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Guys, Read this Pitchfork interview with Kevin: http://www.pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8809-kevin-shields/

Kev from only last month - “I was packing up a load of old CDs the other day to see which ones I wanted to keep, because I’m moving. A lot of them were really old, from the late-’80s, all my original hip-hop CDs, but instead of having this emotional connection to them, considering they were nostalgic items and I hadn’t seen some of them for 15 years, I found it difficult to care about them, because I knew they were just computer-encoded discs with information that was re-encoded. I can’t get excited about that and that’s the problem.

“It’s an instinctive thing. I don’t think vinyl is the future, but something real, tangible and not computer-interfered-with has to exist and so vinyl, at the moment, is one of the only things that can do that.

“I’m in this mode because I’m doing the My Bloody Valentine record. It’s going to come out on vinyl, with the CD as a secondary thing in the vinyl. CDs are good, but as the only thing no good. They should only exist as things stuck on the front of magazines or inside records.

“The great thing about releasing records that way is that you’re not ignoring the digital world, but you’re acknowledging it for what it really is – a secondary, convenient way. We should have the best of both worlds from now on. And that’s what this label will always be like, there’ll always be that attitude. Besides, I know for a fact that analogue is insanely superior to digital, so it just feels good to do that, and it doesn’t feel good to release a record just on CD.

“Also, a CD kills the concept of artwork, ultimately. Books still sell and when people realise that all these Kindles and iPads and stuff are stressing the hell out of their brains… Yeah, it’s handy, but it’s also stressful. A physical thing makes us feel better.

More here: http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/2012/03/ecstasy-and-vinyl-an-interview-with-kevin-shields/#more-1892