Robert Haigh

A conversation with the minimalist composer/ hardcore DnB pioneer on crafting ideal piano music for the bleakest part of winter

It’s that deep part of winter. That desolate, hostile, salt-blasted, barren, “the sun really is a cold, distant star” season that eradicates hope of warmth returning to the Northern Hemisphere. And I find that during this time, I turn to music that’s equally still and spare as the black tree branches. Minimal dub techno can scratch that itch sometimes (…