11. R.SeiliogDoppler
It really gave me inspiration when we were finishing Futurology – this was flying around in Cardiff before its release. Because there was quite a big Krautrock influence on ‘Futurology’ itself, it was just nice to be reminded of how other people were still ingesting those influences and making use of them. I’m not very good at researching people on the internet so I never know the background to many people’s stories really, but this album Doppler is seamlessly out of the box. Just a great record. You hear it and you think, "This guy, one day, is gonna win an Oscar for best soundtrack or he’s going to launch the best inspired pop synth duo of all time." There’s just something there; there’s a song called ‘Dollygluten’ and another song called ‘Neigwl Vacuums’ and another song called ‘23.4’. Just all classics. I love it when there’s a sense of mystery about a record. I don’t know what his MO is, I don’t really know what the songs are about, there’s no narrative from the vocal, but he’s one of those people who’s just popped out fully formed and said, "Hey, look what I’m doing!" I don’t really know what he looks like – I don’t know how to switch the computer on. But it’s just one of those records that I absolutely love. And there’s something endless about that Krautrock catalogue that allows people to reinvent the near future, which is great, I think.
