It's been my Internet screen-name for a long time, and apparently (don't hold me to this) it means fulfilment in Hindi.

I haven't performed live for anyone outside of a couple of friends at the moment. I doubt there's much of a market for it.

I think the Internet is doing a good job of kicking the industry into touch. Generally the music industry is quite elitist, so it's nice to see people like myself getting a chance to make a fool of themselves.

If they'd have me, yeah.

Most of what you hear here grew from a track I recorded some time ago (Earplugs) in which I deliberately tried to make as much noise as possible. That grew into attempting to create music which makes people as uncomfortable as possible.

I listen to a huge amount of stuff, really, ranging from bands like Radiohead and REM to Aphex Twin and Monolake.

Most of what you hear here is inspired by one or two Digital Hardcore (www.digitalhardcore.com) artists, although I consciously took a different, softer (and analogue) approach to making the sounds.

No idea whatsoever.

A bizarre mismatch, really. All of the sounds are created on the following:

Guitar:
- JHS Vintage Les Paul copy

Effects:
- Ebow Plus
- Digitech Whammy
- Dunlop GCB-95 Crybaby
- Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
- Marshall Vibratrem
- Arion SMM-1 Metal Master
- EAX (reverb)

Misc:
- "Pencil type" tyre pressure guage
- Draper phillips head screwdriver

Feel free to donate equipment to the cause. It would be much appreciated.