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Beck is... Well, he hardly needs any introduction, does he? Have you been living under a rock or something? Okay, fine: Beck is America's foremost music genius, a man whose style never sits style and who can make every single human being dance (or cry) with his every song. Well, something like that.

His last album, 2005's 'Guero', was arguably his finest hour. Produced by The Dust Brothers, it combined quirky hip hop, disco monsters and weepy strings to offer one masterpiece after another. And now 'Guerolito' sees such luminaries as Air, Boards Of Canada, Beastie Boy Ad-Rock and Dizzee Rascal knocking out a remix-tastic companion album. Some of it's rubbish. Some of it's ace. All of it's worth a listen.

On top of all this recording stuff and touring the world, Beck even found time last year to have a baby boy, Cosimo. Is there nothing this man can't create?

Hello Beck! You get a lot of praise and also a lot of criticism; one minute people call you a genius, the next you're not genius enough. Do you care?
"Y'know, stuff that's written, it's just one person's opinion. The only thing I can go by is when I play something live, how an audience reacts. That's the only honest thing I can go by. If they like it, it's encouraging. It's more about the audience than it is about yourself. If we have a really great show I always think, 'What a great audience,' I don't think, 'Wow, we were amazing'."

Tell us about the music that makes Beck Beck. What was the first record you ever bought?
"Probably The Beatles. I think it was 'Something New'. I just liked The Beatles; they had simple melodies. I was six or seven, and it was in a record shop near our house, an old '50s-style place. I got it on vinyl."

What's stuck on your stereo right now?
"Superthriller. We're listening to that a lot, and the Joy Zipper record, too. Superthriller sounds good in the car."

What do you listen to on the way out on a Saturday night?
"I don't know, I don't go out on Saturday nights right now. I don't really listen to music anymore. Maybe I'd put on some old soul music, some old Stax stuff like Otis Redding. I don't have a favourite, I like 'em all."