This is his fourth 12-inch taken for Klakson and is taken off the forthcoming album that we are going to release on digital only. He is one half of Mr. Velcro Fastener, the electro duo from Finland. Dexter was a big fan of his work and asked him [to work with them]. He said he couldn't do any Velcro stuff for us, but he would love to do some solo stuff. He sent us tons of tracks, and as a solo artist he turned out to be a very, very good producer. He makes really beautiful electronic music, like deep electro, and more... kind of like Warp stuff. It was exactly what we needed. So we started to work with him straight away. I think he was the fourth release on Klakson, so he has always been a part of us, and then we just kept him on. I think he is an amazing guy.

Everything that John does works for me. I asked him the other day if he had ever made a bad record. I think John in the last three years is one of the biggest newcomers in the range of deep house and disco. I find what he does amazing. Every production is so well worked out. It has such a big tripping flow. I played with him in Ireland as well and I'm just really infatuated with his sound, and the way he comes across, and what he's doing. It's so nice to have producers around that actually care about deep music. It's also a challenge to play this on the dance floor. It has a banging beat and an easy bass line that people understand, but it has a lot of strings in it. It immediately goes a lot deeper when a producer uses a lot of strings so it's also about timing.

[This is a] very nice vocal; an almost cheesy kind of love song basically. I have been always following DFA because it's one of the last labels that represent a lot of pop music and there's always something good going on. I don't like everything that comes out DFA but they are always surprising you with something interesting. The first Still Going was a nice piano house track which I liked, and then this one came out and I listened to the long side, which was OK. Then I turned it around and there was this beautiful pop song, which was really nice, and exactly what I needed. I love vocals and this is such a romantic type of records. There is nothing wrong with a slower record at the end of the night.

It's an amazing record. It's a guy who is a friend of mine, and another guy who runs Restoration Records. I didn't really know anything about the label, but when I met him he gave me a pile of Restoration records which just remind of old... raw up-tempo electro or Detroit techno. Everything is analogue. They record everything in one take and that's it, which is amazing. It's just a kick and a snare but it's really dirty, pumping, rough and that's basically what is so attractive for me. It's got this edgy Detroit kind of rocking vibe. It's just a live jam of someone who has a big feel for good raw dance music. Not many people know about the label. These guys don't sell a lot, but the stuff that is coming out is really sick.

If you listen to his records it's not necessarily so retro but he brings something very powerful back onto the dance floor. The way he uses his chords: it makes noise. It's got power and it's got balls and it just brings back that rough, edgy sound. I'm really happy to see this coming out of America. They (the UQ crew) definitely bring a new kind of vibe into house music. Again, it's an old school touch – the way they use percussion. They might use a rim shot that we have heard before, but with the combination of drums and chords they have invented a totally new kind of Chicago. You can see the different kind moves on the dance floor. You can see the people coming back and dancing and bringing the boogie back in. I think that warmth, sexuality and funk are three aspects that are very important to bring back on the dance floor and this music has them all.