Daniel, you've been hard at work promoting your Tasty events, which have to be said, are some of the best events in London.  What do you feel is the most important aspect of promoting an event such as Tasty?

There is so many important factors to making an event successful, for me it is an exciting fresh line up, a breath taking production, huge sound systems, and making sure your party is attracting up for it clubbers who know they are getting value for money, and a party that is that little bit special. I also feel it's essential for me to have my fingers on the pulse through out the whole night, by being at the door when people are turning up, making sure sound systems are spot on, and dealing with people's requests, praise and complaints. I do parties because I love seeing people having a good time, same as with my dj'ing, so it's essential for me to be in the thick of it and making sure people turning up are feeling the vibe I am trying to get across.

You're taking a break for a few months, what's the reasons behind this?

Tasty is taking a little break for a few months, but as a dj and producer I remain extremely busy, every year around this time I give Tasty a rest to kick back and enjoy the summer and my music.

and can we expect to see you coming back with a bang when you return?

Oh yes - Tasty 3rd Birthday/If you have been to a Tasty, you know that night is gonna be huge!!!

Hardcore is one of the main focuses of the night, can you tell us the history of yourself and Hardcore - we believe you go back a long way?!

We go back to day dot before it was a sparkle in its mum's eye. After the ware house days, came the original hardcore sound, then that lead in to happy hardcore and Drum & Bass. I had been resident at Labrynth for 5 years, and as music started moving on I went with the happy end of the spectrum, I was fortunate to be resident at one of the countries original and most respected rave clubs, that give me the opportunity to really push the music, at first a lot of people turned their noses up at the sound, a couple of years later and a number of dj's including my self where headlining massive events around the world with a style that so many people didn't take seriously, truth of the matter was, it was fun, didn't try to be cool and clever, and really captured the spirit of the mid 90's, just like hard dance has done over the past 5 or 6 years. That was all over 10 years ago now, and the new hardcore sound has come a really long way, and the crowds it attracts are as up for it as ever.

Name one classic Hardcore record, you never leave the house without?

When I do hardcore sets, it has to be JDS Higher Love, up there as one of my all time classic dance tracks from the past 15 years of playing out.

You run the very well established and respected Honeypot label.  What have you got going on at the moment - any exciting releases coming our way?

Always loads of great stuff, Honey Pot has Jon Doe's first solo project in over 2 years, which I feel is his best work to date and is called the Sonic Expansion's EP, I then have music coming up from Roosta/Kutski/WMD/Alex Calver/Tim Vision and myself on Honey Pot subsidiary's Atomic/Subsonix/UK Hard & Xite. We cover the full spectrum of underground hard dance from the techno end to the hardcore end; I get bored with one style I have to constantly be involved with as much fresh music and the artists making it as possible.

What can we expect to see from Honeypot for the rest of 2004 and what are your future plans for the label.

The Jon Doe EP in October, followed by an awesome hard dance vocal track by Invicta & Hinsley called Reach the top, then that will be followed up by remixes of one of the biggest trance tracks of all time which I have just signed this week - Watch this space.

You have your debut at WiLDCHiLD on Bank Holiday Sunday 29th August, when they thrash it out with PaSSion and Riot! @ Heaven.  What have you heard about WiLDCHiLD and what are you most looking forward to there?

I've heard it's fucking nuts, I've been told to come prepared to go hard, or walk out the door and go home for a boring night in. I'm most looking forward to tearing the house down!!!

What can we expect to hear from you when you bang it out in the Star Bar where Riot! will be heading up the evenings activities?

A set of upfront, exclusive, having it hard dance fresh from the world of Honey Pot Recordings!!!

Will you be gracing the decks with any new production material @ WiLDCHiLD?

Loads and Loads including 2 fresh new 160 bpm bit's that me and Jon Doe have been working on, all the new honey pot's listed above, new Roosta & Kutski, as well as a few exclusive bootlegs that I have been sent this week - to name a few.

You've recently started a new night, The Edge, which you are running with London legend, Roosta.  Can you tell us a little more about it?

It's like mine and Roosta's little home where we break all our new music, and fresh styles that we are hearing, that we may not be able to drop in an hour and half peak time set at the bigger events. It's a house party atmosphere in an intimate Saturday night club, it goes off.

You certainly have a busy schedule with Honeypot, Tasty, Djing and now The Edge, so apart from a well deserved break, what's on the agenda for the rest of 2004?

Up to 6 releases a month from various artists I work with and the labels Honey Pot runs for them, 2 more Tasty events, a tour of Oz & New Zealand, 2 to 5 gigs a weekend around the country and hopefully a few days in the studio with Roosta & Jon Doe - I seriously love it, after 15 years I still live and breath music and seeing people going off at the weekend!!!

Where can people catch you next?

Hardcore Heaven/Frantic/Wildchild/The Edge/Helter Skelter/Raindance/Slammin Vinyl/Slinky to name a few.

Daniel, thanks for your time.