Before the release “Tiki Taka (2006)”, we caught up with self-proclaimed ‘DIY nobody of the internet void’ Alexei Shishkin to unpack the spontaneous sessions that shaped the album, Good Times (out on September 5th) why he’d rather build a record than play a stage, how video games, poetry, and surprise soccer clips all ended up on the same sonic field.

Just like the songs, the conversation swerved between the surreal and the sincere. Jump into the world of Alexei Shishkin below

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