‘Brian Eno told me to take the “arsehole chord” out of “Retrograde”’ he says, of working with the ambient music guru at his London home. ‘It’s a chord that you’d only play if you were an arsehole pianist – playing it because you can. He spotted it straight away.
‘I had quite a few ideas when I was there, he just helped guide and direct. It’s the opposite of me going to the studio and having a guy just packaging it – he actually nurtures those moments of clarity and makes them into something beautiful, as opposed to something obtuse.