Back in 2005 I realised that I receive about 5 CDs daily, I started putting the music and songs in categories .. “airplaysong” etc .. I produced 5 shows a month .. in the end I started to “hate” music … I almost fainted. So I completely slowed down. One show a month and no more cooperation with promo agencies etc (the “biz” aspect of music hides everywhere these days!!) .. and oups .. overnite the problem was solved. This also helped me to come closer to a new kind of quality. I produced a “Roots Show”, which was inspiring when I started and became a curse after I had received CD No. 87865564 with a  deep voice, the chords G, C, A minor, singing about a miserable world. Today I present the ONE singer who plays this music in his own unique universe of sound and no longer the 898776754 Johnny Cash clones. Plus – I play CDs more often at the shows. All this is still leading closer to the point I want to get to and not to burnout. I guess the keyword is development .. always look for something new.

MM: Of course, at the obsessive level you and I were involved at, it has to have an effect on relationships. I remember being in the M&E office till the wee hours, leaving Sam reading for the evening and going to bed alone, it can’t have been easy for her. I recall we used to joke that I was about the only person in the underground with a girlfriend, but it really is that time-consuming! I know you’ve found your ‘goat/chair’ now (what the fuck does that mean!?), can you tell us a bit about your good lady and how the two of you met?

MM: I’m flattered! So, you and she are your musical present, but you have such a large body of work behind you already, and of such wonderful quality. The first album of yours we released on M&E was “Torn Between Temptations” (M&E 012 – April 1992), my catalogue review of which starts; “This is quite probably the best underground album ever made, you’d only need a pair of ears to appreciate it.” I listened to it again yesterday for the first time in quite a few years. Wow. You know what? I still find it an absolute joy, music without chains; one minute we’re on vintage Pink Floyd space soundtracks, then jangly mandolins, imaginatively used samples, pop/rock, latin influenced, a touch of 60’s bubblegum and the world’s first lavatory & western song in “Could Somebody Please Flush Me Down The Toilet”! What did you have in mind to achieve when you created this masterpiece of an album and how do you feel about it in the present day?

LL: I think it just was the nucleus of a certain time or period of my creativity. I began recording and releasing in 1984. In the beginning I released a new cassette every third month. I think “Torn..” was the peak and the end of this period. Almost every song on the release

His Lordship finally finds his 'goat/chair', that would probably be a 'soul-mate' in English. Let's be honest, foreigners can never really grasp the great subtleties of the English language; a sheep, some sheeps, many sheepses, it's not rocket science, is it?

presents a certain kind of musical interest of mine. It all just happened in those years .. no “concept” .. no “why and how” .. that was cool .. sure on the other hand that meant releasing LOTSA trash. Looking back at all my releases – they were all ok when I released them – some are a pain in the *A* to me today .. but still it’s ok that I did it all exactly like I did it. By the way there is a whole new generation of Lord Litter fans .. young people who download my tapes from sources like... http://www.tapeattack.blogspot.com

...then even produce a YouTube video! So one of the most disgusting cassette covers I ever produced now turns up when you look for Lord Litter on the internet. “Tits, Zombies and Assholes” .. the cover for that tape … good grief .. but YES it’s ok!

"Torn Between Temptations" (M&E 012), one of the first wave of M&E releases in April 1992. A revelation at the time, and I swear it's got even better with age...