boyfriend Fredrik Gicken Johansson to mix it, and to collaborate with him was also great. He knows what I like and understands what I mean when I say weird things. He's good at twisting sounds and he has a great sense for different moods while mixing. Are you a fan of Arthur Russell's work? Yes! But I hadn't heard his music before I started doing mine, and I was happy to discover it. I really like it. I had listened to Zoe Keating and Julia Kent but Arthur was a great surprise. How did you come to use a darbuka? And please explain what it is to the uninitiated... Oh, it was the only drum in the room really. If it would have been an old marching drum I guess we would have used that. Darbuka is a drum. It was a Christmas gift from my father. I felt I wanted something more than hand claps, they didn't really suffice. Your sound has been described as "Neoclassical meets pop". Would you agree, and what has influenced you in each of these, if this is indeed a fair statement? Yes, I would agree to that. I mean, I am a classical trained cellist that don't want to play classical music. I'd say it's my vocals that add the pop. I call my sound cello-pop. I have been influenced by so many things during my life and it feels like it's a mish-mash of a little bit of everything really. You toured