An interview with the techno producer about breakdancing, landing his first 12-inch on Carl Craig's Retroactive label, and his new album under the Placid Angles moniker, 'Canada' (2026)
The part about how Ten Days of Blue was tracked live through MIDI, running like a DJ set, explains so much about why it breathes the way it does. Eight tracks maximum per song, everything done in one pass with things brought in on the fly. Most people who love that record have no idea the process was that stripped back. The section on emotion shifting from raw feeling in his 20s to technical fluency now is also one of the more honest descriptions I have heard of what happens to a producer over time.
a humble king
The part about how Ten Days of Blue was tracked live through MIDI, running like a DJ set, explains so much about why it breathes the way it does. Eight tracks maximum per song, everything done in one pass with things brought in on the fly. Most people who love that record have no idea the process was that stripped back. The section on emotion shifting from raw feeling in his 20s to technical fluency now is also one of the more honest descriptions I have heard of what happens to a producer over time.