musical bullshit/ apart from them i like the brainwashed brain site- and other then those i always like shopping online because it means i don't have to walk out in the manchester rain as much as i used to.
how often do people YOU love wake up with cuts, bruises and other injuries they cant explain?
i always wake up with cuts- what the fuck is it all about ??
is there any reason people shouldn't run for their lives and cower in fear when you take the stage?
yes because sometimes we throw sweets and chocolates out and occasionally we smash lap tops on stage....
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