Tell us a bit about bassline. 

Okay, the beat is very 4/4, but it’s melodic at the same time. It’s not just bass in your face. You’ll hear strings, symphonies… but it’s weighty, it’s very heavy. It’s energy music, definitely.

So are we mainly gonna hear your music at Volar?

Yeah, 90 per cent will be my music. And I’ll always throw in a few bangers that I’m feeling at the time.

How did you get into bassline?

I made a tune in 2001 called Bullet Cake, when UK garage was popular. A few years later, the DJs up north picked up on this tune and accepted it as a bassline tune. It became one of the biggest instrumentals on the scene. So I just jumped on and followed through after that.

Who were your influences?

I grew up listening to a lot of American hip-hop. Timbaland and Dr Dre were my idols growing up. They still are. But there are other producers from other scenes that I’ve looked up to over the years.

On your MySpace page you say you’re gonna change it up this year. What are you doing?

Basically, I started this new sound in January. It’s a cross between dubstep and bassline. It’s bass heavy again, but it’s not always 4/4, so that’s where the dubstep influence comes in. I’ve been testing it out in a few clubs over here, and the response has been great. People don’t know what to call it though…

You’ve been all over the world. What’s the coolest party you’ve worked?

I’ll tell you one that was crazy – that was Poland. It was amazing; they were hanging off the ceiling and everything. They’re the wildest ravers I’ve ever seen.

What’s the toughest thing about what you do?

Just to stay on top of what’s going on right now. The UK music scene changes so fast, you have to almost look into the future to see where it’s going. I’ve managed to do that so far, and hopefully this new sound is me doing it again.

Where do you see yourself in the future?

Everything I’m doing now but on a bigger scale. I’ll be selling music all over the world, for the rest of my life. I’ll never stop. I’ll be 70 and still DJing.

Samantha Leese

Dexplicit plays Hype Nasty at Volar on April 30.