I probably like that kind of thing more because of maths and boredom with straight-sounding stuff than any other reason.
"There's not a lot of careful planning in any of my work, I'm a firm believer in judging things by how they feel."
Comparing you with other electronic musicians, there's just one coming to mind - Aphex Twin. Can you identify with that?
"I wouldn't invite that comparison. I guess I respect the attitude problem that he and lots of the 90s British warp-scene lot have though. But I am but a mere grasshopper."
Emotion is an integral part of music experience - do you think, as a musician, you have control over the emotional impact of your tracks?
"Not really, no, as experiences like that are pretty subjective. I can only know what someone else exactly like me would feel. That's my target audience I guess - if there's another me out there I hope he likes my tracks."
To what extend are your DJ sets influenced by what's happening on the dance floor? How do you monitor that?
"It'd be pretty hard not to be affected by what's in front of you, but I think most DJs totally misjudge crowds - really simple dynamics (the fucking white noise breakdown again) look like they're getting a great 'reaction' but prodding the synapses of drug users for a predictable reflex-action response is facile and pointless. Oh the kick drum comes back in - great, where did I put my coat?
"When I'm at a club I'm not the kind of person to come to the front and go crazy, or do the international hand gesture for 'please play something more stupid', so I tend to try to ignore those people and look for happy faces slowdancing around at the back."
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