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

I couldn't find a group that wanted to do what I wanted to do. No one was really up for it.

I want to change peoples' minds about music, I want to bring the really brutal experimental stuff to peoples' attention.

The only way to find that territory is trying to keep your mind constantly open. That's the only way that you're ever going to see the sort of signs of where to go.

One of those things that I find hard to dispose of is my attitude to album sequencing, the layout of the pieces.

Your responsibility as an artist is to experiment.

I didn't want to try and borrow kudos from Indonesian culture. I was trying to get a fresh perspective on these instruments. I'm not doing a Paul Simon Gracelands and stealing all this African music and not give anyone any credit.