Aphex Twin Answers Questions from Nicolas Jaar, Skrillex, Caribou and Others

Electronic music magazine Groove recently celebrated its 25 anniversary and, in light of the achievement, prompted 25 electronic musicians to submit questions for Aphex Twin headman Richard D. James to answer. James, whose album Syro was recently featured on our top 10 albums of the year list, has not released a record in 13 years, inspiring a slew of curious inquiries from fellow musicians. Some of the notable artists who submitted questions included Skrillex, Caribou, Apparat, DJ Koze, Nicolas Jaar, Hot Chip and more. Check out excerpts below and peep the full interview here.

Skrillex: Do you still own your tank and if so, can I come visit to you, try it out and drive it?
Aphex Twin: He can come, yeah! It’s still at my sister’s house in Wales. It still works! Amazing old technology, when things were designed and they lasted forever. So, it’s 50 to 60 years old and it sounds f*cking amazing.

Nicolas Jaar: Have you ever had a ghost, a spirit or an accident speak directly to you through making music or while making music?
Aphex Twin: Yeah, I always felt a presence or something, I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s just a human conditon, but it always feels like the gods are looking on us and are like: ‘Ah, let’s make him do this’. And it’s really weird, because the other day I got stoned and went to bed, and I had the biggest intense feeling of someone watching over me.