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We live with incessant music, all the time. It's like some weird musical purgatory, there is absolutely no rest for the ears, no space to absorb and reflect.

~James Blake

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The commercialization of dubstep isn't something I'm part of.

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Dubstep has everything for me. Rhythm, sound design, heartfelt emotion - all in one place.

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I wanted to make sounds that I'd never heard before.

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I was trying to sound like some of the people I was listening to, like Mala and Coki.

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I've been asked a lot about the state of dubstep in America, and everyone wants me to say something controversial, but I have no negative feelings toward anything, really.

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I think when you're learning an instrument, you are restricted because much of it is the noise of individual theory and your ability to play the instrument.

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I never really approach collaborations as kind of normal things where they're arranged and they happen because you've arranged them. I've always been like this, I just have friends I hang out with, and while we're hanging out, if music happens then it happens.

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I think the music that you make, often it's even better if you identify with other people.

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A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: December 28th, 1979

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