Ten bands everyone should know about:
Radio Dept, Touch Sensitive, Koreless, Holy Other, Fionn Regan, Todd Terje, Chrome Sparks, Tangerine Dream, Glass Candy, Baio.
Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:
Mandolin slicer, blender, seasonal organic vegetables, some kind of large wild fish (e.g. copper river salmon), high grade olive oil, spices, wine, life changing conversation topics, a “Eureka moment”.
Eight possessions that define you:
Heart rate monitor, Leonard Cohen lyric books by my bed, tiny portable MIDI keyboard for writing every day (in sometimes cramped spaces / travelling), good eye patches for napping, golf ball for self prescribed body weight massages (lying down on it), spear gun, bike, leather jacket (for style but also in case there’s an intense natural disaster).
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape:
Spirited Away, Breaking Bad, Take This Waltz, Twin Peaks, Jiro Dreams Of Sushi, Pretty in Pink, Grizzly Man.
Six bad habits you can’t escape:
Not enough UV protection, not enough reading, not enough learning of classic songs, too much sodium, not enough focus on side projects, too much narcissism.
Five people who inspire you:
Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Todd Terje, Paul Auster, Hot Chip.
Four things that turn you on:
Summer time, dancing, napping, yoga.
Three goals for your music:
To always have something to chase, to always have something to look forward to and to always finish things I have started.
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why:
Stevie Wonder – he was on a rotating stage in Bangkok; Hot Chip – I lost my marbles in Prospect Park.
One day left before the apocalypse and you…
Try to assemble some kind of cult then go to a remote mountainous country area with reliable underground water source and also varied flora and fauna. I would also buy a knife, a compound bow (+ arrows), an AK–47 (+ lots of ammo) and a survival kit.
When’s the gig?
We’re playing at The Toff in Town on Thursday June 6.
