There’s a feeling of unboundedness, which is central to the way I write. It’s about following my imagination and intuition wherever they lead me without worrying about how they’ll work practically in the “real world”. It equates to a focus on the intuitive and emotional aspects of making music – songwriting, idea creation, improvising, arrangement and generally freely exploring my emotions through sound. I like to differentiate a bit between the two roles, as they occupy different spaces in my process.Ĭomposition is the first stage of my overall workflow. The term “producer” is a catch-all that often, but not always, also implies “composer”. How does your experience as a composer layer into your production work? My taste has always been wildly eclectic, but it centers around epic, uncompromising, emotive, melodic and ethereal music that serves to transport me to unexpected, mystical places. On top of that, I’ve taken influence from South American medicine music. This is the best way I can summarize it without writing a book-length synopsis on how this music has touched my life and is interconnected. I’ve obsessively made and studied all of these forms of music and drawn upon them in various ways – it’s all there. I was also heavily influenced by Burial when that sound emerged, and became hooked on future garage – which led to my love for melodic house and techno. I had a 12-year project titled Aligning Minds (IDM/downtempo/breaks) with a friend, while I simultaneously made liquid drum and bass under the moniker Motive Within. I’ve always been into the deep and melodic sounds within each genre. I was inspired by bands like Frontline Assembly and NIN, and eventually discovered the rave scene in the late 90s as I became obsessed with drum n’ bass (Certificate 18 for life), trance/house (old Sasha and Charlie May), IDM, downtempo and breaks. Type O Negative and Paradise Lost) – and later got into electronic music via creating industrial music.
I spent my teen years into melodic, gothic metal (i.e. In my 25 years as a producer, I’ve gone through numerous genres that had a lasting effect on my sound. What influenced you to create this cross-genre style? It’s aimed at providing infectious dancefloor functionality – while also being immersive listening music to just get lost in. It’s fusion music that weaves together a variety of elements that I love deeply, resulting in a blend of cinematic, emotive downtempo, slow deep house and ethereal future garage with an emphasis on mood, atmosphere and melodic storytelling.
I’d describe my sound as “Ancient Future Garage Downtempo Spirit House”, which is an over-the-top but effective way to describe it for those who follow the myriad genres in electronic music. First off: h ow do you describe your sound?