One of my favorite things that you’ve done is the Lucifer Rising soundtrack. That was so different from Led Zeppelin, was it a nice break to be doing something like that?
I had a studio at home, and it got to the point where I was left on my own and got up to mischief. Actually Lucifer Rising, in this trawling through my archive, I came up with the original mix of it, which is really a thrill to find. I had this multitrack and I started messing around myself, playing the instruments, making up loops, putting effects on things. I was really working, I was like a sketch pad. It took on a life of its own, Lucifer Rising. It was really good stuff. It’s pretty intense.
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