Svo sammála, hérna fyrir neða er úrdráttur úr viðtali sem var tekið við kauða ekki als fyrir löngu þar sem hann segir hreinilega að hann hafi ekkert lagt í þessa plötu og bara gert hana til að klára samning sem hann átti við plötufyrirtækið.

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aphex says that he released drukqs on warp to fulfill his contract on warp, and he has a new label now with to jenkinson. the two remixes were the first release on the label. rdj said that tom jenkinson absolutely hates all other artists on warp. aphex himself does not like the artists on warp, too (though he likes the labels early years), ‘but I do not care to be on a label with artists who are shit anyway. (…) and i know that they all profit of the things one does. It’s like ‘Oh, we are on warp!’
and the most interesting thing for all people who said that aphex only did drukqs to clear his contract with warp, and said aphex only did crap to annoy them: ‘If i could decide, i would release drukqs on rephlex (…)’
he originally had a contract for two or three more albums. he said to the people of warp, ‘i give you a double album, but then you have to let me go to make my own label.’ and they said, ‘okay’.
richard said that he would like to do a single, with a video by chris cunningham, because he liked working with him on come to daddy and windowlicker, but the release of the single could take time, up to six months from now. ‘but warp only wants to do it because they only have dollars in front of their eyes. but i have really a good idea for a track, which chris surely would like.’

like in the interview in ‘the face’ aphex says that he has lost his mp3 player on a plane… the player had 282 aphex tracks and 80 squarepusher tracks on it. and so he has to release the album. but anyway, aphex looked around in the internet, thinking it might appear up there after five minutes… but it obviously didn't until now. if it would appear on the internet, ‘i would visit them and take all the stuff with me’. he would like the idea that a fan would have them now… ‘originally i had the idea to release four cd’s but that would have been an overkill, and it would have been simply to much work.' why would he not like that fans would ‘release’ the tracks on the internet? ‘because i would not get any money. he would piss me off.’
he does think that the new tracks sound very much ‘old-style’. ‘i had made a lot of tracks which are completely ne-sounding, but i wouldn’t release them, because everyone would rip them off again.'
'the pieces (on drukqs) are 7 to 8 years to some months old. but most of them are new. nanou2, the last track on the album, for example is also the most recent piece.'
he bought pianos, and made very simply to very complicated pieces, he also prepared the pieces in the way john cage did.

'my most favourite composer for piano is Satie. Each of his pieces is deceptively simple, but he never has a note which is to much.'

and about john cage…

'i know all of his stuff, perhaps i got the idea for the new pieces from him. (…) i don't like his piano music. there's only one piece which is very beautiful, but i cannot remember the name of it.' ok, a little for aphex… it is…
'In A Landscape' or ‘Dream’ both composed for piano in 1948. they are both beautiful and deeply felt, so i guess richard does not know one piece of these two, ;-).
'but the other pieces are only unimportant stuff, with no feelings in it.'

what does the title of drukqs mean?

it has a meaning but not the meaning of ‘drugs’ or ‘drug use’. ‘it is important for me to say that it does not mean ’drug'. all people say, ‘oh, it’s called drugs or drug use, but that's not true. it does really mean something, but i will not give away the true meaning.'
ok, sorry, short interruption. i guess the meaning is druk (which means ‘press’) qs (use). the album is about pressing the keys on keyboards - of computers and pianos. but perhaps there's also another meaning?
'the album is like a musical diary. ‘Mt Saint Michel’ is my summer vacation piece. i did it on my laptop in france.'
and he did not like radiohead's kid a and amnesiac…

'i don't like them. i listened to five or six pieces and i thought that they really sound awful.'

'Yes, really predictable and awful. I mean I compare it to my favourite music, and the comparison is horrible. but in comparison to all those r&b music they are perhaps allright. In comparison to all of those teenage punk bands - or how they are called - who think they area anarchic or whatever - they are in the end great. i simply like it to like things which others don't like.'
he didn't print his face on the album cover this time, because…

'i don't like to get on the people's nerves. i don't want to get into a store where people are like ‘oh, no, not that crank!’
and madonna and björk?

'björk is a million times more interesting than madonna.'

'last year i talked a lot with madonna. she was after chris cunningham, but he did not want to go on with her.'
and tom jenkinson and richard they have no idea yet for a name for the new label… ‘men is only a catalogue number.’
in fact he is concerned know about tom, because he - richard - does not know anyone who has recently talked to him.
most interesting new artist:

'ceephax acid crew. that's andy jenkinson, the brother of tom.'

well, only short excerpts… but anyway…

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