Tom Middleton Interview

ILM: Do you think there is a limit on how much you can interfere with someone else's music?

TOM: Good question. My belief is that one should isolate the message in the original, simplify it, select some key motifs to embellish the emotional content and then apply your own distinct rhythmic and generic flavour. The bottom line for me is to be sympathetic to the original, not to distract too much from it (if it's an un-remixable anthem!) but give it a solid dancefloor context.

ILM: Who would you like to remix your work?

TOM: Easy, a Brian Eno treatment, Ulrich Schnauss, Jon Hopkins and then the likes of Jimpster, Shur-I-kan, Funk D'Void and Josh Wink. The kings of emotions in sound and in JW's case, the original master of minimal funky grooves. However, I would entrust any one of the artists on my compilations as they all have something special to offer in terms of emotional content.
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