Music Interview: ILLFONICS Discusses Kid Cudi’s “Enter Galactic”

ILLFONICS is Matt Friedman (left) and Jed Cappelli.

After this week’s in-depth interviews with RATATAT and Emile, our behind-the-scenes series on Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon: The End Of Day continues with today’s Q&A subject: Matt Friedman, one-half of ILLFONICS, and the man who produced the ’shrooming anthem “Enter Galactic.”

As ILLFONICS, Friedman and partner Jed Cappelli have churned out beats for notables like Jim Jones (”Na Na Nana Na Na”) and the Re-Up Gang (”My Life’s the Shit”). On Cudi’s debut, Friedman is responsible for the album’s outlier—”Enter Galactic” is clearly the LP’s most uptempo, dance-friendly track. Read on as he talks about how he came to work with Cudi, why “Enter Galactic” almost didn’t make the album, and future projects…