“There is only so far you can take the live band thing,” the Scotsman explains, “and I think we'd reached that point. I want to take the show to another level with the DJ set. I can play longer and there is more room to try new things like big production. Vocal duties will now be down to amazing singers so I can concentrate on making the tunes.”


Fair enough too. Harris’s production skills have brought him a great deal of attention, the teenager fiddling in his room with his brother’s computer going on to work with both Kylie Minogue and Dizzee Rascal.
“Yeah my brother gave an Amiga to me as a hand-me-down and I just started making sounds, then ended up recording a whole album on it.


“But working with Kylie was great, she's just an amazing person and ridiculously talented. Dizzee's a really chilled out guy, it was the easiest process ever working with him. I've worked with him on a couple of tracks and he's always been a perfect gentleman.”


Record companies are taking Harris’s DJ career seriously too, Onelove and Sony Music cornering him to mix the second CD of their latest three disc set, ‘Onelove Sonic Boom Box’.
“I just wanted to make a 50-minute package of all the music that has been going off in clubs and at festivals over the past few months,” he says. “It's pretty full on, a proper party CD. They're all good tunes, John Dahlback's 'Olympia' is great, Steve Angello's 'KNAS' never fails to go off. Mr Blink’s 'Gecko' is definitely one to check out too – always works for me. Clearing the tracks was very easy actually for this CD and I managed to get some amazing music on the mix.”


As if the ‘Onelove Sonic Boom Box’ isn’t enough, Harris will be taking a break from his chilly northern climate, touring throughout Australia in March to support the release of his disc.
“A bit of sun is always nice when you live in the UK, and the crowds in Australia seem to go crazy so there is always a great energy at the shows. Huge tunes and massive bass always seem to be my thing and they just seem to go off a whole lot more than most places.”

‘Onelove Sonic Boom Box’ is out now. Calvin Harris plays FAMILY NIGHTCLUB, FrIDAY February 25 and Vanity Nightclub, Sunday March 6