10/27/26

Jamie Stevens: Three Decades, From Infusion to Shoegaze | TRK/ID México

Jamie tells us how Infusion started: a jam at home with an Alesis MMT-8, no arrangements, no plan, just to see what happened that night. Their first gig outside Australia was at Fabric in London, and they weren't paid. Then ten years of touring, hauling a 30-kilo desk because he mixed everything live, and resoldering the MPC every third or fourth show because baggage handlers kept throwing it off the plane. He explains how "Beginner's Guide to Floating" came to be: the permission to step into cinematic territory, the deep dive into Slowdive's studio techniques, and why he avoided showy sound design so the record wouldn't date, the way Violator and Disintegration never did. Then full nerd mode: why he has no template, why he arranges from the very first minute instead of building loops, the SH-101 he sat with for a whole year as a kid, and why sound design is your signature and a preset isn't. And the strongest part: his take on AI. He tells us about an interview with an AI executive claiming most music makers don't enjoy the process, and why skipping the process means skipping the best part. Also: the time he stopped making music for two weeks and physically got ill, what Hernán told him after his Balance set, and the story behind "Dead Souls" and "Troika" when Mapiu pulls out the vinyl.

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