Sean Booth

“I've always been interested in patterns, and how they emerge from simple rules.”

“The human element is that we're the ones making the decisions, even if the machine is generating the sounds.”

“I'm not really a musician. I'm a programmer.”

“For us, it's all about discovery. We're not trying to make something that we've already heard.”

“There's no such thing as a mistake, really. It's just a different outcome.”

“I don't really listen to music for pleasure much anymore. I listen to it to see how it's made.”

“The live show is a completely different thing. It's about creating an environment.”

“I don't think in terms of genre. It's just sound.”

“We're more like sculptors than composers. We're working with a block of sound.”

“You can do things with computers that you can't do with anything else. It's a unique instrument.”

“Melody is just one parameter. It's not the most important one.”

“A lot of people think that we’re trying to be difficult, but we’re actually just trying to be honest.”

“I think it’s important to be confused. Confusion is a state of learning.”

“The gear is just a tool. It's about the ideas you have.”

“We just make tracks, and then we think about how they fit together later. We never think about albums.”

“Our music is not for everyone, and that's fine. We're not trying to please everybody.”

“The limitations are what make it interesting. Having infinite possibilities is boring.”

“It’s got to be interesting for us first. If we’re not interested, then there’s no point.”

“I get bored very easily. That's why our sound changes so much.”

“A lot of our stuff is quite optimistic, even though it might sound harsh to some people.”