AG Cook Interview

what are your primary sources of inspiration? also, what software and equipment do you use to DJ and produce? :3

Thank you for doing this, friopi! <3

Are we going to get PC Music vol. 2? If so, is it soon? (I won't ask any silly questions this time (I think)).

Do you ever struggle with creative blocks or struggle to find inspiration? If so, how do you combat it?

I'd love to know where/how you find the audio clips that you use in a lot of your mixes (if this is a weird one to answer i really want to specifically know where "hey greg" is from lol)

Also what are some recent stylistic influences or even more generally what media have you consumed (writing, games, movies, tv, music, honestly anything)

If it's not too much to ask, how do you differentiate between AG Cook & DJ Warlord

What has it been like to work with anyone outside of pc music like Chris Lee, Charli, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, OPN? Have there been any surprises from any of these artists during the time you spent collaborating with them?

Thank you so much for this btw!!!

Serious question:
The future of PC Music is as mysterious to the public as ever, but I'd like to ask, with full deference towards your not wanting to spoil that mystery, what you see as the label's path to success going forward? One of the things that really struck me from the outset about you wonderful folks (aside from "hey, they probably have as much of a soft spot for the Stonebridge remix of 'Show Me Love' as I do") is that the endgame always seemed to be getting co-opted by the mainstream, which nicely subverts (in characteristic PC Music fashion) the typical rise-and-fall narrative of dance music subcultures. And as someone who reads a lot of Marcello Carlin* and Tom Ewing, and correspondingly has an enormous amount of respect for pop music, I've gotten pretty eager for that inaugural moment when I first turn on the local top40 station and hear the handiwork of a PC affiliate. So what I'm asking is: how clear of a vision do you have for reaching that moment? How much does it factor into your day-to-day game plan for the label? Are you even concerned about it in the manner I've outlined, or do you not see it that way? Thanks.
*him on the release of "Drop FM": "Good, that. Never get anywhere with a name like that though; how about AA Gill instead?"

Question that is, in its own way, just as serious:
What's the moment, for you, in making a track where you take a step back and decide "you know, this part really needs a sped-up backwards sample of a girl singing 'this is the right place'"?

(And if we're submitting ballots for the one sample he identifies, my entry is that voice in "Santa Is My Girl" that sounds like it's singing "liqueurs")

Are there any plans of releasing songs and remixes you've played on radio shows and your boiler room set? (I'm a huge fan of your "Genie In a Bottle" remix)

All my questions

Are there any plans to have a US show for teenaged fans?
Did you make the voice sample in the beginning of Beautiful and or did you sing in the song Beautiful?
Is Thy Slaughter just a one time thing?
Do you listen to aspiring bubblegum bass producers music?
(You don't have to reveal anything) But are there any plans to add or make a singing band like a boy/girl band inside of PC Music? I've been thinking about this forever and it's been absolutely killing me!!