Washed Out

When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.

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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.

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Over a year's time, I felt like I squeezed in five years of touring experience, which was a really huge help moving…

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The way I work is by infinitely playing a very simple loop over and over, and then I start layering things.

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When you work this intensely on something, the recording process becomes a bit like cabin fever. I shut everything out and, for…

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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.

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Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced,…

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The way that I sing is very mumbled-together, and so I guess I'm kind of stuck with it now.

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I try to stay on a pretty normal schedule of nine-to-five.

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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's…

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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.

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I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of…

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My general taste is towards the melancholy.

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There are things I can accomplish in the studio via manipulation on the computer or some kind of effect that are nearly…

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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

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I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here…

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I try to be as optimistic as I can. I feel like that's the beautiful thing about art and music. It can…

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For the longest time, I was trying to be DJ Shadow, I think. But I slowly developed my own style. It was…

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I definitely enjoy my time by myself - and that's kind of the weird thing about touring; you're kind of constantly surrounded…

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I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.

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I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.

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I'm very much a fan of having something tactile you can hold.

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Honestly, I've just made music so long by myself, in some ways I don't feel I'm a very good collaborator.

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I have a small studio set up in my house in Athens. I'll wake up, have a nice breakfast, and I won't…

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Maybe in the future, you'll be able to understand what I'm saying. I'm going more for an atmospheric vibe in my songs.…

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