Interview with ILLFONICS about Enter Galactic

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After this week’s in-depth interviews with RATATAT and Emile, Complex.com continues their series on Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon: The End Of Day with a new Q&A with Matt Friedman, one-half of ILLFONICS, and the man who produced “Enter Galactic.”

Complex: Was your experience working with Cudi different than with other artists?
Matt: I think that the first thing that stands out to me is just that melodically, it’s almost really like working with a singer. On “Enter Galactic,” he mostly just kind of sings, then does some spoken word, then raps, and then goes back to singing. It was cool working with an artist that versatile because a lot of the times when you’re working with rappers or singers, it kind of puts you in the box of what they do. Most artists just do one thing and hopefully they do it really well, but I think creatively he can do a lot of things and it’s inspiring to work with someone like that. Even when we were throwing ideas around in the studio and singing extra lines, the way he hears the music is definitely really cool.

For the full interview, head over to Complex.com