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Post by Dvnots on May 13, 2016 11:24:05 GMT
There's meowing in the bg of Hard so I assume he's a cat person :3 Oh I thought of another question, since hes a big fan I'd like to know his favorite Autechre tracks. Although all their songs are called like xls84 or SplsmbPomXe so thats not easy to ask. Maybe his favorite album/EP. And of course there is Kitty Cat! Speaking of, can you ask what happened to Kitty Cat? Did he sell it?
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Post by mlamla on May 13, 2016 11:29:43 GMT
Where did he say he liked Autechre? He mentioned them in the Artforum 2016 list, and I remember an interview where he said he liked how viscerally people react to their sounds live. I'd be curious if he has a favorite Autechre track, since they're my favorite electronic group outside of the PC Music ones. Autechre also use a monomachine
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Post by vipoty on May 13, 2016 18:10:12 GMT
@matt, I personally think it is. Especially when the gender politics of SOPHIE's work is a key feature of his art. I think alongside the capitalist satire, they're also strong gender/queer theory infused motifs in his work for which we necessarily have to understand his standpoint for critique. If xe's not comfortable answering it, I won't push it. But like it's definitely a fair question.
Also, how do we know he's dating women before? How recently?
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Post by Dvnots on May 13, 2016 18:24:48 GMT
@matt , I personally think it is. Especially when the gender politics of SOPHIE's work is a key feature of his art. I think alongside the capitalist satire, they're also strong gender/queer theory infused motifs in his work for which we necessarily have to understand his standpoint for critique. If xe's not comfortable answering it, I won't push it. But like it's definitely a fair question. Also, how do we know he's dating women before? How recently? He dated Tess Yopp. I believe he said it in this interview. web.archive.org/web/20130123072442/http://supmag.com/2013/01/sophie/Also, I believe Sam goes by "he", as that is what A.G. calls him in an interview and they are close friends.
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Post by vipoty on May 13, 2016 18:34:23 GMT
lol, the pretentiousness of my answer should be a pretty big clue as to what's happening this weekend.
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Post by ¬ on May 13, 2016 20:49:42 GMT
@matt, I personally think it is. Especially when the gender politics of SOPHIE's work is a key feature of his art. I think alongside the capitalist satire, they're also strong gender/queer theory infused motifs in his work for which we necessarily have to understand his standpoint for critique. If xe's not comfortable answering it, I won't push it. But like it's definitely a fair question. Also, how do we know he's dating women before? How recently? idk, i think no matter what the context its rude and intrusive to ask a question like that. + i think thats really one interpretation and not something safe to just assume enough to ask about.thx for doing this anyway. if he's baffled that we know he's studied physics perhaps this forum goes too far as is. I genuinely don't know but something to consider, I'd hate for someone we all appreciate to be weirded out :/
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Post by ignatz on May 13, 2016 23:16:59 GMT
@matt , I personally think it is. Especially when the gender politics of SOPHIE's work is a key feature of his art. I think alongside the capitalist satire, they're also strong gender/queer theory infused motifs in his work for which we necessarily have to understand his standpoint for critique. If xe's not comfortable answering it, I won't push it. But like it's definitely a fair question. Also, how do we know he's dating women before? How recently? Other than Tess Yopp he also dated a bandmate in Motherland and is (still afaik) with QT
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Post by djkendolljenner on May 14, 2016 0:00:45 GMT
Please please please ask him if he is going to release "you keep me safe" ! Love that song
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 0:43:14 GMT
I was thinking strictly from a politeness point of view. You don't go asking people about their sexuality, it's up to the person if they want to talk about it or not. If it was really that relevant of a subject in his work, he would make sure to let us know.
But it's my point of view and you're the one meeting him so do as you please.
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Post by vipoty on May 14, 2016 1:25:50 GMT
No, you guys have valid concerns. I mean I'm not gonna phrase it like "SOPHIE, r u gay???", but I would more broadly like to ask how his experiences with the LGBTQIA+ community have informed his music, through things such as his Donna Harraway collaborations etc.
