We had free reign to represent our tastes with no other branding. Our artist album isn't ready but we used 3 of our tracks - more than before in a comp. We've been leaking some pretty popular bootlegs!  

3 people's tastes are in there... I like electro stuff, Joel (Prime Cuts) is into dubstep and Tony loves drum n bass. There's enough hip hop on there to appease, but big parties are what we're about so it’s a sample of what we do live.

Pharoahe Monch's 'Push' and Million Dan's 'Dogz and Sledgz' have been rinsed already - weren't you keen to have some fresher tunes?

You're right, but people still ask us about those, and both are hard to find on 12". Clearance is hard for ‘Push,’ and Million Dan is UK, so we wanted to push that.

Your tune, 'Freaks,' belongs with the hyphy hip hop DJ Shadow champions now – what about his comeback?

Shadow is an absolute hero! It shocks when someone like that changes direction. Musically, it has energy so I love it as a DJ, but it's not the album for me.

Mark Ronson's remix of Radiohead's 'Just' features too...

His stuff is a breath of fresh air. I like how he uses live instruments to create wholesome music – going backward to move forward.

Part of you wonders how long it’ll last... I use Serato for sets because it's still vinyl based; the future is ways of adapting the art within new technologies. I still visit Rough Trade and Phonica, and we’re stuck in our ways!

The crossover potential of UK hip hop doesn't seem to live itself out as it should. Any attitude about keeping it down is with the fans, not the artists. When I was 15 in Scotland it was great listening to stuff my mates hadn't heard, but we're realistic now. I don't know why, like Plan B never became as massive as I hoped.

Which are your favourite tracks from 'Watch The Ride'?

Sebastian's 'Ross Ross Ross,' Skibadee's 'Tika Top' and the Unkle remix of Queens Of The Stone Age.

Last record you bought?

'Smoking Kills,' by Sebastian.