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.

In the recording process, sometimes people feel that there isn't a space for them to contribute.

It's not like that because the improvisation makes it automatically democratic. No one's leading anything. I didn't have to worry about anyone feeling involved. It was just the most natural, easy process of making music.

I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format.

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

We're still making Hot Chip records whilst doing these other things, so why not just try and make music you enjoy making rather than being tied down by things? It would just be crazy to not allow people to make music.

For me, the audience is the most important thing in the whole chain, so finding out how they respond to things is a learning curve at all times.