<img class="alignleft wp-image-10318 " src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/DrAlienSmithplasterheadshot-300x300.jpg" alt="DrAlienSmith" width="215" height="215" />Al Smith (aka <a title="DrAlienSmith" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/draliensmith/">DrAlienSmith</a>) is an incredibly important part of the Perth musical landscape. Over the last 15 years he has worked with more than 300 bands at his Bergerk! Studios, including pivotal Perth outfits such as The Devil Rides Out, Drowning Horse, Abbe May, Eleventh He Reaches London, Claim The Throne and Extortion as well as Hidden Shoal’s own <a title="Tangled Star" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/tangled-star/">Tangled Star</a> and <a title="The Slow Beings" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/the-slow-beings/">The Slow Beings</a>. To add to this impressive list is Smith's own work under the moniker DrAlienSmith. His debut EP, <em>Under Songs</em>, is testament not only to Smith's mastery of the studio but also of his wonderful sense of texture, atmosphere and melody. <em>Under Songs</em> monolithic compositions move at a glacial pace and feel like they are shifting the earth under your feet, yet they never alienate, rather they situate you in the drivers seat and kindly ask you to grip onto something because it's a long, long way to the ground. Powerful stuff!

So without further metaphorical musings we ask Al to reach into the bag and pull out three questions.