Prolific artist/producer Tricky is back with a new album. Here, the trip-hop pioneer tells us about his “wicked” stint working with the Island-signed Mitch Sanders, summer shows, and doing things his way at his label, False Idols…

INTERVIEW: Charlotte Krol 
PHOTO: Steve Gullick

Different When It’s Silent is your 15th solo album. Do you ever feel pressure to switch things up in terms of sound?

“I’m not involved in any [one] genre. When that genre ends, that front [persona] ends. ...