Jonny: ‘Leaked version was from the first day of mixing’

Posted on April 23rd, 2003.

VPRO’s Sander Kerkhof asked Jonny about the leak of ‘Hail to the thief’. Jonny said the album was on the net “a week after we sent the final one to EMI. It’s very early but we kind of expected it. In January we would take CD’s home to listen to them once and then destroy them. It sounds crazy now. And now it sounds like a good idea. That’s how we were working. but apparently all that wasn’t enough. The Gloaming is a minute longer on this internet version. We cut a whole minute out, because we knew it was a bit long. We wouldn’t play it to anybody. That’s why it’s weird”

On the difference between the internet version and the final version Jonny said: “Sometimes people might not notice much difference. Some instruments have been taken away and some have been added. It depends on which song you choose. On Myxomatosis we took all the emphasis off the drums and put it on the out of tune keyboards to make it more frightening and just change the mood of the song. The first day of mixing, which is what you are hearing, was a cd we kind of went through and we said ‘no, no.. that’s no good, that’s close, we’ll start again with that one’ That’s what frustrating.”

Hear the full interview online at 3voor12.nl. The interview is just 5 minutes of a 30 minute interview with Jonny Greenwood to be broadcast in June.


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