While usually media shy, Aphex Twin aka Richard D. James has recently given interviews to both Fader and Pitchfork. Without a doubt a part of the PR campaign for his new album, we offer you a gathering of the snippets before the full interviews get published.

Upon hearing Kanye West’s ‘Blame Game’, a trained ear can spot a sampled hook from Aphex Twin’s track ‘Avril 14th’

“Is it a sample? I actually don’t know what it ended up being in the end, I’m so slack,” James commented in the interview with Pitchfork. “I know that he tried to fucking rip me off and claim that he’d written it, and they tried to get away with not paying. I was really helpful, and when they first sent it to me, I was like, “Oh, I can re-do that for you, if you like,” because they’d sampled it really badly and time-stretched it and there was loads of artifacts. I was like, “I’ll just replay it for you at that speed if you want.” And they totally didn’t even say “hello” or “thanks,” they just replied with, “It’s not yours, it’s ours, and we’re not even asking you any more. [laughs]“

“I know that he tried to fucking rip me off and claim that he’d written it, and they tried to get away with not paying.” – Aphex Twin on Kanye West sampling ‘Avril 14th’

Among additional teaser info from Fader and Pitchfork:

• How to pronounce the album title: Sigh-ro
• ‘Syro’ will not be the last Aphex Twin album as his working on other material parallel to releasin the album “that is most accesible”.
• He doesn’t admit to authoring the supposed ‘Syro’ leaks on YouTube.
• Aphex has been DJing anonymously at intimate gigs and “just for fun.”
• Limited edition of ‘Syro’ will include a bonus track printed in ink on heavy cardstock.
• James’ five-year-old son has already learned how to use a music program that he downloaded himself, and has even uploaded tracks to Bandcamp.