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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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