The full quote is rather longā¦ Interviewer: You've spoken about owning a pre-gendered fossilised trilobite, as well as your preoccupation with biological determinism. How does that manifest itself on the record?
Blixa: That actually started on the last record Alles in Allem [2020]. I wrote this song called āSeven Screwsā ā āHold me togetherā ā and I make a connection between psychology, Greek mythology, the role of Hermes and Pan, and the death of Hercules, who gets burned by wearing a dress. And that song ends with the word āNonbinary,ā and that theme continues on this record with āTrilobitesā. I was given the trilobite by the organiser of our show at the Vancouver Expo, in 1986. It was a fantastic programme: Indian dancers of the northern territories, EinstĆ¼rzende Neubauten, and Youssou NāDours ā isn't that an evening you'd like to see? And after the show, I was given a trilobite by the organiser Myra Davies, with the words, This is from the time before there was gender. So that's probably what's the root of this song's lyrics. āMe you, me you, me you / Still undivided.ā And that flows into āGesundbrunnenā, which was the most difficult piece to write. It starts leaving language, where some of the words in German are completely made up and not heard of before, but I'm clearly stating, āI opened a door where there wasn't a door before,ā and door is of course the escape from biological determinism. I have a trans son, which is of course also is firing my thoughts in particular directions. When I wrote āSeven Screwsā on the last album he hadn't come out yet, but I was already playing with these thoughts. And now that he is out, I am reading the literature that it is necessary to read ā Paul B Preciado if you want to know where the most radical ideas are. And I come to the solution ā I open a door that wasn't there before and kick out evolution. Not kick out the jams, motherfuckers, but kick out evolution. I have two sons; one is nonbinary and the other one is trans. And I am queer, so the only CIS person in this family is my wife!ā
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