It varies. Depends what mood i’m in - if I’m feeling emo i’m gonna start with chords, and that’s gonna lead the track in a more emotive direction. If I want to do something harder and weirder probs gonna start with drumsProbably CC-Wave, I love the way it moves, simple but kinda complex at the same time, intentionally hangs on a thread with anticipation, because nothing’s ever completeI don’t really like the idea of repeating myself conceptually. NO NOW was very intentionally huge and audacious - my tribute to the album format. I don’t feel the need to do that again, but might change. When I was writing THINKEACE/LEAVE EARTH I was in the mind-frame that I wanted better standalone songs. Trying to make a point that I can do memorable pop song if I try.Never gave that much thought tbhWhen I used to play in noisy punk bands there’d be loud wall of noise moments onstage that were pretty transcendent. No pleasure/no pain. Actually, the live outro in Will To Believe was a bit like that.Heaven 17 - Temptation, hard af.I would immediately break down string theory for themIf you want to be commercially successful I’d try and see yourself as a digital content maker primarily, not an artist/musician. Learn a craft, and document and share yourself developing it. People want to follow a story, they don’t need the finished product. If you’re no good at anything, learn to delegate and manage other people. Do not bother with a university education.Thank you, helping other people makes me feel slightly less self indulgent with how I spend my time lolIf you literally mean the way I sing - it was originally meant to be a combination of Justin Timberlake and Devendra Banhart, but sorta evolved naturally from there. In general terms of sound, i think its just being picky about every tiny element of a production/arrangement etc, if you’re using your own unique taste to craft everything you can’t help but sound like yourselfNot really because they’re all very much in the moment. I think Alive In The Septic Tank is pretty cool lyrically, always liked this bit from Untrust In Us Together -So we let the gunmen clear the roomPointed out the innocent, and us tooThe sum of body parts =Summer of our livesAnd the grass won't get cutWhere we dieSo you can't judge meSonically I feel like stuff I’ve been doing recently is far superior to anything I’ve put out so far, so it’s hard to choose. “Akasaka Sad” off Rina’s album coming out soon is a good indication of where I’ve been heading.Oh I just remembered Rafters is p sick actuallyNot reaching mainstream exposure, but it won’t need to. I think “mainstream” is kinda falling apart as a concept, and won’t need to exist pretty soon.I try not to give any respect to any individual instruments. I see them as sound characters and mental nostalgia triggers in productions. Saying that, I see ableton as an instrument, i fell in love with that cos it’s the most flexible but least stylistically imposing DAW to my mind.I do like shredding on guitar for lols every now and again thoHmmm OK Computer, Los Angeles (Flying Lotus), fuck I dunno, some Scritti Politti maybe.Snow WhiteYeah I am, I upgraded my internet to cope with it, but have now realised my laptop can’t cope with both ableton and streaming anymore, so hold tightUmmm I’m not sure what this would be cos I don’t have any drum machines. I used to use MPC’s but with my own samples. Pretty much all the drums on NO NOW were put together on an MPC1000. I’ve done everything in the box for years nowYeah it is an intentional part of my sound palette, but I’m not entirely sure why - I just really like the calm chaos of water. And everything dies without water.