In the studio with Krust

“We used to have a studio in Bristol in a place called the Easton Business Centre by the adventure playground. So, we had a unit in there, and it was quite small, really. I didn’t have a lot of stuff. I had a Moog, an E-Mu e64. The ARP/Solina. The Roland 760 and 550. A big set of Tannoy speakers. A little Mackie desk, and an Atari ST 1040.

“All the vocals and the strings were on ADAT, and you’re syncing it all up with this weird little box, and then pressing play. You had to rewind the tape and then start from the beginning. I remember when I moved to Pro Tools, the amazing thing was that you could start anywhere in a track!

But, back then it would have been Cubase.

“Then I used live musicians like samples. I wasn’t musically trained at that time. I got my education through sampling and understanding how to put layers together. And so that’s the way I approached it.”