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“I absolutely loathe irony, and I take pains, whenever I catch myself with an impulse to tell an ironic joke or do something ironic, [to] train myself against it.”

Although he makes some pretty dark and aggressive grime and dubstep, Tony Cook aka Cookie Monsta tells Tess Ingram that people just need to chill out.

"I feel weird saying it but I’m interested in the Olympics. I didn’t think I would be at all. It’s always seemed to me that everyone in London has been paranoid about being nationalistic."

“I’ve been writing anti-suicide messages since 2006, and it just didn’t cross my mind that people would take it the wrong way.”

"That was my gut reaction when I saw the photo. I was like, ‘This would look fuckin’ sick as an album cover.’ I know loads of people won’t get it, but for me, that’s important too, you know? I just like fuckin’ with people."

More at home in front of the decks with his keyboard than behind them, Roger Shah tells Rueben Hale about music, touring and his Balearic trance.

DJ Plus One of the Scratch Perverts, aka Niall Dailly has another little project you may have heard of called Jack Beats, who are headed to Parklife and along the way pushing any boundaries they can. By Troy Mutton.

Coming Home to launch her new live album, WA songstress Toby explains to Tess Ingram what it is that brings the fire in her belly.

“God bless Jamaica,” he announces after a few thoughtful seconds. “Land of riches. Land of the fathers. Land of Jamaica. Land of reggae. Land of raggamuffin. Land of ragga touchin’. But [now with a serious tone of voice] I say, ‘Behold, this is Jamaica. Jamaica dub it’.”

“People have become complacent... Everybody is happy and they don’t care about what’s going on around them, so there’s no need to speak about things that are going on.”

“It’s been a while since I last performed as/with Slum Dogz, we usually just try and get the crowd hyped up! My own sets have a bit more of a dancey feel.”