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Note: This video was filmed by Surgeon alone in his studio with a webcam, so please excuse the picture and sound quality.
00:00 Intro
00:10 How many channels in a typical track?
00:45 Deciding when a track is finished
02:20 Creative deadlock
03:00 Approach to arranging
04:35 Before you got into modular, which hardware/software is your sound most attributed to?
05:40 Touring with hardware, in particular airports
06:50 How do you and Lady Starlight perform a harmonious live set without interrupting each other?
08:15 Keeping things structured while live jamming
08:50 Hidden meanings or messages in your work
09:45 What keeps you motivated and interested in your own work?
10:45 Paying attention to reaction of others
11:40 Changing society through your work
12:25 Expanding one’s creative mind and abilities
14:05 Do you see your own personality in your work and do you think others see it?
14:50 Does too much information make creativity fail?
15:50 Earliest memories involving your own creative expression?
17:05 Evaluating your own and others’ creative work
18:00 What made you choose your specific live setup?
18:55 Retaining a “live feel” in sequenced/composed music
19:30 Early musical inspirations and who do you like now?
20:35 Multitracking vs just recording synth/drum outputs
21:35 Limiting yourself in terms of gear when producing
22:25 How many elements to make a small but effective live setup?
23:05 Longest ever worked on a track
24:40 Mixing in untreated rooms
25:15 Favourite modular VCO and filter
25:50 Did you always trust your sense of music production or did it take a while?
26:15 Current live setup
26:55 Keeping artistic practice and work going through the years
27:45 Do you listen to non-electronic genres?
28:45 Best drone
29:50 Live setup: how much improvised, how much prepared?
31:30 Do you miss simplicity?
32:10 Sound of the colour blue
32:30 If you had to make an album with one piece of gear, what would it be?
32:50 Keeping passion after so many years in techno industry
33:35 Does techno suck right now?
34:05 Looper in live set
35:35 Favourite remix you made
36:40 Relating to newest music trends
37:30 Breaking through stagnant and complacent times in techno scene
38:05 Most important thing when starting a label
38:20 Favourite DJ
40:00 Summary
41:59 Question provided by
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