I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the last.
ALAN PALOMOSo I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in your head – that’s where the fun, psychedelic stuff happens anyway.
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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around.
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It’s cool but also a little creepy.
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I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that’s always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.
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There’s something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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So I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in your head – that’s where the fun, psychedelic stuff happens anyway.
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There’s a very distinct difference between a really wonderful DIY label and a soft drink company, or a car company, or a clothing brand, and you will always understand that difference.
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I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it;
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You start reverting back to that state of mind where you’re having conversations with yourself, and that’s where the weirdest and most honest ideas come from.
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Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music.
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I never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project.
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You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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But it’s not anything like what we envisioned it to be. It’s almost like there’s too much choice.
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