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I sat down with @Lapalux to discuss his brand new album Ruinism, the journey of his ever-growing sound and a lot more in this exclusive interview.

Timestamps:
(0:00) Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Podcast and astronomy
(1:25) Where in the world he feels attached to
(2:22) Growing up with video games and what he’s been playing lately
(4:25) His perception of his own music and whether he perceives it as having a distinct duality to it, or do you feel those are all just aspects of a singular multifaceted sound
(6:25) What inspired him to move to a darker direction
(7:48) Depart, the performance art piece that he scored and it’s connection to Ruinism
(10:30) The challenge of scoring it
(12:17) The story behind “Movement I, II & III”
(13:46) The prospect of scoring a movie
(14:40) The concept of Ruinism and how that came together
(16:19) “Reverence”, and the relationship it has with it’s inspiration, a 1915 French painting by Dada artist Frances Picabia
(19:45) Field recordings, pictures of inspiration and their use in Ruinism
(22:01) The use of vocals more as an instrument Ruinism
(24:23) Working with vocallists for the first time on Ruinism and his input on their lyrics
(26:26) Lapalux’s favourite tracks from Ruinism
(29:53) How he met Marielle Tepper, Creative Director on Ruinism and his frequent collaborator (did the artwork for Lustmore and Cuts Vol. 1)
(31:00) Ruinism’s artwork and how it came together
(33:06) Whether there’s a relationship between Lustmore and Ruinism based on the relativity of their concepts
(34:28) The LPLX alter-ego, whether those experiments had an effect on Ruinism and his other side project
(38:40) Techno
(40:10) What music he grew up on?
(41:54) The difference in response to Lustmore and Nostalchic and whether Lapalux expects it to be different with the new album
(43:25) Whether he took Ruinism down the more orchestral route he planned for his Lustmore follow up
(44:26) Lapalux’s experience with instruments
(45:12) The album launch party planned for earlier this year and it’s delay
(46:22) What’s changed with the live show for Ruinism
(48:32) The extravagant clothing in some of his press photos
(49:46) What happened to the planned collab with Prefuse 73
(52:04) The biggest misconception that people have about him / his music
(53:20) Lapalux’s defining songs
(55:35) What artists Lapalux recommends we look out for
(59:13) Whether Lapalux feels his degree in Music Technology was essential to his career and the biggest ways it affected him
(1:05:21) Lapalux’s plans for the next 12 months, including an EP later this year