|  | You've been DJ'ing for many years - what keeps you going?
The fear of having to dance in public! I've never really thought what keeps me going. The only thing I can put it down to is my love of music. That's the only thing really. Hearing commercial radio stations pumping out the same (safe / hit) 20 records all day really frustrates me, because there's so much more good music out there.
By DJ'ing I get a chance to introduce it into other people's lives, people who wouldn't normally here it. Plus it's usually good fun & always a pleasure really.
The dance scene has really evolved since the boom in the 80's/early 90's - how do you see the next ten years?
The bubble has well & truly burst, but it had to. It was such a big thing & its growth lasted longer than anyone could ever have predicted, so something had to give at some point.
We are already feeling a backlash with kids moving back towards rock music and band culture, but that won't last forever.
What do you see as the essence of your success?
Luck & the love of it all. At the start it was all to do with being in the right place at the right time, pure luck. But to keep it going for a decade means you must be pretty good.
Where have you travelled to DJ?
All over Europe. Off the top of my head, Italy, Germany, Spain.
What clubs would you like to play and why? At the moment nowhere really springs to mind. Fabric is the probably the only club in the UK that would get me excited, but I don't think I'd be able to completely do "my thing" there.
I always wanted to play the Courtyard at Cream & was lucky enough to do so before they closed down.
When I first walked in there, years before I actually played I just thought it was the most perfect club "space" I'd ever seen.
Oakie was playing and the layout of the room, the sound quality etc., was the best in the UK if not the world at that time. I also really wanted to play the main room at Amnesia in Ibiza & was lucky enough to do so last summer.
I went there in 1992 & it blew me away. It just seemed so big, and I thought how do you fill a space like this?
Who do you most admire in music today? Damian Harris. Head Honcho of Skint Records (v. successful label that never sells out), Top Notch Producer & DJ.
Who is your music legend?
Tough one. Until recently I was so focused on house music that I never really listened to anything else. 2 weeks ago I would have probably said Prince, but then last week I was listening to The Beatles, so it would have been them and this week I've been playing lots of old school hip hop & electro, and never really realised how much good stuff The Sugarhill Gang put out.
Ibiza - dead and buried, or ready to fight another day?
Personally, dead & buried. I said last year that it would be the last time I ever went & unless I get some amazing offer to work there it will be. I've been nearly every year since 1991 & it is now horribly unappealing.
Who to watch - what DJs, labels and artists are heading for the top?
DJ wise there is a guy called Jonathon Lisle who is getting a great name for himself playing "atmospheric breaks". Label's: Personal Theatre!
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