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I'd say. Do you think with all the distractions that people have around them today that it is harder for them to sit still and hear those ancestor's spirit?

I say that everybody listens to the spirits of their ancestors and their guardian angels. The only difference is the focus of the people; sometimes they are not looking in the right directions. I'm a religious person, and one of my main concerns is to try and figure out a way to be close to my ancestors. If I'm able to be close to my ancestors, it's going to be easy for me to translate what they are saying into music, because the music is around. The music is in every word; sound is in every word. The question is, how are we going to put that sound on paper, or make melodies? This is important in my opinion because they don't talk like you and I. For example, if you walk in the morning, you go out and you see the sun coming up. This kind of image gives you something special, and if you are able to really digest that image, you are going to come out with something. In my case it's music, but for some other people it's writing. Some people go and give a kiss to their wife, and some people say, "Wow, how beautiful the sun is." I try to receive all this prose from the spirits; they are a gift to us every single second of our lives. I hope you can understand what I'm saying.

Oh, I understand completely.

Because it's nothing fake, it's something real, like when you love someone. When you meet somebody for the first time, you feel strong energy in a positive way. It can happen in a negative way too. I call this, "when the spirits are in tune." When you meet someone and you get a negative feeling, it is because your spirits are not in tune. But you're able to change this, and put them in tune. I need to breathe; I need to touch the energy. I need to feel the energy, because this is what life is about. I try and translate this into my music—sometimes it's happy, sometimes it's not; but it is what it is.

Very well put. Do you think with the Internet and how easy it is to catch a plane, it's helped people embrace music from all across the globe.

I say, when people on one side of the world do something, other groups of people on the other side of the world do the same thing. Even if it's a little bit different in terms of style the energy, it's always there. The Internet can help a lot, because it is the new voice of the humanity. In the beginning I fought it, but there's no way to refuse it. [laughs]. Now it is easies to talk, and even to create music. I create music here then send the file to my friend in San Francisco. We can make music together while I'm at home. I don't need to catch a plane and spend, 1,000 euro to go to San Francisco. The spirit is still there, we see each other and we feel each other, because the Internet gives us the opportunity to see what we're doing at the same time. I'm not very deep into the net; I'm just a little bit inside. I want to be in a bit more, but I need more time.

You were saying that you can share files across the world, and work with people from all over. Where did you actually record your new album?

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