I worked on this EP at home in London, in planes, and in half a dozen spots around the world, including a chilly Welsh cottage. I captured sounds in Manchester, London, Singapore, Washington DC and even a Malaysian kampung, and I've tried to weave those memories in throughout. All the while, I was thinking of Yasunari Kawabata, wondering how one might do with melodies and triads what he does with words on a page. I didn't quite get there, but some of you might catch the references...

Not Dreaming Anymore EP

I wrote 'After Words' when I was trying to make sense of the difficult times a friend was facing. I didn't know whether to be stoic or sad or just be true to the trepidation I felt inside. Recording it helped me decide to be all of those, and more.

After Words

'Snow Country I', about empathy, was originally composed for SUPERGESTURES, a large-scale outdoor multimedia performance by LingQL. 'Snow Country II' is about everything else. So they're here together, in their entirety.

Snow Country I & II

'Cage of You' was composed and recorded on my childhood piano in one take. It just poured out, a song about the boundaries we impose upon ourselves – even those we place between that which is real and that which is not.

Cage of You

'Believe' came to life one rainy morning, a new awakening.

Believe

'Song' is an old tune by Lewis Taylor. I threw it over the edge of a boat, and this is what the trawlers dragged up. LingQL on sax.

Song

'Supermoon' took years to complete. It keeps coming back to me in waves, like the flow of the track.

Supermoon

Composer and multi-instrumentalist ‘uah’ (aka Usman Haque) creates spectacular interactive events and massive audio-visual experiences that have opened the Singapore Biennale, the Dubai World Cup and Toronto’s Nuit Blanche. Trained as an architect, his multi-channel sonic work builds on infrasound, electromagnetic spherics, the harmonic possibilities of shepard tones and neural-net driven ultrasonics. His work often engages members of the public using their own voices to drive collective experiences. As an experimental electronic musician, he performs with synths and a range of instruments, as well as his own voice, composing dramatic and cinematic music influenced in part by the improvisational narratives of ghazals and early prog rock.