I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though.

I think the best way is to forget about racing people and just find territory that's fresh.

Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing.

Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge.

I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar.

There's a really rough and relatively consistent hierarchy of concerns. My musical interests come first and principally my fascination with how notes and rhythms interlock. Then comes the technical side like programming, instruments and designing instruments. Next is production and mixing and beyond that I start to care less.

I was starting to feel really suffocated, using the sequencer.