What’s the story behind “Madwoman”? Is she a character you slip into, or someone who’s always been inside you waiting to be let out?

Truth is, it’s just me. I chose the name because I like that it immediately makes people open minded about what they’re going to hear me play or make.

What did your first moments with electronic music feel like, not the technical side, but the emotional hit? What part of you did it awaken, or rearrange?

Living in Amsterdam, I went to the legendary club Trouw. That’s when I realised how connected I felt to the visceral experience of a loud techno club. After that, I wanted to participate and find ways to add to the culture, I got the techno bug.

When the need to express hits hard, but words don’t land, what’s your first move? Where do you go, physically or emotionally, to make it make sense?

If I’m feeling mixed, I just open Ableton and start sketching a track. Sometimes I go back through my sessions and find things that quickly become songs, a form of amnesia I look forward to. And if I’m particularly vexed, I also paint as my hobby, I find it therapeutic. I get to keep the one I like the most at home on my walls, I lean into simple and textural acrylic on heavy canvas.

There’s a tension in your sound—something that pulls between elegance and grit. How do you move through those contrasts, soft and hard, intimate and raw, nostalgic and futuristic?

The tension in my sound comes from the dissonance I grew to love from noisier artists in the techno landscape, and the large wide open sound of the more timeless or minimal techno music most of us love. I think playing with polarities, and making them push and work is key for me.

You move with so much confidence behind the booth, but what’s something that still makes you nervous, vulnerable, even?

Sharks. I love them, but they keep me out of the water if I know they might be there. It’s irrational, but also out of respect for the beautiful creatures.

What’s something totally mundane that grounds you after touring or long studio sessions? A snack, a scent, a bad reality show?

Sleep is the luxury. And my ultimate luxury is routine, gym, coffee, studio and more coffee.