When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In the beginning, I was so inspired by the music. I had the option to make something modern with classic undertones, but I wanted to make something that was exactly like that old sound.
I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically.
I remember opening up my first vinyl and seeing the incredible artwork it had. There's nothing like it. You also get that true gritty sound on vinyl that really makes a rock record sound great, which CDs can never achieve.
There are a lot of producers who basically have their sound, and if the artist works with them, you almost know what the record's going to sound like before it comes out.
It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that were available on the market were crap.
Before I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, but now, I have had so many different experiences that they have given me what I want to get across in my music.
I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.
I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
The first album is a classic record and I think the prototype of a sound that no one else does.