So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.

I thought Everything Ecstatic was the happiest of them all - hence the "ecstatic" name. The whole concept behind that was total out-and-out euphoric mania. I think tracks like "Smile Around The Face" are the jolliest things I've ever done, really. But one of the things I like about my music is the fact that it's instrumental, so there are no lyrics to guide people.

I've done quite a few records now, and I look back and think of them as documents of my musical journey.

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

I like putting a lot of personal touches in the music.

I realized there were no words or anything in my music, nothing that people would have to draw them in a little bit more.

The lo-fi scene and the riot grrrl thing had a huge influence on me. As a teenager I went to see Bikini Kill and all those bands.