In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there's always been a quality of atmosphere and ambience.

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Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with...

Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with...

What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm...

What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm...

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.

Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly...

Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly...

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on...

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on...

Sound comes out of a life experience.

Sound comes out of a life experience.

If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still...

If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still...

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the...

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the...

People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be...

People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be...

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It...

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It...