In the studio with Riva Starr

“My studio was in London. I moved there in 2007. I had a 303, 707, and an 808. A Jomox Xbase 999. The SH-101, obviously to build the bass – that was my best friend. It’s been with me since the mid-’90s. Then a Juno 106, Korg MS-20, Yamaha DX7, a Prophet-5, Moog Taurus, Roland JX-1, Roland JV-2080, and a Moog Prodigy. Then a few pedals and distortion modules. I was using Logic at the time, too. I had a summing mixer from ADT-Audio, and a few outboard things at the time, like the Distressor, a SSL XLogic G Series Compressor, and a Waldorf Pulse for the bass, but didn’t use it much. I used to work with an Akai 950, but then quit it as it was too much of a hassle. From 2010, right after the album I started working with Ableton, after using it for live shows. It’s sadly impossible for me to recall these tracks now, as I had a computer crash and lost 90% of the work from that era.”