Rustie on Speaking Animals' Languages and Recording at 30,000 Feet — rollingstone.com

Three years ago, the Scottish producer Rustie dropped Glass Swords, one of the most thrilling electronic albums of the decade. Defined by its visceral, explosive joy and a broad spectrum of synth sounds that blow raspberries on trap beats, it established Rustie as a global creative force and propelled him on a virtually non-stop tour schedule that still shows no signs of ceasing. With Rustie's latest album, Green Language, the producer has flipped the roygbiv maximalism of Glass Swords on its head, delving deeper into his broad synth trick-bag, kicking up new dance-floor dust and adding a host of vocalists (including Detroit bruiser Danny Brown, grime icon D Double E, and DC soul singer Muhsinah). Perhaps most interesting is his shift into textural ambient music, a dicey prospect for lesser producers with an eye towards Eno but layered and surprising from Rustie, the man who has made an art form out of producing songs that sound like your heart leaping from your chest. In advance of his next tour, which starts tonight in London and will include Green Language performed live with visuals, we spoke with Rustie about songwriting, airplanes and the alchemy of bird-talk.

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