James Murphy explains why this is the final LCD album
Speaking to Chuck Klosterman in yesterday's Guardian...
"It seems simple to me," he says. "It just feels like this should be the last one. For one thing, I always told myself I wouldn't do LCD past the age of 40. For another thing, I don't know if EMI would put another record out by us. They've been very good to me and they've never tried to force me to create a hit, and everything people have told me about signing with a major label has proven untrue. But the way the industry is going, EMI might not even exist in three years. And a third factor is that I really want to do a good job, and I want to do everything myself. Now, I could have other people do some of those things for me, but then it's not really the band I want. The only reason I would do that is because this is a business, and that's not a good enough reason … It seems like something I didn't want to have happen did happen: I see this band as pure evidence that having a decent idea is more important than being talented."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/24/lcd-soundsystem-this-is-happening
So, partly it's an age thing, partly it's because anything under the LCD moniker would be owned by Emi? Seems logical tho.
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He certainly doesn't seem to going down the route of 'other musical projects'
unless I'm not reading between the lines very well. Shame.
Also, typical Murphy: "I see this band as pure evidence that having a decent idea is more important than being talented."
i dunno
i imagine there is other music which conceptually doesn't fit within the lcd paradigm.
wouldn't be surprised if he took some time producing records or collaborating with someone like trent reznor (is there anyone better he could collaborate with?) or something, essentially doing what david byrne did post-talking heads, etc.
byrne post-talking heads is probably the right point of comparison
Excellent interview wasn't it, that one.