Intro
Tony: “It opens with the sound of a band, tuning up and getting ready to play. It’s from a record because you can hear us pitching it up and down on the turntable. That’s us paying homage to turntablism being an important aspect of our creative process. Then there are some strings, and a rap record, that are looped up in the background.” Charlie: “At that point in time people were listening to albums from beginning to end. So you almost wanted something that kind of set the mood. Like, you’re in our world now – settle yourselves in, and let’s go.”
Blueprint
Charlie: “The main sample came after a frustrating session. We started lots of frustrating sessions, and then, out of the blue, Tony would find something. Or you would just hear a noise and be like, ‘Okay, that could work’. And it would kind of inject this energy back into everyone.
“Tony wouldn’t sleep. He was like a vampire, just going and going. There was no clocking off at six.” “I was nicknamed the Ayatollah for that reason Then I was needle-dropping through records looking for a snapshot of sound
