// Interview - Vaetxh

// - What are you working on at the moment?

Tuneswise I'm working on some techno for Traum and a concept EP for Schematic. Non-tuneswise I'm making the final touches to my Harry Potter book masher. It statistically analyses the 7 books and uses that to generate thousands more pages of miscellaneous wizarding pap. The best bit though is that you can throw other books into the mix for japes. My favourite combo is Harry Potter mashed with Descartes, and a bit of Mein Kampf thrown in to spice things up. Harry Potter and the Bourgeois Parties is a cracking yarn.

// - Who have you enjoyed collaborating with most?

I don't do many collabs really. I need to be in the same room as someone so we can work on it then and there. Working seperately, I like to work at my own pace and I tend to dip in and out of music, which can be probably a bit annoying for the people I'm working with. That said, I'm collabing with Ruby My Dear at the moment and I've just recorded a mate playing piano parts for that which are sounding fuckin lush. But, yeah sorry Ju for taking so long...

// - Who do you want to collaborate with in the future?

Nils Fraum would be great. AIso I'd like to make some sub-15Hz ultra-minimalist avante-garde space-age machine techno with Loopshaunt at some point.

// - Any big plans for 2012?

Remix, then EP, then techno, then a 3 month motorbiking trip to the Black Sea and (if the shitty 125s make it) back, then moving to Barcelona. Should be a stonka.

// - Any message for 2012 apocalypse hippies?

Planetary alignment happens every fucking year. Also, it's not surprising the Mayan calender only went for 10000 years. You don't see Justin Bieber calendars that last up until the year 12012. People barely think about what's going to be happening next week, let alone next deca-millenia.

// - What's your favourite VST plug-in?

The Cuntpressor v2. Or any of the ones on xoxos.net, abused.

// - Do you use any analogue hardware?

I'm a big fan of radios and microphones, but that's about as analogue as it gets. It's all too expensive.

// - Any advice for up and coming producers?

Just keep going. Try out new things. It doesn't matter if they sound shit because getting stuff sounding polished can be learned in a month.

// - How do you feel about Dubstep these days - do you think it's dying?

Nah it's just diversifying, which is a good thing.

// - Where do you think the dark/heavy sound can move next?

Sampling nukes.

// - What's your tipple of choice?

It would be alcopops if they got you more pissed. Though the last time I tried to buy some I got IDed and didn't bloody have my driver's license. It was pretty humiliating having to put my two bottles of WKD back. Other than that some good cider.

// - The best event you've ever played?

Probably this arty farty sit-down show I played to a room of middle-class wine holding intellectuals. Pretentiousness aside, I really enjoying the freedom not having to make things even remotely danceable. Plus it was my first fully live set (no pre-recorded material) I was pretty chuffed to have got 45 mins of vaguely interesting sounds from a mic and dsp.

// - Words of wisdom?

There's no excuse for boredom.

// - The last thing you ate?

A Fox's Classic Original chocolate covered biscuit bar.

// - Most unexpected tune on your mp3 player?

A 2 hour long track of noise... (Methlab: Actually Rob... that's not so surprising.. ;) )