"Architecture and music have a lot of common elements. To build, you need a solid base, on which you can add various pieces and decorations, but the whole thing has to stand together. For me, in music, it's the same process. The basis of a composition could be an intriguing harmonic progression (Beings From Another Dimension), a poly-rhythmical sequence (Pink And Dirty, Aera), strong melodic material (Chakra) or a visual diagram with an almost architectural quality of how sounds would appear in a stereophonic recording (Trails To Eternity, Aera). Without a clear structure and a good foundation, music is chaotic. Chaos is not something I'm striving to convey with my compositions. For me, music has to have a crystalline quality, which transcends the listener to a place that's safe and good. That's what we've been doing with Crystal sound project all these years. I can't help, but keep that general guideline for my own music."
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