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

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.

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.

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

It's such a normal thing for a dance producer to make music and try it out in the club, but that was relatively new to me. I wanted to make a good album that felt like it had a point.

Make a record in your bedroom on a cheap computer, play it on pirate radio, and that's what's it's all about. You can do something really exciting and you don't need any record companies. The way I do everything comes from that, the impact of those two things.