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Brockhurst explains that time off isn’t really an option at this stage in his career. Running Circus Records with label mates Flux Pavilion, DJ Swan-E and Earl Falconer, plus keeping the fans happy and touring like a madman doesn’t really allow for a lot of relaxing. “I always do shows at the weekend, but I spend most weekdays at home. My time at home is spent making music, doing interviews and running the label, so I don’t really have down time. If I did have down time I would probably spend it sleeping!”

Brockhurst began his music career studying music production at university in the UK. He then worked under a number of different aliases and collaborations, starting out in the drum and bass scene under the moniker DJ Picto before rapidly doing an about turn, realising that dubstep was the direction to head for. “I was never truly a part of the drum and bass scene. I had a few small releases and never really did any gigs. It was when I found dubstep that I felt my music became what I wanted it to be, and I think other people felt the same. My dubstep became way more popular than my drum and bass!”

Some producers draw inspiration from others in the scene, some have routines they follow when creating music, but Brockhurst says that he leaves it all up to fate. “I just start making music and see where it takes me. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t! It’s difficult to find true inspiration, it always comes when you least expect it.”

Dubstep has almost been flooding the non-mainstream market over the past 18 months or so, and more and more artists are turning to the genre. Brockhurst reckons it was simply a case of good timing. “The music industry has been due for a revolution for a while, I think dubstep is what everyone was looking for. Who knows where it will go, or what it will turn into. All I know is that it’s way more interesting than most chart music.”

On that note, Doctor P’s leads 100% through his dubstep picks for the year. “Brown and Gammon is a favourite of mine. His music is so strange, but it works on lots of different levels. I’m also a fan of people like Koan Sound, and Feed Me, they are masters of what they do.”

Doctor P is an extremely busy dude, and this year has undoubtedly been a hectic one. He’s heading to our shores later this month to headline the Big Ape showcase, which will also feature fellow dubstep heavyweights Cookie Monsta, Funt Case and Slum Dogz collective, which Doctor P has been a part of since his DJ Picto days.

But despite all the touring and collaborations, Doctor P has one simple idea in mind for 2013. “I would like to spend some time making music. It doesn’t sound like a big request, but it’s become almost impossible to find the time over the last year or so.”

BY CHLOE PAPAS