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DJ DVA Q&A

The former Rinse FM breakfast DJ and UK funky apostle empties the contents of his psychic record bag

The track I'll be opening my next DJ set with
DVA: Reach The Sun

I'll be coming on after Untold, so I'll need a long and emotional intro to reset things. If he plays his new tune last, I'll have problems – it's sick.

The track that currently gets the most rewinds
Dismantle: Computation

I've seen people do some cracked-out skanks to this tune. Skream is one of those people. He dances like he's just been electrocuted with 1,000 volts. It's too funny, you should see it.

The track that's been unfairly slept on this year
Funk Bias: Last Forever

I used to batter it! It was released on the Swamp81 label which normally gets a lot of love, but this release just got tumbleweed.

The track that got me out of bed this morning
Shy One: Bedknobs & Boomkicks

It's a project I'm releasing on my label DVA Music. It had me up at 4.30am this morning trying to get her to finish it off.

The track I wish I'd signed to my label
Cher Lloyd: Swagger Jagger

Then I would have made sure that no one else on the planet heard it apart from her and her mum.

The best track by my favourite new artist
Joss Ryan: Melancholy Dreams

Ryan is one of the best new producers I've heard on Soundcloud for a hot minute. He's got a style which is heavily influenced by Joker, Silkie and even James Blake but it's still his own sound.

The track that should have been a crossover hit
Roska & Jamie George: Wonderful Day

How this tune does not get playlisted on Radio 1 every summer I'll never know.

The track I wish i'd never played
Skee-lo: I Wish

I played this on the radio recently. Afterwards I felt pretty depressed.

The track I'd play to show off my eclectic tastes
Tim Hecker: I'm Transmitting Tonight

I also played Bobby Brown's Two Can Play That Game as my last tune at a trance festival. Does that count?

The track I'd play at sunset in Ibiza
DJ Kent Feat Zaki Ibrahim: Sunrise

Even though you said sunset not Sunrise, this would still kinda work. I actually got to play at sunset in Croatia on the Rinse FM boat. I had no idea the sun was setting behind me, so I was playing loads of hard funky and grime stuff. I didn't realise until the pics came back. Never mind.

DVA plays Fabric, EC1, Fri; his debut album Pretty Ugly is out on 19 Mar

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