music, and the second song is an R&B song. 'Say My Name or Whatever' is something altogether different, it's like a Steve Reich-style piano loop with the 'Streetwise' intro and a Janet Jackson or even Tracy Chapman backward style vocal, and then it ends with this very weird child-like innocent singing in the round chorus of voices, which to me has a CocoRosie vibe to it. The song after that is like a mellow R&B song, followed by an experimental '& It Was U', which is a kind of floor to the floor soul track. That's followed by an orchestral piece, which is then followed by a weird ambient footwork song and then you get into the latter part of the record and 'Set it Right' in my mind, is a rock song. Do you think it's easier for artists to flutter freely between genres nowadays rather than say, 30-40 years ago? TK: I think it depends on the artist, I mean back then just the same. I can't imagine James Blake coming out with some really weird noisy record. I don't think it would be out of question for me to put out a noise record, and I don't think that would be discontinuous with what I've done so far. Some artists make their way by developing a really distinct style and doing it, other artists make their way by doing a bunch of different things but always showing their signature style through that work. I think given the