In February 2006, Tim Nelson was interviewed for a future edition of Lightbulb magazine. The following consists of excerpts from that interview which deal specifically with 'Rantai':
L: I thought those were worms on the cover until I looked at it [+]In February 2006, Tim Nelson was interviewed for a future edition of Lightbulb magazine. The following consists of excerpts from that interview which deal specifically with 'Rantai':
L: I thought those were worms on the cover until I looked at it more closely.
TN: It's a watch chain. A Russian-made watch chain that I wadded up on my scanner.
L: Not worms.
TN: Nope, not worms. Not sausages. Not intestines. Nothing nasty like that, just a watch chain. A rantai, as a matter of fact.
L: To emphasize the connection of this CD to the Chain Tape Collective, I take it.
TN: Right. It's a collection of music I've done over the past seven years in association with the Chain Tape Collective that was either unreleased or substantially remixed. I've also included the original versions of a few of my most popular CT cuts, like 'Xylem', so this is the first time they've been available all on one CD.
L: Let's talk about the music. What's the story behind 'Mesmer Premix'?
TN: The very first track I ever did for a CT release was called 'Mesmer'. Have you ever painted in watercolors?
L: Have I painted in watercolors?
TN: Yes.
L: I used to. Not in a while, though. I mostly sculpt these days.
TN: If you've worked with watercolors, you might be familiar with how you can overwork something. You'll be going along just fine, plenty of light, plenty of white space, then before you know it, you've added too much and everything turns to mud.
L: Ah. Yes, I know exactly what you mean.
TN: As it was released, 'Mesmer' was like that. I cringe when I hear it. But oddly enough, last summer I was going through some unlabeled minidiscs trying to find a missing demo, and I found something that sounded kind of familiar, although it took me a few minutes to figure out what it was. As it turned out, it was an edit of the original bounce-down that was the basis of 'Mesmer', just the synth parts on an old Roland Juno-6 mixed with some field recordings, but before I'd muddied the waters with all the drums and guitars. So, I went back to that point and approached the track from another angle. It turned out completely different.
L: I'd never heard of a 'Premix'. How about 'Lupine'?
TN: There are a couple of really bad puns involved with that track which I
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