Folding Shadows
“This I knew was the ‘intro’ track, and it’s kind of picking up where I left off from with my early work on Cosmic Bridge and the Civil EPs where there’s this kind of LA Beats scene influence there. But, I wanted to create a grand statement of arrival so I spent some time working on these synth counterpoints to the original simple melody I’d written.
“I also wanted this drum palette that sounded like ’80s hip-hop but done in a Kraftwerk meets J Dilla sort of way. I think it was actually the last track I made for the album.”
The Silence
“I spent ages writing the bass. I was trying to break the habit of doing the same old harmonies, and it created some interesting counterpoints to pivot off of the more complex orchestral strings.
“I really built it around the vocal. Simon [Jinadu] recorded 20 takes over the long bridge, which I used to build up in these vast layers with lots of subtle synth which lead into this second drop, which was all added after the vocals were recorded.
“I spent a long time getting the right balance. It took the most time of all the tracks of the album.”
