I normally write an EP in one or 2 days, I like writing in bulk, and throwing things down live, then reworking them quickly into tracks.
Once all the tracks are structuraly correct and sounding the way I want - I edit them a little and do all the post production in one sitting.
Not always, but I like it when this happens - keeps things consistent, and gives the EP's a bit of a flow.
I like to keep it quick, anything which is a pain or not working gets binned - I'm quite brutal that way
The aim is to get it out instinctively and from the heart without any delay, sometimes when you think about things too much - it can be constrictive I find - I want to hear the music in my head, as undiluted as possible.
This is for techno/minimal - for soundrack stuff it tends to take longer.
According to the spraff on the Jeff Mills site - The Bells was produced in a matter of hours - probably banged it out when he got home from the pub
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