A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.

I like listening to music on a Discman, where the CD spins, and the fact that it's weird to listen to something on a Discman when most people have an iPod, even though those have an internal hard drive that's spinning, too.

When I first started doing stuff outside of Hot Chip, I got the impression that Joe Goddard was a bit concerned. But I said, "I really want to record these songs quickly and not turn them into dance music." And he was fairly supportive - maybe not wholly supportive. But then you learn that no one's about to quit the band, so it seems good and healthy.

That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation of a song.

When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them.

It's funny, I played a social gig once - we were playing music that was rhythm based, but it was going in some strange places. Some people came up to me afterward and said, "Can you play a tune that we'll all recognize?" I've carried that with me forever - why would you want a tune you could recognize? What's the point of that?

A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.