How has the running of Hospital Records been over the past couple of years?
It's been amazing, this year we're 10 years old, we've had a mad run of activity at the end of last year working towards celebrating this. We managed to get our 100th release, 'hospitalized' done in time and its sold really well. Aside from that, the last 3 years have been incredible really, the artists we have with us now are fantastic, Cyantific's album was one of our best, we've signed Logistics, Nu:Tone's album was out last year, i released 'Power Ballads' last year, so its really grown. I look back to when it started and it was just me and Chris just doing our own music and we never thought it would get to this stage.

What is the selection criteria when choosing new artists?
We have lots of different lines of communication open. We talk to as many people as we can, we have an Aim address that is permanentely on. We recieve around 25 tunes a day from all round the world. People send me cd's and give me tracks when im djing. It can happen anywhere really, we met High Contrast this one time when Chris and i where djing in Wales. This young kid tried to get on the mic to MC and we said no, the next day we had a few hours to kill so we went to a drum and bass shop called Catapult and Lincoln was working there behind the counter. So we had a laugh and he asked if he could play us some of his music, we heard potential in it, he sent us a Cd and we signed him.

Tell us a bit about you're background in music?
My background is all over the place. I had two older sisters who educated me in heavy metal! The first records i bought were Led Zepplin & Black Sabbath. Then i discovered black music as i started to go to discos to get off with girls, around 1975, this opened my mind to other things and i went on a mad musical journey. The 80s with the electro new wave, i only really started making dance music around 1987. I've been running labels ever since for about 20 years!

Are you more of a Dj or a Producer?
Djing is a lot easier than producing. Also it's a more immediate satisfaction, producing is a deeper satisfaction for me, definately. Each thing has its own high and lows, its tough to compare them.

As London Elektricity your music has incorporated many different styles, did you plan this our was it a natural process?
Its a natural development with me, i can't follow a formula. Each time i make a tune i feel like im starting from scratch. I lack the confidence to be constantly making tunes because i dont want to repeat myself, this is a good thing. I try not to rest on my laurels. I like to feel like im starting over everytime.

How do you go about starting the creative process in the studio?
It can start anywhere. After i finished 'Billion Dollar Gravy' i forced myself to only build drums for a year. I felt they could be better so i focused on this for a whole year and this gave rise to loads of ideas. This is a good starting point. Also sampling, one golden idea can be found from the right sample.

What is your view on Drum and Bass at the moment? Do you think it has the potential to grow further?
Its an interesting time for drum and bass. Globally theres a bigger audience than there ever has been, so the party scene is good. However, most forms of dance music have had a fairly difficult time over the past few years, partly because dance music has been the rock and roll of the 90s and we've moved into a different era of digital music, which has made it tougher on labels and artists. Luckily we've been doing well at Hospital. With the music itself its an amazing time, the quality of the production skills has increased immensly, sonically its a lot stronger, very ecclectic. You can include any genre into drum and bass and it works.

What are your plans for the future?
We're releasing a live album soon. We're taking a break from the live show after 2yrs and 150 shows. Logistics has a new album out last september and im working on new material as we speak.