By Daiana Feuer

Don’t call 12 Steps a concept album, Tittsworth is just conceptual. He likes his music the way he likes his lunch: fresh, raw and beating. Exotic things. Jesse Tittsworth also has a pet dog and watches movies. Sometimes he kicks back listening to ‘40s and ‘50s albums. He’s domesticated—“with a great libido,” he adds. He also hopes to introduce molecular gastronomy to club music.

What’s this about libido? We’re talking aphrodisiacs: artichoke, raw oyster, snake blood, sheep penis, and giant custard-filled fruit. Aphrodisiacs are not an instant high like drinking lemon extract (94 percent alcohol, “tastes like razors,” he says).

Aphrodisiacs work cumulatively. Eaten often, certain exotic tastes fortify your libido, or they boost your zest for life, thus enhancing your libidinal jouissance. Which then sublimates to whatever vessel you pour …