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

Gospel isn't some ditty to make people enjoy their afternoon - it's communicating with God.

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 like putting a lot of personal touches in the music.

When I first heard bands like Tortoise, it seemed to come off the back of that world, like let's make a record with three vibraphones and release it on a seven-inch with black-and-white artwork.

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

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.