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"We're on tour to kind of explain why we do what we do, how its done and how we put it together"

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Touring becomes a defense brief as much as a victory lap. Eric San frames the road not as pure performance but as explanation: why we do what we do, how its done, how we put it together. That phrasing matters. It suggests an audience that is curious, skeptical, or newly initiated, and a scene where the work can be misread as effortless vibe, button-pressing, or persona rather than craft. In electronic music especially, the question always lurking is authenticity: what counts as "playing" when the instrument might be a laptop, a sampler, a patch, a set of decisions made hours before the stage lights come up.

The repetition of process words - explain, done, put it together - signals a desire to pull the curtain back. It treats music-making like construction: not magic, not mystique, but a series of intentional choices. The subtext is partly pedagogical (come closer, see the gears) and partly defensive (this is work, not a trick). "Kind of" softens the claim, as if he knows the risk: over-explaining can kill the spell, and not everyone wants a lecture with their bassline.

Culturally, this is a moment when audiences want intimacy with artists and artists are pressured to narrate their legitimacy. The tour becomes a live FAQ, turning transparency into performance. He is selling not just songs, but a method - and asking listeners to respect the labor behind the sound.

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San, Eric. (2026, January 17). We're on tour to kind of explain why we do what we do, how its done and how we put it together. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-on-tour-to-kind-of-explain-why-we-do-what-we-49394/

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San, Eric. "We're on tour to kind of explain why we do what we do, how its done and how we put it together." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-on-tour-to-kind-of-explain-why-we-do-what-we-49394/.

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"We're on tour to kind of explain why we do what we do, how its done and how we put it together." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/were-on-tour-to-kind-of-explain-why-we-do-what-we-49394/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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