Lets talk about the new album Frequency. How long did it take to make?
PN: From start to finish, it represents about three years’ work. We aren’t noted for the speed at which we work but we’re fairly perfectionist in the studio. When Martin left the band in 2007, we stopped working on the album so that we could concentrate on finding a new keyboard player. Then last year, I was taken into hospital with pneumonia and that brought everything to a halt again for several months. I had a long period of convalescence before we resumed work on the album. So it’s safe to say that ‘Frequency’ had something of a troubled birth, we had quite a few obstacles in our way but we were determined to get through them and to come up with a great IQ album, which we definitely have. SoT: The production quality is excellent. Who produced it? PN: Mike Holmes produced the album as he has done with all IQ albums since ‘Ever’ in 1993. I agree, this is definitely Mike’s best production job so far, his attention to detail has really paid off. The layering of sounds and atmospheres i
