![]() ![]() “When you work with other people it’s easy to play it safe, so having a break allowed me the space to forget what I’d learned and approach guitar playing from a different angle. How did you attempt to readapt your use of it? It wasn’t until I saw Gabriel Gurnsey and Dominic Butler of Factory Floor playing live in East London that I fell back into music again.”įor you, the guitar had become a symbolic instrument. Guitar music was no longer for me and I didn’t like the attention of fronting a band. “I just craved being around other creative people, but everything has its time and after six years I moved to London and ended up working as a sculpture technician. Were you making music independently to that? It was an incredible time, but I was just going along for the ride to be honest.” ![]() Music used to be a massive part of my social environment, so I started the band and we got picked up by a Californian label called Devil in the Woods who invited us to go over and tour. “Dammit, how did you find that out ? I never thought I’d get anywhere playing music or art and fell into the band idea because it was a vehicle to get myself out and about travelling. Having said that, you were part of an indie punk band called KaitO, which does indicate you explored the singer/songwriter route? ![]() With industrial and electronic music, it’s more about the impact of the sound and how it resonates in physical form.” “With the guitar, I lost interest in making riff music and preferred to hit it with drum sticks or use extended techniques to create peculiar, resonating feedback. Putting the guitar on a table rather than holding it made a big difference in terms of having a new point of entry to the instrument My career has also been determined by the type of tools I use. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and once I could travel to London and hear music at massively loud volumes that had more of an impact on me than vocals and lyrics. “I’m a fan of sound in general and more attracted to the tonality, textures and attitude of industrial music. ![]()
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