My mum used to work in New York in Spike Lee's shop, she did the outfits for the video for P.M. Dawn's "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"..

Because the Internets there, I have access to a lot of the legends, like Fela Kuti. I used to watch a lot of Fela Kuti videos, just to see how he per….

I got a lot from my uncle who is a really good ska guitarist. Very ragged makeshift rhythms and intricate lines..

I was always wrapped around music being a tradition, a skill..

Sometimes I'll listen to a lyric and I'll be so pissed off that I didn't write it..

I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over..

I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics..