This is me in full fan-boy flight. Michael Brook is lesser-known, but no less a critical musician; celebrated solo artist, producer and inventor of the Infinite Guitar, famously played by both U2’s The Edge and Daniel Lanois.

Short, but no less sweet, I caught up with 4AD multi-talent to talk about his 1997 soundtrack produced for Albino Alligator, Kevin Spacey’s directorial debut.

Here, Michael talks about his role, that of technology and briefly chats about the movie’s closing cover of “Ill Wind (You’re Blowing Me No Good)”, featuring Flea, Michael Stipe and Jimmy Scott.

Today he’s produced an eye-watering 30 seminal soundtracks, including the likes of Into the Wild, An Inconvenient Truth, Brooklyn, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. So yes, you do know his work after all [wink].