“A young musician needs a powerful laptop and a good analogue synthesis...” — Ryuichi Sakamoto Quote

A young musician needs a powerful laptop and a good analogue synthesiser.

I have to follow my instinct and intuition and curiosity.

I've worked with the same Prophet 5 Synthesizer by Sequential Circuit synthesiser for 40 years.

I'm concerned by a deficient technology. In other words, errors or noises. It absorbs me, and I wonder if new cultural currents could emerge from this deficiency.

Music has become something different from the past, when it was one hundred per cent live. Throughout the twentieth century, it was recorded, and the medium adjusted.

As a child I qualified for free school meals, so I know I would have been in one of the families that needed help to gain access to a laptop.

I'm a little different in that sometimes I need to stare at the laptop for a little while or pace, and then an idea will sort of come in sideways.

I do use a laptop, but I'm very technophobic. I've never downloaded anything. I've never bought anything on Amazon. I'm really ridiculous. I don't know what it is.

I like the Dakine Ryder 24L pack because it's simple, it's steezy, and it's perfect for traveling. It comes with a padded laptop sleeve and a travel pocket at the top for your passport and other things you need quick access to.