I read that Blaerg is an anagram for ‘garble’. How did you come up with this name? Quite honestly it was a nonsense word i uttered once while yawning. My wife found it to be extremely funny so it became an oft-repeated thing around the house. So the word was drifting around in my head [...]

What are some of the field recordings or sampled material used on In Between Words? The field recordings come from a few different places. Some were in closed environments where I picked up unexpected noise. I like a few chance elements included into the work. One stretch was taken in a convention center with rather [...]

There is no true definition for ambient techno. Yet, I would claim that your style perfectly defines the genre. How do you feel about this classification and the necessary evil of categorization in general? Categorizing things is part of human nature – I’m not bothered by it, nor do I really mind any categories. Comes [...]

How much of your work is improvised at the time of the actual album recording? It depends on the nature of the project — some are entirely improvised (or spontaneously composed, as I sometimes refer to it), some partially (as with most of the Nadja recordings), and a few only minimally. What was unique about [...]