Andy Ferguson of Bicep’s listening diary: ‘I tend to let the algorithm start me off down a little wormhole’

‘For that kind of music, you need to be concentrating – if you aren’t, you can get a bit lost’ … Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson of Bicep. Photograph: Sam Mulvey

7 October

9am Friday morning is usually the time I’m most peak-energy because I’m either looking forward to the weekend or we’ve got a big weekend of gigs ahead. If I get to the studio a bit before Matt [McBriar], I have a quick dig around on Spotify or Bandcamp to check the latest releases and see what I’m feeling this week. In recent years, it’s become the easiest way to look for music, especially since three of my local record stores have closed down. I tend to let the algorithm start me off and go down a little wormhole. Today, the first track I saw that piqued my interest was Ant City (µ-Ziq remix) by Kuedo. Kuedo’s album Severant on Planet Mu back in 2011 is up there with one of my all-time favourites so seeing a remix pop up by none other than label head Mike Paradinas was never going to disappoint. The remix remains true to the vibe of the original track but adds his signature glitch/break madness in perfect amounts.