THANK YOU FOR THIS INTERVIEW, WAFF. LET’S START FROM THE BEGINNING, HOW DID ELECTRONIC MUSIC COME INTO YOUR LIFE? Electronic music came into my life quite early to be honest. I was about 15-16 years old. I was at Performing arts and dance college and my dance teacher took me and our dance class out for a night out to listen to house music. This was my first ever experience clubbing to house music and it completely blew me away. I loved it so much that I started going out to this same event every week listening to as much house music as I could. Eventually that led me to start DJing out at small events in the city and yeah that was the beginning of my whole journey with electronic music. 06 Jamie really supported me and still does to this day which I’m very grateful for. HOW WAS THE PROCESS OF MOVING FROM PLAYING IN SMALL CLUBS IN LEEDS AND HULL TO LARGE INTERNATIONAL STAGES? So, this felt like it happened overnight. I mean I was playing small clubs in Hull for a few years but I didn’t have a name for myself at that point. But when I moved to Leeds when I was 20-21. I got my first EP signed to Hot Creations and all of a sudden, I was playing some of the biggest clubs and festivals in the world overnight! It was amazing to experience that but at the The first person to ever give me a chance at playing in a club or at any event would be my good friend Terry Spammer who runs the main club scene in Hull the city where I grew up. He has an event called Deja-vu which was the party I would go to every week when I was younger to listen to house music. But as I started to release music and get noticed, Jamie Jones is the one person who really helped me. One of my very first shows outside of Hull was at DC10 for Paradise back in 2012, which as you could imagine, was a huge opportunity to play DC10 before Jamie Jones, it was dream come true. same time difficult to suddenly live a whole new life I wasn’t used to. HOW DID YOU HANDLE THIS SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE? WAS IT DIFFICULT OR WAS IT A NATURAL PROCESS? It was really difficult to get organised and used to the touring lifestyle! I loved it but it wasn’t easy no. I still struggle with the life, the life is absolutely insane at times. It’s the most exhausting career it feels like most the time. As I’ve got older it’s definitely becoming harder to have the energy but at the same time, I still love it so it keeps me going. THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, MANY PEOPLE HAVE SURELY BEEN IMPORTANT TO YOUR JOURNEY. WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP INTO A DJ BOOTH AND SHOWCASE YOUR TALENT?
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