I'm into music for all different sorts of purposes.

I'm basically a musician.

Stereotyping and generating brands around musicians I think contributes to their eventual demise.

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

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

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

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.