When drum'n'bass happened, when the two-step/garage thing happened, there was a chart smash every week; it operated on the underground and the pinnacle of pop mainstream at the same time. Kieran Hebden More Quotes by Kieran Hebden More Quotes From Kieran Hebden People read into the music. I have a feeling that they can believe that I'm trying to put some emotion forward. It's not just some technical exercise. Kieran Hebden exercisebelievepeople I've always explored things that people find a bit more freakish, like free jazz, and I'd gotten to a point where the live music I was making was really hectic and turning much more confrontational. So when I started working on Everything Ecstatic, that was very normal for me. I think it was a departure, but people read it as an escape from something, whereas every record I do is, I feel, a departure. Kieran Hebden jazzpeoplethinking When I first heard bands like Tortoise, it seemed to come off the back of that world, like let's make a record with three vibraphones and release it on a seven-inch with black-and-white artwork. Kieran Hebden tortoisesblack-and-whitefirsts So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out. Kieran Hebden musicianpeopleschool Gospel isn't some ditty to make people enjoy their afternoon - it's communicating with God. Kieran Hebden communicateenjoypeople I realized there were no words or anything in my music, nothing that people would have to draw them in a little bit more. Kieran Hebden i-realizedpeople I thought Everything Ecstatic was the happiest of them all - hence the "ecstatic" name. The whole concept behind that was total out-and-out euphoric mania. I think tracks like "Smile Around The Face" are the jolliest things I've ever done, really. But one of the things I like about my music is the fact that it's instrumental, so there are no lyrics to guide people. Kieran Hebden trackpeoplethinking I find the more I DJ, the more ideas I have and the more music I want to make. Kieran Hebden I find that people in American are often much more purist. If you're into hip-hop, you're totally into hip-hop - you wear the uniform, that's all you listen to. If you're a goth, you're totally a goth - you've got, like, 4,000 piercings, black hair, you really go for it. Kieran Hebden gothblackpeople I feel like there's a young generation of producers who are taking inspiration from dubstep but trying to push it in other directions. Kieran Hebden young-generationinspirationtrying Make a record in your bedroom on a cheap computer, play it on pirate radio, and that's what's it's all about. You can do something really exciting and you don't need any record companies. The way I do everything comes from that, the impact of those two things. Kieran Hebden impactplaytwo My father is a massive, massive music fan. I grew up listening to rock, soul and jazz. Kieran Hebden rockssoulfather The lo-fi scene and the riot grrrl thing had a huge influence on me. As a teenager I went to see Bikini Kill and all those bands. Kieran Hebden bikinisteenagerband It's such a normal thing for a dance producer to make music and try it out in the club, but that was relatively new to me. I wanted to make a good album that felt like it had a point. Kieran Hebden clubsalbumstrying After putting out quite a few albums, there's a feeling of why make another? I was trying to make something that was an album experience. Kieran Hebden albumsfeelingstrying I've done quite a few records now, and I look back and think of them as documents of my musical journey. Kieran Hebden musicaljourneythinking I think the most important thing for me is putting out records that document ideas. Kieran Hebden importantideasthinking With a lot of the music I really love, like Miles Davis, you can go back and see the processes and the stages. Kieran Hebden milesstageprocess I like putting a lot of personal touches in the music. Kieran Hebden personal-touch If I bare my soul in bits and make it personal, I think people can sense that when they hear it. Kieran Hebden soulpeoplethinking
