MH: Another person you worked with, Sia, who also worked with Zero 7…you worked with her as well correct, as part of the group?
Mz: Not in terms of writing and producing, we worked together on the Zero 7 project.
MH: Cause she has her own album coming out now and its interesting to see that both of you have your albums coming out at the same time…
Mz: It’s a strange thing you know, because her album was released two years ago here… But it’s a good thing. She’s a great singer as well…She’s a good girl.
MH: What are your plans for the next year? So Still just came out in January, so you have all of 2006 to work with it, so what are your plans?
Mz: As I said, I plan to promote the album as much as I can. We have a tour coming up…
MH: Is that European, American or all over?
Mz: Well, we’re trying to go all over, but um, we’re just looking at European at the moment. It really depends on how much America goes for it….well, how the world goes for it basically, so it really depends on that. But I would love to come and do some gigs in the States. So the plans are to continue building and building it up and getting it to as [many] people as possible. We have a few festivals to do…and I’m currently writing the next album. It won’t take as long as this first did to put together. I’m working on a few different things, because I write and produce for a few other people as well. So I’m busy.
MH: What influenced this album? I mean, musically speaking…where did you look for inspiration? Was it always there?
Mz: The album is…it’s a story of my life, because I’ve just written it from my own experience. I’ve tried to do something that would speak of what I think, and how I see things around me. So I would say its influences are numerous. From Marvin Gaye…I try to take different pieces from all over and fuse it together. It’s an amalgamation of different things, different ideas, different places…the influences are my dad, my mom, my family, Zero 7…everything.
MH: What’s your favorite song on the album?
Mz: I think it would be “Venus Rise”, because of the nature of the track. I love the whole production of that, the feel of it…is pretty cool.
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