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MOTHERBOARD: What was your favorite part of the recording process for this LP?Dom: To be honest, this is the first time we’ve ever had a record mixed. I really enjoyed that process, going through everything with a fine tooth comb with this guy who’s brilliant. It was over the course of two or three weeks.What’s his name?Dom: Dilip Harris. Yeah, he works under Demus—that’s his tag—and he’s made records before. It was a very different thing for us, going through each track individually.Kai: It really changed the whole tone of the record and it wasn’t something we had thought about before.Is that because you used live instruments on this one that mastering it made more sense?Kai: Yeah, and like this was pre-master and everything but there was lots of—before we went to do it—I was like, ‘We don’t need someone to do it because we’re brilliant.’ Then I went to do it and after the first song it was like, I can’t believe we ever thought about not doing this.Do you think you could do it on your own now?Kai: No. I thought it was just handing over all your work and someone would make it sound like a pop song and then bring it back to you. It wasn’t like that at all. We sat there making the decisions and Dilip had his opinions and that was good to listen to. But essentially he was good at getting out what you wanted to say and taking things to a place you wouldn’t have thought. It was much more of a collaborative process than I thought it would be.Read the rest over at Motherboard.VICE.com.