Where did the speculations that xe's dating QT first start?
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 1:45:15 GMT
No, you guys have valid concerns. I mean I'm not gonna phrase it like "SOPHIE, r u gay???", but I would more broadly like to ask how his experiences with the LGBTQIA+ community have informed his music, through things such as his Donna Harraway collaborations etc. Where did the speculations that xe's dating QT first start? Oh, for me that's a completely different question and quite a valid one. I read about the QT thing here but I don't remember the details.
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Post by whatever on May 14, 2016 3:17:50 GMT
Saw Soph at Rupauls drag con- he was really smiley and with a few way-too-cool people. saw orange hair and went "no way..." and it was him!
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Post by bubbling on May 14, 2016 3:34:30 GMT
@matt , I personally think it is. Especially when the gender politics of SOPHIE's work is a key feature of his art. I think alongside the capitalist satire, they're also strong gender/queer theory infused motifs in his work for which we necessarily have to understand his standpoint for critique. If xe's not comfortable answering it, I won't push it. But like it's definitely a fair question. nope 'gender politics' is absolutely not a key feature of his music in any capacity. yeah, lets not ask about him about any of that tbh
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Post by dr on May 14, 2016 4:10:38 GMT
@matt , I personally think it is. Especially when the gender politics of SOPHIE's work is a key feature of his art. I think alongside the capitalist satire, they're also strong gender/queer theory infused motifs in his work for which we necessarily have to understand his standpoint for critique. If xe's not comfortable answering it, I won't push it. But like it's definitely a fair question. nope 'gender politics' is absolutely not a key feature of his music in any capacity. yeah, lets not ask about him about any of that tbh I mean, I see where you're coming from, obviously his stated mission is to make danceable, energetic pop music, not push theoretical agendas. I can't point to a single lyric or song title that explicitly references "gender/queer theory" (though "Ooh" reads as pretty gay), so to say that gender politics is "a key feature of his art" is a bit of a stretch. Still, there are definitely suggestions if not "motifs" of genderfluidity and queerness that one can legitimately try to tease out. They're just not terribly overt or obvious. Like Hannah Diamond said in an interview somewhere how she thinks SOPHIE's music is always playing with a juxtaposition of stereotypically "masculine" and "feminine" energy, twinkly "cute" synths existing alongside really hardcore "macho" beats and bass. Despite the protests of queer/gender theorists that these categories have no real meaning, I think the reality is that most people in Western culture today do associate certain sounds and styles with masculinity or femininity, so there's something to this point of view. In my opinion, by recontextualizing these stereotypically gendered timbres and styles, SOPHIE's music is deliberately playing with our expectations as listeners, i.e. that a song with twinkly synths and chick vocals will be "feminine," while dark aggressive beats scan as "masculine." But good luck slotting what SOPHIE's doing into either of those boxes. But yeah I agree that the focus on gender politics in his work is mostly really ham-fisted and pretentious. At least he openly mentions the capitalist satire element by describing his genre as "advertising" and calling his album "product." So we know he's got the theoretical background. But aside from little hints of his intellectual underpinnings here and there, by and large he really is just making really sick music.
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Post by howaboutno on May 14, 2016 13:39:13 GMT
Sometimes I feel like the only gay person who actively tries not to give a shit about 'gender politics' and 'queer theory'. I understand why people are fascinated by them, and I respect them and agree that these concepts have merit and a place, but I don't think that PC Music, designed to be pop music and pop music only, is the correct place for these things at all. I don't feel like any new enjoyment can be found in these sounds by trying to analyse how the producers were influenced by genderqueer theory, and all we get out of it are little bite sized pitchfork thinkpieces, which I thought we agreed as a whole were generally NOT a good way to look at and critique this label, especially in the wake of the infamous "Feminine Appropriation" article.
rant over.
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