Kristamas klousch biography of william

Question for Intoxicate magazine on the subject of Sleepwalkers.

From where did the idea of this compilation came from and why now?

After leaving Virgin Records and starting my own label, samadhisound, I found more offers for collaborative work started coming in.

Kristamas klousch biography of william

Virgin used to limit my involvement with other labels and musicians or put unreasonable demands upon the artist/labels in question so maybe when that situation changed it opened me up to a greater number of offers? But I also relished my new found freedom and began to initiate communications with a variety of musicians to see where they might lead.

Many of my collaborators have worked with me in one form or another outside of the examples collected here. Takagi –san provided visuals for my 2003/04 tour for ‘Blemish’. Burnt Friedman had previously provided me with remixes of my work.

My brother Steve, and good friend Ryuichi have been at my side for decad