When a country is at war or in economic depression, underdevelopment or tightened security, it sets an affective tone or mood, which seeps through into everyday life via all kinds of channels.

Dubstep didn't invent bass, it just zoned in on it. Bass, to varying depths, is the foundation to most dance musics.

There is an uninformed myth circulating just now that makes dubstep way too important in the musical universe - don't believe the hype.

Hyperdub started in 2001 as a web magazine, but we also did a few events in the early days before becoming a label.

Technical devices or processes which receive intensified investment during cold or hot wars spread through societies contagiously once their monopoly by the state has been undermined.

Both analog and digital developments have intensified the viral nature of sonic culture.

Audio virology is not a metaphor. It is to be taken literally. It maps real processes of mutation, transmission, contagion and memory within music culture.

A one-word book does appeal to me.

The sound needed a hub to grow, and that hub was Big Apple.

It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave

They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree.

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

Elton John's home is laden with trinkets and books relating to Satanism and witchcraft.

From outside one will always triumphantly impress theories upon the world and then fall straight into the ditch one has dug, but only from inside will one keep oneself and the world quiet and true.

It is possible to take energy from someone else. This is usually done in close, emotional sexual relationships.

It's not a problem. There are people out there with much worse problems than mine."-Cynthia "Doesn't make yours any more fun to bear."-Liza "No. But it does help with the self-pity."- Cynthia

When you feel stuck in reverse, take a breath and let go.

I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.