Chris Cutler was kind enough to offer his company as an umbrella, so now I can have all my back catalogue under one roof as it were, and it has the same feeling as with Daniel; this is a matter…

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The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start...

The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start...

I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing...

I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing...

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits...

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits...

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the...

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the...

Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well.

Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well.

Improvised music involves a lot of intuition and I like developing intuition.

Improvised music involves a lot of intuition and I like developing intuition.

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out...

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out...

We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when...

We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when...

You could say that everything the musicians have learned and known over the years, all...

You could say that everything the musicians have learned and known over the years, all...

If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.

If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.

There's an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music...

There's an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music...

One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during...

One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during...

I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is...

I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is...

We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old...

We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old...

And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell...

And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell...

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to...

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to...

I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.

I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.

Well, I think music for kids is never anything but experimental is it?

Well, I think music for kids is never anything but experimental is it?

I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When...

I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When...

As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up...

As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up...