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With a contempt for conventionality and a love for experimentation, Broken Chip creates music that is electronic yet organic, machine yet human. Traditional instruments and homemade software are used for this expedition into the sonic wilderness; this Australian artist conducts an orchestra of fat wet boots crunching through snow, of dark leaky basements, of wind whispering through winter wastelands. It’s a lesson in evoking mood. How long have you been making music? I’ve been making it since 1999. Before that I was just mucking around on an old guitar and Casiotone. What was your inspiration? I didn’t have any inspiration to just start making music. When I was young I would play my guitar and keyboard just for fun. I would get lost in my own world for hours. It’s always been entertainment for me. Who do you admire? I admire anyone that can create great music on any instrument. I admire many different artist and groups. Odd Nosdam, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Sigur Rós, Lost in hildurness, Madlib, J Dilla, Radiohead, Prefuse 73, Chris Clark, DJ Shadow and Console just to name a few. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Something nice to listen to when traveling. (A Q & A with Broken Chip’s Martyn Palmer) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Who has been a major influence for your music? I would say groups like Müm, Radiohead and Boards of Canada have had a fair bit of influence on me. Is th
