mini-interview with psychic slime! -- magenta <the message goes as follows> notsleeping: hi there this is magenta skull, i have questions for you psyslime: physically, right now im in southern missouri. notsleeping: so how long have you been making music? psyslime: on and off for about 22 years now, but ive had several dormant years in there notsleeping: you released music before, in fact you released a LOT of music before. do you wanna shout out any of your monikers here for the readers? psyslime: sure, my solo projects over the years have been : turb0slut, shelter dog, deathbomb, brandy alexander, and now Psychic Slime. notsleeping: where would you say your sound comes from? what are your influences? psyslime: old digital hardcore, industrial, rap, punk rock.
notsleeping: what was the government lab like that you broke out of? was it heavily guarded or was it more of like, a just wait for everyone to clock out type of thing? psyslime: it was the same lab that let Captain tripps out and killed the whole world, so they have a pedigree for making giant mistakes. notsleeping: how are you taking to this new non-illicit life? how hard are struggles for the slime these days? less agents on your trail? psyslime: who said im non illicit? where you getting this info from???? notsleeping: whats your favorite type of music that people probably wouldn't think you vibe on? psyslime: i love some 60s hippie shit, 70s italo disco and synth scores, 80s new wave and pop. i like old dub records, house music, indie rock.
notsleeping: i know you're a self-described tv "fan", but what are some of the entertaining things youve been into lately that you've been digging NON-SHOW. i ask you this because i want to know, but also because i'm super smoothyly segueing to talking about our movie club psyslime: im just as much a movie buff as a TV geek. im probably watching as much TV as I am because ive watched so many movies already.
notsleeping: so this here is a statement not a question-- but we run a movie club for like idk movies people might have missed or whatever that are good on saturdays in the discord. how much fun has that been so far? psyslime: movie club is the best! its been great to gather with other people who love movies as much as me and geek out on sharing different things notsleeping: followup question whats been your favorite movie we've watched so far psyslime: hands down it is FREAKED. that is such a wild movie and i had never even heard of it before.
notsleeping: so we're both getting kinda older, and have been in the underground scene for a while now, and so i know you've probably had a chance to see a lot of your peers over the years and kinda the difference some types of behaviors make in the long run. psyslime: im not sure im the best guy to be giving any tips on behavior haha, but what ive learned is to let shit go, not take it personally. worry about what you can control and anything thats out of your control, dont force it.
notsleeping: i think you've seen like me, how sometimes the success people finds in their 20s isn't really the full measure of someone's career, and that a lot of times young artists or creators who don't "break it" during their 20s get discouraged and give up, where as most of the people that finally break during the career years (the 30s+) really got to that place because they just kept going in their 20s. psyslime: yeah! its a big picture thing. if you were hoping to get big off 1 record or something and were dissapointed when it didnt happen, then maybe this isnt for you. notsleeping: alright so back to music and gear and stuff. what types of software/hardware do you like to use most? psyslime: ive always used some kind of combo of acid, sound forge, modplug tracker, and fl studio notsleeping: take a wild guess: how many tracks have you made in your lifetime? psyslime: at least 500, maybe as many as 800? who knows though notsleeping: are you the type that is real meticulous with your tunes or do you like to like record off the cuff? where are you at on the sequence/improv style jams? psyslime: off the cuff for the most part, ill spend a week or so adding and ironing out a song but not much more than that.
notsleeping: performer question : when you play live, how much freedom to dance do you have. i mean, not like how much DO you dance, but like .. COULD you dance on stage psyslime: i have only played a handful of times and never as a vocalist, just standing behind a laptop so im pretty stationary. notsleeping: so whats it like to live in a post-breakcore-scene-drama world? i'm enjoying it myself. psyslime: i tried my best to not get in the middle of any drama that wasnt directly my fault haha. notsleeping: so is it even possible to guess how many shows you've performed or are you more of psyslime: maybe half a dozen? most of my early stuff was all software based and not really set up to be a live thing. notsleeping: so you had some super rad visuals in your set, how long have you been making videos for your music? have you performed many digital shows? psyslime: thank you! i have been making videos i guess 15 or 16 years, i did a collection of videos for sickmode artists in 2004 called "everything we do is illegal" psyslime: HBI show #1 was my first virtual show / showcase of any visual stuff ive done. notsleeping: how do psychic slimes interact with other life on earth? can slimes grow plants and stuff like that? psyslime: i communicate with other life forms by way of full body chakra vibrations. notsleeping: so how close to your old breakcore roots? both like this project and like life in general? psyslime: pretty close i would guess... ive always had a kind of hip hop / breakcore balance going in my work, and with psychic slime i didnt want to be known as a "rapper" or anything, so ive tried to push the boundaries of my sound to weird places so it didnt come off sounding like generic trap or whatever. notsleeping: and finally because this might be getting kinda outta hand length-wise: psyslime: im hyped on summer, going for walks with my dogs, getting to hang out with my family again.
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