Work (yes, we did do some) began in earnest the next day and saw PK and Alan pushing Nicole to the very brink of exhaustion - including having her run around the studio gardens to evoke authentic panting for one of her tracks 'Breath Control'.

"I was impressed by the studio which felt very much like a comfortable living room rather than the usual walls of gear that make one feel very small and insignificant. PK is by far the most charming and easy to work with engineer that I've ever recorded with and he immediately put me at ease. While I'm used to taking orders from musicians who bring me into the studio to do something very specific, Alan set the tone by letting me try whatever I liked and we listened back to the takes to see where the track wanted to go.

We tried a few experiments, including singing a line backwards phonetically and having PK and Alan make me sound like an old man blues singer. In the end, all three tracks I recorded ended up on the record - 'Want', 'Breath Control' and 'Chrome' - and I recall the experience as the most fun I've ever had working on an album."