ANDREW CARTMEL

“I was born in London, then I was raised in Canada. I absorbed music mostly from my older brother and sister, and from whatever was on the telly and radio. Jazz was the first thing I listened to because the first piece of music where I took an interest in the composer was after hearing the theme to Mission Impossible, by Lalo Schifrin. The next piece of music was the soundtrack to the original Casino Royale by Burt Bacharach. His stuff is easy to like, so it sounds like simple pop music, but it’s very rich. It’s music with real integrity and depth.

Through my siblings I got into . What’s wonderful about is to be able to put is also really strong lyrically and musically – it’s challenging, constantly changing and uses all sorts of wonderful sonic tricks.