Kenny Anderon, (AKA King Creosote) on his collaboration with Jon Hopkins on Diamond Mine:

"you can now record your music straight to hard drive, upload onto a website in a matter of minutes and then in seconds send your mp3s direct to smartphones across the globe, thereby adding one more voice to the sensory overload that defines modern life.

alternatively you can dig deep into a songwriter's catalogue spanning 20 odd years, extract those rough gems that warrant a bit of a grind, spit and polish, and then take several more years to weave in the very sounds of the places and moods that inspired those songs, thereby ending up with a seamless piece of music that will not only stop you in your tracks, but will leave you cleansed from the heart upwards. less