To be creative you've got to take stuff in, it doesn't matter what that influence is, and by this I mean any and all things in life, otherwise jack would be a very dull boy/girl. While it is possible to pinpoint key moments/tracks, but when you actually think what has take place before said event, well it's pretty deep and a massive web.

I've always been influenced by the sound of Sheffield, the drop forge hammers, rattling trains, the pit wheels and whistles. As well as Cabs, B.E.F, Clock DVA, League, The Future etc - you can hear this in the music of System 23, however if you don't know about Sheffield then I guess you are hearing something else as you can't map my influences onto the music and this for me is the beauty of techno - one foot in the present and one foot in the future. With System 23, we live for the dance floor, the double drop, eyes shut, nearly falling over as the filters and pads kick in, in the dark terror that lives in us all. One smiley face, one sweaty hand shake makes it worth it. After all this time we still live for Friday/Saturday night and that isn't down to one person, its down to millions - from the people who pay on the door to those that shake your ass, they are all connected.