The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
Brian Eno
I often work by avoidance.
My kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite... →
Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can't ever be used intuitively.... →
When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generated pulses more or less randomly. The end result is... →
There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges... →
I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.
The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
I hardly ever go into the studio with a work complete in my head. It emerges from communal activity.
I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work... →