Kenneth James Gibson is the force behind [a]ppendics shuffle, KJ Gibbs, Eight Frozen Modules, Reverse Commuter, dubLoner, Electronic Music Producer, The Premature Wig, Bal Cath, and Furry Things. Between his almost absurdly massive collection of monikers Gibson has been released on almost every respected label in minimal techno existence including: Resopal, Underl_ne, Orac, proptronix, Mute, Mo's Ferry, Sunset Diskos, Leftroom, Friends of Tomorrow, Clever Music, Unfoundsound, Superfreq, Archipel, Ransom Note, Floppy Funk, Tidbit, Planet – Mu, Tigerbeat, Plataeux, Hallucination, Tino Corp, Skor, Disco Inc., Force Tracks… (that's only about half of them). Additionally, he runs the fantastically acclaimed Adjunct Audio, which has releases a top notch bevy of techno and minimal producers. Notorious for his edgy, technologically savvy, and glitchy production Gibson is truly one of the most respected modern EDM producers, lives acts and DJs in the world. Upon reviewing you're "my space" I notice quite a bit of political and social information including 9-11 "conspiracy" information and animal rights. Dare I say that you may be an EDM producer with an out spoken set of pertinent viewpoints? Do you have any comments on how that impacts your music or live shows? Well i wouldn't say it impacts my music or live shows really....its more something to live by....for myself. I'm not the preacher type, but if something effects me I believe in sharing it - as someone else might gain some knowledge from it. How have you managed to accumulate so many releases and pieces of quality music in such a small amount of time? Where do you derive all of the constant fresh inspiration? I guess it depends what pieces you are talking about, I have been releasing electronic stuff since 1996 and before that with band stuff since 1994. So its actually been quite a while.... My first electronic releases were as Eight Frozen Modules and it was a mish mash of techno,dub,hip hop, ambient and electro....[a]pendics.shuffle sort of became my main project round 2003....but I'm still releasing under many of the different aliases such as Reverse Commuter, dubLoner, Kj Gibbs etc- but just at a slower pace.... but to answer the question - I guess I find inspiration from not wanting to be bored with music. There's so much shitty boring music out there - specially in the "minimal techno" world. I'm bored to death with most of it these days....so when I make stuff I tend to think about what wont bore me and hopefully it wont bore others. How closely do your live shows match your original production? Do you aim to re-create the initial intricacies or aim more for simpler body-moving sequences? Most of my LIVE sets are tracks all being remixed and re-sequenced for the live setting. I play lots of remixes of remixes as well. I do sometimes throw in a couple full tracks but always do something to them regardless....some parts of tracks just cant be recreated and you want to hear them large and in charge on the big system! People usually recognize one bit of a track - while its being mixed with another bit of a whole other track....thats the fun of playing live! Do you perform your own mastering and mix downs? Do you have any tips or recommended modules? I do all my own mix downs but when it comes to mastering i leave that usually to the pro mastering guys. Each label I work with has different people they work with in the mastering depo. With my label Adjunct, we use Dubplates and Mastering in Germany. What other software/hardware/sample packs do you use/recommend? Well....Cubase SX is my main tool for sequencing and editing. I also use Fruity Loops to make loops which will get sliced and diced in Cubase - along with loads of vst shit etc. I'm mostly software based these days except for my ASR-10 - which pretty much just gets used now for a midi controller and amplifier / fx when using guitars and TX81z - which hasn't actually been touched in quite some time. You have quite a few interesting samples of people talking (especially women), where do you get all these samples and how do you decide what makes the cut? Those are mostly my girlfriend! Shes done quite a bit now on my tracks.... What would you like to seem more/less of in the EDM community? I would like to see more experimentation! and more musical ideas! less "minimal" ness and more maximum production quality, more weirdness! What does the rest of 2008 hold for you? I'm finishing up a Reverse Commuter full length release for Hallucination Limited - a label run by DJ Three. Theres 2 new [a]pendics.shuffle eps - one just came out on Ransom Note this last week and one on Lick My Deck in a couple months - also most likely a new one for Mo's Ferry soon. I have a new project called Men In Slippers with Mikael Stavostrand - that will see the light soon with the first release on label M500. I also just started a new collaboration with Stewart Walker and a new organic pop / classical / heady project with Brian McBride of Stars OF The Lid called Bell Gardens. There will be a bunch more touring as well! Any comments regarding your fwd mix for the listeners? Have fun! Tracklist: Persuasion - Throbbing Gristle - Industrial Records Ralenti - Carola Pisaturo - Adjunct (adjunct 22 - out soon!) Pingu - Men In Slippers ([a]pendics.shuffle and Mikael Stavostrand) w/ Katou - unreleased Foundhaus ltd. - Tony Rohr - Clink Tundra (Franco Cinelli remix) - Dilo and Gurtz - Adjunct (adjunct 18) Knurrpause - Mathias Schaffhauser - Adjunct (adjunct 21) Disturbing Idle - [a]pendics.shuffle - Lick My deck (out soon!) Out There - Melchior Productions - Perlon No Passport - DOP - Milnor Modern Brain Pecker - Mossa - Complot Spirit - Phuture - Strictly Rhythem Tangerine Dream - Wahn - Polydor

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