So how did this whole project with Sigur Rós come about?
It was with Jónsi originally.
How did you meet them?
They bought my record, One Day I'll be On Time, in Iceland. I ended up on the tour [as the opening act] and through the tour we became really close friends.
So when did you decide to go over to Iceland and work in their studio?
On that first tour they talked about how they had their own studio and on their second tour I was just traveling with them and they said, "You should come out and record with us." I did another tour with them and they actually started playing with me live because in Europe I was just solo over there. They would start sitting in, one by one every night and playing along. Them playing with me was really, really good. Then I arranged a time to come out. I didn't really know what to expect when I went over there.
How long did you go initially?
My first one, I thought I was gonna be done, was three weeks. I did another trip after that which was a week, and then the last trip I just did was two weeks. I started in August and I just finished in January. The second time I went over there I played a show and that took away two days.
We interviewed you briefly once before, and you talked about how you were using Vegas and doing things with minimal gear all alone.
No preamps!
Did this become a whole different system of working? You said the first track was begun on Reason.
