Lasse Marhaug Quotes

A crucial turning point was in the mid 90's when I started performing live. For the first five years I was only making recordings, live performance was something I didn't consider - probably because I had no idea how to pull it off, nor had I attended any noise concerts. Performing live opened a whole new world, as performance and recording are two distinctly different things.
Lasse Marhaug

Of course I'm using tools that have grown out of Western civilization's technological development, but I don't feel like I'm at the forefront of music technology. Mostly I use cheap and half-broken equipment. I'm no technocrat (more in the vein of technocrap). The amount of money I've spent on equipment is likely less than any rock band who never leave their basement have spent on guitars and amps. And I know little about how my boxes and software function, I have other people build or program things for me. I'm of limited technical proficiency. I know the basics and it's enough to get me through the night.
Lasse Marhaug

I see improvisation as a tool for composition, not opposites. Improvisation can be seen as instant composition. Most of my live performances are improvised, and recordings of improvisations often form the basis for my recorded/composed work (although often in severely manipulated and processed shape). But I don't consider myself an improvisor with a capital "i". Traditional improvisors don't seem to allow themselves the amount of post-recording manipulation I do. They see improvisation as music of the "now"; a golden moment in time. I see time as something to fuck with.
Lasse Marhaug