The Hafler Trio – The Mastery of Money
He is the minimalist - especially during this period. He was someone that I spent a lot of time with when he lived in Iceland, and he introduced me to a lot of very esoteric music. This was in the early-to-mid-90s – pre-internet, at a time when it was very hard to access strange and wonderful music. Rare recordings were hard to come by, and he had a huge archive of cassettes and LPs and reel-to-reel recordings that he was very generous to share with me and expose me to.

I could have mentioned several of his albums; I think I’ve picked out one sort of at random, though it is a very strong sample of what he was doing at the time. The Mastery of Money is very minimal and very conceptual, and very singular. He’s responsible for a lot of what I was exposed to in terms of music and literature and esoteric things related to mysticism and occultism – and a philosophy of working, also. It was like having an art teacher living next door who would come in regularly and give me pointers and gentle nudges.

Was it important for you having someone there who could, in a sense, guide you in the right direction not just with your work but with your listening, too?