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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