Toxic Avenger comes across as something of a paradox at first. An introvert capable of extremes. An electro producer who only listens to pop. An independent thinker with an addictive personality. Simon Delacroix (as he’s known on the street) is a mass of contradictions, providing fertile ground for excess. At his own admission, his long-term plans are ambitious, but at least they’re clear: “My goal is to make music that appeals as much to ordinary people as it does to those with more hip credentials.” Not that he particularly wants to give hip credentials to the mainstream, or to make the avant-garde more accessible: what he wants is to combine all the influences that are most important to him, however much they run counter to one another.