Mura Masa

There's a need for music that has urgency and emotional honesty. That's why people are reintroducing themselves to guitar music - that…

— Mura Masa

I started playing violin when I was about five years old and I learned to read a little bit of music, but…

— Mura Masa

I've always appreciated having a wide music taste, despite making what a lot of people would call electronic music.

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SoundCloud was my first break I guess. I got a little bit of a following.That whole bedroom producer genre was kind of…

— Mura Masa

I think everybody had this weird mix of pubescent rage and sadness, and just pure mania and joy. It's a really weird…

— Mura Masa

I grew up on a tiny island called Guernsey, very small population, very isolated culturally but very beautiful and serene.

— Mura Masa

I think there's a huge pivot in popular music, and just in culture in general, towards art that is vulnerable and emotionally…

— Mura Masa

At a young age, I was introduced to Joni Mitchell by my mum. My dad was into progressive rock.

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I'm a child of the internet.

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A lot of electronic musicians probably wouldn't be bothered making an album, which strategically makes total sense.

— Mura Masa

I like having the radio on, that way you're challenged to listen to things that aren't your choice.

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I got into James Blake quite early, like when I was early teen, and that was really important for me.

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I didn't want to just be making music randomly and not have any direction.

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I grew up kind of poor, so like, I know it sounds pretentious, but I don't really know how to spend money.

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I think I can pinpoint the moment that I realized that I enjoyed hip-hop music and it was the video game called…

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I was hedging my bets with university. I always wanted to do music, it was just about waiting for the point when…

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The first time I played at Green Door Store in Brighton, which is under the train station. It was sold out by…

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After the first album, I felt like I needed to one up myself - get even bigger features - and I spent…

— Mura Masa

All punk music is is rebellion, going against the grain. It takes different forms. Sometimes it's a band throwing their instruments around…

— Mura Masa

The way streaming is going, this movement in the market of music would suggest that doing a long-form project, especially for a…

— Mura Masa

I think the first song I remember hearing was Joni Michell's 'Big Yellow Taxi,' my mom played it for me on the…

— Mura Masa

I feel like people are now praying for some authenticity and some human touch to music. There's no simpler outlet to that…

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I was always heavily interested in underground musical movements, the post-dubstep scene; Mount Kimbie were coming out, and bands like that.

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I did shows for a while without a rider, actually, because nobody tells you that it comes out of your fee.

— Mura Masa

You're not really taken seriously when you're on SoundCloud because anybody can upload. It's the same as standing on a street corner…

— Mura Masa