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Okay, our artistic process could be stranger...
... I say this even though we've recently been doing things like spouncing a stretch vinyl snakeskin jacket with gold plastic-paint, gluing lightning bolts cut from a floral embossed plastic placemat to a bike helmet (also painted gold), and duct-taping the edges of the world's strangest sweater (black knit covered completely with shiny black sequins attached edge-wise so they look and flex like snake scales) so that it can be cut apart and reassembled with plastic Motocross biker armor, pieces cut from a thermal car windshield screen, graphite gray metallic leather, black rubber weatherstripping, a pair of spandex gloves, metal washers, wire screening, and some kind of metal flange from the hardware store... To wit:
TODD E. JONES: “What is the meaning behind the name Psapp?”
CARIM: “That goes back a long time, to the early days of Psapp. We always enjoyed building our own instruments. Not exclusively, homegrown toys are used, as we also use pianos and guitars. We do regular little excursions around the manor. About 5 years ago, we found some nice bits of wood, a clip-on car boot, a giant metal string, which was more like a thick wire, and also a musical unicorn set from our local off-license. Arriving back at the studio, all excited over the excellent finds, we decided to build one instrument out of all components. After a lot of drilling and hammering, we had the car boot hanging off the ceiling in the upstairs room by the wire. It sounded like the lowest note of a piano with the extra feature of setting off a whiny toy unicorn, gaffa taped to the car boot, by hitting it on the head. So, we recorded it all straight onto DAT, but the weight of the new instrument was too much for the 150 year old ceiling. It all came down with a lot of plaster. That hole was never properly fixed. You can still see the living room while sitting on the toilet. Unfortunately, the DAT player messed up the tape and the only audio we could retrieve was us, setting it all up and our neighbor shouting in the background something that sounded like, ‘Psapp’.”
TODD E. JONES: “What is the meaning behind the name Psapp?”
CARIM: “That goes back a long time, to the early days of Psapp. We always enjoyed building our own instruments. Not exclusively, homegrown toys are used, as we also use pianos and guitars. We do regular little excursions around the manor. About 5 years ago, we found some nice bits of wood, a clip-on car boot, a giant metal string, which was more like a thick wire, and also a musical unicorn set from our local off-license. Arriving back at the studio, all excited over the excellent finds, we decided to build one instrument out of all components. After a lot of drilling and hammering, we had the car boot hanging off the ceiling in the upstairs room by the wire. It sounded like the lowest note of a piano with the extra feature of setting off a whiny toy unicorn, gaffa taped to the car boot, by hitting it on the head. So, we recorded it all straight onto DAT, but the weight of the new instrument was too much for the 150 year old ceiling. It all came down with a lot of plaster. That hole was never properly fixed. You can still see the living room while sitting on the toilet. Unfortunately, the DAT player messed up the tape and the only audio we could retrieve was us, setting it all up and our neighbor shouting in the background something that sounded like, ‘Psapp’.”