“We were coming from a completely different place, which was saying "sound" is what you want to define it as, and you can shape it into music in whichever way you want.” WayWantDifferentSoundShapesWhat You WantDifferent Place Author:Stephen Mallinder
“We've always been journalists - and have seen ourselves in that way. But we sort of recontextualized it through music.” WayJournalist Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think in everything we did, there's a sense of tension and a sense of things pulling in a different way. It's interesting calling it "beat music". That's quite true, the rhythm is up to the fore, it's got a slap bass, and it's got "funk" in the title. But I think there's always a level of irony when we did those kind of things.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentInterestingLevelsCallingBeatsRhythmTitlesIronyDifferent WaysTensionPullingBassSlapFunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“We had always used found sound, but we had always used it in an analogue way. And it was the early days of using collage and sound in a digital way. MTV, a couple of years later would be that way.” WayYearsWould BeUsedFoundSoundCoupleDigitalMtvCollagesAnalogue Author:Stephen Mallinder
“You don't have to be trained in music to create sounds and to produce and release music. That's what we were saying back in 73-74. And that's the way the world is now - and all the tools of creation, production and dissemination are there in everybody's bedrooms, front rooms and studios.” WorldWaySoundRoomsFrontsCreationProduceToolsProductionsStudiosReleaseBedroomDissemination Author:Stephen Mallinder
