_Frequently Asked Question kit:

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1. "Do you play instruments or do you sample them?"
- I play acoustic instruments and mix them with my music. Like guitar, piano, flute. Or voices. But I sample too. Chicken, dwarves, grass.

2. "Are you Aphex Twin?"
- Yeah. I'm his brother too.

3a. "Can I book you for a liveshow?"
- Sure, email me.

3b. "I'm having a party and I want you to play live. But there is no budget. Please play in our garage."
- I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't afford that. I'm a factory: in order to perform in daily life, I need to put food inside myself. Food costs money.

3c. "So you are a conceited person?"
- Absolutely not.

4. "Do you like driving in cars, and freak out girls on bicycles with excessive engine-use?"
- No, I'd rather freak them out by making a scary movie about people who do that.

5. "What is your role in the Kracfive label?"
- They are good friends, collaboraters and fellow live-performers. Since Kracfive is a friends-collective, being their friend, means being Kracfibian.

6. "What's the difference between DuB recordings and Clone recordings?"
- DuB is a sublabel of Clone, which is more like an electro-label. Check www.clone.nl for full details. I might be wrong about the genres.

7. "Why is polly always lost, and why is that bunny always ok with everything?"
- I wish I knew. I spend a lot of time looking for Polly. The bunny might not be okay with everything: it has just no ways to express his inconvenience. He's silent.

8. "What do you consume if you make music?"
- Energy drink, coffee, water or orange juice vitamin-c stuff.

8b. "Do you get stoned or drunk before you can express creativity?"
- No! Being stoned or drunk only makes me play loops over and over.

8c. So you were stoned or drunk when you made Atomic Tadley?
- If it sounds like that, yeah probably.

9. "Is communication the secret to success (pass it on)?"
- Maybe, but you should still burn all posters that say that.

9b. "So that I am the only one who will know it, and I will be the only successful person in the world?"
- Ooo, good thinking!

10. "What classical music are you into?"
- Prokofjew, Ravel, Debussy, Puccini, Bach are my favourites right now. But there is so many.

11. "What gear do you use?"
- Braincells, pc. Various stuff lying around in the dark. My microphone is very valuable. Guitar, piano, drums.

11b. "Why no mac?"
- I don't know. I grew up on a pc (small place to grow up eh?). It's fine.

11c. "Why don't you carry 419 synths on stage if you play live?"
- Because I just have 418 synths and it makes no sense appearing on stage with less than 419 synths.

12. "Can I buy Kettel records from you?"
- I'm out. Sorry.

13. "Have you ever seen a potatoe with arms and legs?"
- Yes, I followed a communist-potatoe who travelled around the world. Interesting character. The only negative thing was that he wanted to discuss politics all the time with me, and he refused to drink Coca Cola. Which was a bad thing, because I before he left I bought him a crate Coca Cola.

14. "Who is Brother Max from the Brother Max 7"?"
- It's Max.

14b. "Who is Red Pear?"
- My cat, Pear.

14c. "What is Cenny?"
- A former addiction, unrelated to drugs of any kind.

14d. "What is Cuddle and then Leave?"
- It sounds like some motto. I cuddle a kind of music, and then leave it to make something else. If you listen the EP you will know what I mean. It means more, but it makes no sense to talk about that right now.