Do you think it’s wrong that remixers can transform an average track, into an international hit, and only get paid a fixed fee?
I don’t know about thinking it’s wrong I just think, if it happens for you let’s say if you’re a remixer/producer type cat like me, and maybe you’re kinda new or you’re trying to break through. I wouldn’t be so concerned about getting paid on that song because you’re gonna get a tonne of more offers after, and then you can do the little rape job after that.

You inspired me to play house music when I was a teenager after I heard ‘Witch Doctor’ and remixes like ‘Runaway’, ‘Spin Spin Sugar’, ‘Sex Life’ and of course ‘Sugar Is Sweeter’. Was there a certain track that you remember hearing, that made you choose to make and play music?
Ummm, I mean one of the bigger when I was growing up that kinda just blew me away, I’m not sure if I wanted to make the music yet, but stands out as being something big for me was ‘Planet Rock’.
I didn’t really try and make those kind of things, I didn’t get a drum until like a year after that.

Back in the day your production it seemed like you was always built around the bassline. How do you think your style has changed over the years?
Well in a sense I never really had a sound I guess, or a style. I had like an era where I had a little thing going with the bassline, and then I had another thing going with the tribal drums. I’ve never had a sound where as if Daft Punk do an album they have like a sound that you can expect from them, even though they can go real left with it you know you’re gonna get this quality sounding music. I don’t really have that, my stuff’s just kinda all over the road.

What is your favourite AVH production of all time?
I don’t really have any favourites, but you know for me personally i guess one that was big for me only because I didn’t really know if I would have a career, and it was kinda like you’re making records to put out, and you’re making a little bit of noise in the clubs makes you happy but you’re not looking at it as a career. But when ‘Witch Doctor’ came out it kinda hit variously across Europe, and it was big in New York, so it felt big and it felt like maybe I can actually do this for a living.

If I was asked to describe your recently released album ‘Ghettoblaster’ in three words I’d say “Fashionably, Jackin’, Sex”. What three words would you use?
Ummm, let’s say Up-tempo, Urban Soul.

The album is refreshingly different and up to date, but also has so many musical influences from the past. Was that what you were aiming to do?
Definitely, I was actually even trying to just completely make it sound like then, with really not much concern for now.

So who were your biggest influences on the record?
I’d say like Mantronix, Arthur Baker, ‘Jellybean’ Benitez and maybe a little Marley Marl.

Would you consider re-releasing some of your old productions with new mixes?
In a word, no. I mean with me with music I’m just like all of that whole re-hash, re-produce, remix and re-update thing, I kinda just let that just be run by office people (laughs), do you get what I’m saying. I let them like figure out their little war strategies with all those songs. I like to just stay in the background on that.

Have you been able to get out and do much DJing since the album was released?
I’ve toured minimal, that’s pretty much it. I’ve been on the minimal thing for a good seven or eight years now and I’m enjoying it heavily.

What has been your biggest achievement to date?
I guess it’s more like I get it from second person if you know what I mean.
Not from my opinion of me, but it’s better when I hear what other people have to say about me. One thing they do say is that I’m building a legacy in this game, because in this music you’re supposed to be cool and then you’re supposed to disappear off the face of the earth. You’re not really supposed to like come up and then come back a lot of times, it’s not really normal.

Is hip hop and rock music still dominating the US market, or is dance music starting to have an effect?
In the little cool hipster circles yes, but outside of that the lines are drawn in America and it’s rock and hip hop and that’s it. But in the little corners of the world dance music is making quite a big come back right now, in terms of like everybody looking for alternatives to rock and hip hop.

Describe a normal day for AVH away from music (if that’s possible)?
Well I live in New York so it would be, chill out, walk around, catch up with friends. Have an espresso or something and you know, catch up with girls (laughs) or whatever. Keep it lite FM as we say.

What’s next for AVH?
Not sure about the immediate next, but after I do house albums or a dance album like ‘Ghettoblaster’ so right after that I like to tap into the RnB and rap game, so that’s kinda what I’m up to right now.