Musician

The first thing I remember hearing was just the dance music that was in the charts when I was growing up. I don't remember many of the names of specific tracks - they were just kind of early acid house things.

I was always fascinated particularly with synths: how they looked and stuff that when you're a kid you're like this is the most incredible thing in the world just to play.

I love truly forward-thinking music, and I'm not even sure I'd describe my work as that, even.

It is funny how we talk about nature as this separate entity when we are nature, and nature is us.

I'm not keen on interfering with nature; I don't want to edit my genome.

If you're a traveling artist, you probably experience insomnia at some point. You need things to be the right temperature, the right light... it's essential.

I just love switching stuff off and going for a run, or sitting down and eating cake.

I don't want to make an album which is full of brutal and jarring techno.

I've learnt over the years to always be thinking of titles and ideas that I try to put across with just a couple of words. It's the difficult part when you're writing things that are basically abstract.

There's never been a time when there hasn't been ritualistic dancing, and I think clubbing is our modern incarnation of that.

I've always been obsessed with contrast in records, and using harsher elements to make the quieter ones more powerful.

I'm an example of someone who got a bit more focused as I got older.

You can only make the best thing you can make, and if it offends purists, or angers certain critics, you can only have done your best.

A night out isn't just chaos and hedonism. It can be beautiful as well and there's a sadness to the end of it.

If you're a traveling artist, you probably experience insomnia at some point. You need things to be the right temperature, the right light... it's essential.

There's never been a time when there hasn't been ritualistic dancing, and I think clubbing is our modern incarnation of that.

It sounds a bit pretentious, but I'm never really conscious of what I'm doing musically.

Nothing competes with the buzz of making your own record.

Ever since I got a job in Imogen Heap's touring band when I was 17, there have been moments in my career that I can't quite believe really happened.

You can't allow your creative sessions to be dominated by miniscule editing processes.