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Here’s a transcript of an interview I gave to Beth Edwards of 1st Angel Arts Magazine. It’s from 2009, and I found it interesting to read this two years on. It certainly gave me food for thought in terms of what things have changed (and what things remain the same) since then.

I remember quite perfectly answering Beth’s questions in the departure lounge of Gatwick Airport at a time when I was to’ing and fro’ing between London and Barcelona, before I actually made the move.

WARNING: It’s a long post!

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1. What were your musical influences growing up?
 
Growing up I always loved music and would always listen to the radio. From a very young age I’d always been fascinated and obsessed by Top 40 radio in particular, and at that age it wasn’t even that I liked a particular band just, pretty much, whatever was on the radio. Having a sister who’s seven years older than me also meant that by the time that I was about 8,9, 10 she was really into indie music - which at that time was stuff like Morrissey, The Housemartins and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, and I began by developing my own music tastes by, basically, copying hers. From then on, in my own completely obsessive way, I just got really, really into indie and alternative music. So my main musical influences growing up was the 4AD record label, Morrissey and manufactured pop music!
 
2. What is your style of music? Are you solo or in a group?
 
I«m a solo recording artist and performing artist. I describe it as “alternative pop”, in the sense that it is pop and it is catchy and accessible, and it«s not “experimental” within any given genre - people can get it very easily. But it uses, I think, a slightly different combination of ingredients and textures than mainstream commercial pop music.
 
3. Has your style changed from when you first began as a musician?
 
Well, I first began making music as a non-songwriting musician, composing instrumental pieces. My style has changed, and it«s evolved in the sense that I«ve not always been a songwriter and it«s only in the last three years that I«ve been writing songs. Prior to that I wrote music that was more experimental, and actually am now in a moment where the majority of the work I do is much more accessible. I«ve gone from doing largely abstract, noise/sound works even, to writing three and-a-half minute pop songs.

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