It's been quite a while since we last heard of styrofoam on Morr Music - apart from his excellent contributions to Morr Music's latest compilation blue skied an? clear. But Arne van Petegem has not been lazy in the meantime. He contributed two remixes to The American Analog Set's 'Updates EP' on Tigerstyle Records. Furthermore, in the spring of 2002 styrofoam has been seen touring Italy and France supporting The Notwist while last November he completed a North American tour together with his labelmates Opiate and Lali Puna. This is where he first presented his new material that is now to be released as the 'i'm what's there to show that something's missing' lp. Playing live on that particular tour provided Arne with quite an important experience. 'It gave me the confidence I needed to pursue the style of vocals I wanted to have on the album. In the beginning, I was still playing back and processing all my vocals from my powerbook, but my tour mates kept pushing me to sing live and one time I came back to the venue to soundcheck, and they simply put a microphone in front of me, so I didn't really have a choice. and if I could do the vocals live and be happy with how it worked out I could surely do it on the record.