After putting out quite a few albums, there's a feeling of why make another? I was trying to make something that was an album experience.

My father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz.

I think the most important thing for me is putting out records that document ideas.

When drum'n'bass happened, when the two-step/garage thing happened, there was a chart smash every week; it operated on the underground and the pinnacle of pop mainstream at the same time.

With a lot of the music I really love, like Miles Davis, you can go back and see the processes and the stages.

If I bare my soul in bits and make it personal, I think people can sense that when they hear it.

Make a record in your bedroom on a cheap computer, play it on pirate radio, and that's what's it's all about. You can do something really exciting and you don't need any record companies. The way I do everything comes from that, the impact of those two things.