I have a rare sense of fulfillment after finalizing The Build. Almost everything I have done in my musical past comes in to play here in a distilled form. I started writing material for the new album around Christmas of 2018 just after finishing Sounds Of The Mansion. Two tracks were adapted from earlier sketches, the remaining 10 were written during the next year. I put more emphasis on the writing process before recording live instruments and decking out the tracks than was my usual practice. Compositional and sonic clarity was a main focus. The sonic palette is a continuation of Sounds Of The Mansion – mixing live instruments with drum machines, new and old synths, sound designing. As a first, a lot of the featured synth parts, both lead and bass, were played on guitar – George Duke like, but then not. I got help from my whole Aarhus crew. With the exception of Lis Wessberg we are all members of Abdullah S band and grew up together. The music that grew out of Aarhus Friskole (Free School) has influenced the whole Danish music scene heavily for the past 40 years, driven by the great american drummer and teacher Ed Jones who just passed away. Even though I did not attend the school we all share a common musical sensibility – that groove is king.