This week, we’re going to recommend someone whose music you may hear each week, but will have been blissfully unaware of who it is.

If you’re a Skins fan, then get ready to literally jump around the house like you’ve just had six tins of Red Bull. We’ve managed to pester the show’s musical composer Fat Segal and ask him some random questions which probably just wasted his day.

Anyone who has watched the opening credits of Skins will have been mesmerised by the calm and gentle notes which slowly branches off into different musical snapshots. Snatches of glitch, electronica and even a sly hint of post-gabba can be heard. On Fat Segal’s MySpace page, songs such as Silly Billy Borg combine filthy basslines with snippets of vocal samples which will no doubt cause a frenzy on the dancefloor amongst the kids.

We sent the following questions over and this is what we got back:

Is the name Fat Segal a name dedicated to Britain’s obese seagull epidemic or a tribute to Steven Segal?

It is certainly nothing to do with birds or aikido, but is pronounced the same as the actor you mention.

You’ve attracted major attention through your music being featured on Skins. Do you want to record under the Fat Segal alias for a bit longer and then move on?

Not sure, I will probably always record under ‘Segal’ but I have a few different aliases already.

What’s better? Potato skins or the TV show Skins?

Depends. By my reckoning there is nothing better in the entire tap-dancing world than a potato skin roasted with some red leicester, bacon (preferably smoked and streaky), spring onions, finished with sour cream, a touch of lime juice, a sprinkling of chives, washed down with a bottle of cerveza.

Would you consider a permanent move into soundtracking TV and film?

Yeah I love doing it. I’d be well up for scoring film, but I also want to make records. I could be like Phillip Glass without any of the musicality!

How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard of you?

Utter clown shit to be honest.

Electronic music can be created on the move. Did you get opportunities to jam alongside what was being filmed?

The track that opens the second series of Skins was pretty much created on a laptop during choreography/rehearsals. Mainly though I keep my distance, only get involved when the cut takes shape.

Have you ever heard of hecklerspray before today? We try and write stuff to make people laugh or cause fits of misspelt rage.

That’s weird; I try and do that with my music.

What’s your favourite meal?

Aside from potato skins gotta be Prawn Linguini with garlic, chilli and lemon

What’s floating your boat musically?

Drexciya – Grava 4, Steve Reich – Daniel Variations and Mastodon – Leviathan.

Where the devil did the producers of the show find you in order to create the beats for the show?

Jamie Brittain (Skins Co-Creator) is one of my best friends and we used to make tracks together at uni, it spiralled from there. Did some demo theme music for them and they kindly offered me the role of composer on the show.

Where can we get our paws on your music?

You’ll be able to get my first ever rekkid from that virtual music boutique that rhymes with ‘pie goons’ very soon. Just finalising the artwork.

Any words of wisdom?

I’m going to have to let Gandalf answer that one.

For more:

Fat Segal MySpace page

Skins Series 3 is on E4 on Thursdays from 10pm where music from Fat Segal can be heard throughout. Just listen carefully.

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