It is not easy for Electronic acts to make a big impact in the greater spectrum of the musical world, but that is exactly what Paul Harris and his fellow band members did when Dirty Vegas unleashed their self titled album in 2002. These days Paul is doing things away from Ben and Steve from Dirty Vegas, and expanding his horizons working with a host of other top artists in the production field, as well as doing his thing superbly behind the decks. He tours the world, plays for celebrities, so it’s safe to say that he is a very busy and productive man in the electronic field, and as such we thought we’d make his time less spare by trying to get a few words out of the UK based DJ and Producer.

After the great success of Dirty Vegas earlier in the decade especially, did you find that the pressures around you increased or could you relax a bit more?
I guess I could relax after being pretty successful, I didn’t really have to prove anything, only to myself, and it seems to be going ok so far... But I seem to work a lot harder nowadays!

Obviously being part of Dirty Vegas was time consuming and demanding. As such do you look forward to spending time away from the other lads?
Na, were great friends, I’ve just started recording again with Ben as Hydrogen Rockers, and Steve’s doing a vocal on a new track for me, so I can’t get separated for them that easy.

How demanding was touring solo, as well as having your Dirty Vegas commitments. Did you have time for other hobbies outside music and was this a major reason why you left the band?
To be honest, I couldn’t do too much stuff solo, I had to fit everything around the band, other hobbies, just cooking and drinking! Probably the main reason I left the band is I wanted to make music with more people, being in a band you only make 1 album every couple of years. I wanted to make an album every couple of months!

You have been known to DJ at some pretty exclusive parties for the celebrity types. Do you still dabble in this from time to time?
Yeah, I try... I was DJ’ing last week for Ewan McGregor and Sharleen from Texas, had everyone from Tom Ford from Gucci to Simon Le'bon there... Good fun, I play a big cross section of music, its good for me doing this, give's me more idea's, and makes me listen to a lot more music!

You are currently touring Australia, and were there in June last year. Is there something about the place that takes you back there more then often?
I just like the place! The people, the weather, the food, the club's.... Hey home from home!

Any plans to hit Miami for the WMC this year?
I have quite a lot planned, doing around 4 parties, and I have a lot of tracks to promote.

Is there any breaking news you can report production wise, either in the way of remixes or original productions?
Well, I have a new track coming on CR2 under my new Superbass guise With Jay P, I've just remixed the new Cevin Fisher track for SR2. I have a track coming out on SR2 also. And, have a new track coming out on Toolroom as well as a couple of tracks forthcoming from myself and Mark Knight, and myself and Audiofly.

What producer’s do you personally like and always seek out when record shopping?
The people I try to work with! Mark Knight, Nic Fanciulli, Seamus Haji, Audiofly, Tiga, Get Physical stable, there's so so so much good music out there, from people from all around the world.

Your tip for the World Cup, or is Football not your thing?
For f**** sake, I hope England win it soon!

Paul Harris is currently touring Australia and is playing at Kink in Sydney on February 4, The Garden in Sydney on February 5, The Birdhouse in Melbourne on February 10 and Family in Brisbane on February 11.