Tom Jenkinson

“It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.”

“I couldn't find a group that wanted to do what I wanted to do. No one was really up for it.”

“I think the best way is to forget about racing people and just find territory that's fresh.”

“I'd say that it's important for music to be there that gives you a challenge, that rearranges things in your head.”

“But I don't really listen to much be-bop at all at the moment.”

“I make music to generate atmospheres, not to complement already existing ones.”

“I like my stuff 'cause I only ever end up with tracks that I really, really like. It always appeals to me.”

“I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar.”

“I don't know how many records I'm selling.”

“But I always communicate with the audience. I never pretend like I'm just in my bedroom making a track. The whole point of doing a gig is, like, a feedback thing between you and the audience.”

“Yeah, my drum programming especially is based on my knowledge of playing a drum kit. For the bass too, definitely. It was the first thing that I translated any sort of ideas through. It must have shaped it somehow.”

“The main thing I'm into is going about on a bike, taking random routes; I'm really into the idea of making up journeys, and just seeing where they take you, because they always end up taking you someplace freaky.”

“The only way to find that territory is trying to keep your mind constantly open. That's the only way that you're ever going to see the sort of signs of where to go.”

“I've never really been that much of a fan of Ninja Tune.”

“I'm not that interested in what people make of it, or how people consider me. That's nothing to do with me.”

“I was starting to feel really suffocated, using the sequencer.”

“There's a couple of tracks on the new record which is sort of using similar sort of rhythms as the drum and bass tracks but playing it all live. It's a new approach to it.”

“I'm always pleased with my work. Absolutely.”

“I'm into music for all different sorts of purposes.”

“My history is really playing live - not writing or recording.”