So we decided to pitch Rich Showell, Dubai's own purveyor of feel-good house and one of the men behind the ace Turn Me Loose nights, against Jozif ahead of his Dubai gig, and record the musical meeting of minds. Gentlemen, when you're ready...

You have catapulted on to the global stage in the last 12 months. Is there a quick fire secret behind this?

I've been playing records for about 15 years, so have almost always been involved in DJing and running parties. I guess if I had to pin point one particular thing that has helped me gain more recognition, it would have to be my productions. I've worked really hard over the past 4 or 5 years learning the right techniques and processes in order to get the music outta my head and onto the page.

The house scene seems to be undergoing a 'feel good' transformation with people such as yourself, Soul Clap and the Hot Natured guys slowing things down and funking and sexing them up.  What are your thoughts on this and has it been a conscious effort on your part?

Yeah, I would definitely agree. But to be honest, music, much like fashion, always seems to move in cycles. Plus I think that a lot of music is kind of timeless and you can play it pretty much when ever you want. Things like the Chicago bumpty bump stuff or the more heavy Detroit bits don't seem to have altered too much from when I started playing them in the mid-late nineties so they'll always get a play. I think it's probably more in the eyes of the wider/more mainstream audience that they see this bigger change at hand.

As for it being a conscious effort, I'd love to say yes, but I don't think I'm quite that talented a producer yet that I can just sit down and make a specific piece of music. I just sit in the studio and what comes out, comes out. If that was the case, I would've been writing minimal flip flop a few years back instead of, what ever you call what I was making!

Do you see this continuing or are we all going to be listening to 126bpm minimal bleeps again in 2 years time?

Good question, I don't know to be honest, I'm not sure if anyone does... I think maybe the resurgence in more housey stuff will probably spawn some new mutation in one way or another, or at the very least spawn some new and exciting producers.

House will almost always have its place, whether it be at the forefront like it is right now, or meandering in the backgound.

Yeah, I guess my stuff is more instrument based rather than machine based which I have no doubt comes from my up-bringing. Growing up, I was exposed to drums, guitars and pianos rather than drums machines, synths and computers.

The Beatles producer was a guy called George Martin who, after working at Parlaphone records for a while as one of the arrangers and producers, took it over. My dad was then signed to that label and worked with all those guys during the 60s. It all got a bit weird really because I ended up re-editing 'Eleanor Rigby' which was one of George's famous arrangements for Lennon and McCartney.

Your Resident Advisor podcast was a huge hit and contained many of your own edits, which seems to be a common theme amongst the artists we mentioned earlier (Soul Clap, Hot Natured etc). What's your opinion on the criticism that edits like this have received recently?

The podcast was 100% made up of original material and edits,

that was the idea in the first place, to try and 'write' a podcast rather than just 'play' one. There is a lot to be said for bringing an old record back to life as an edit and exposing a new generation of people to it, but then again, simply sticking kick drums under original pieces isn't really an edit in my eyes. As for the Wolf & Lamb guys and Hot Natured, I think it's probably important to recognise that the edit type material isn't the only stuff the guys do. Also, I don't think the edits have got them any Platinum discs or bought them houses in Malibu!

You recently gave away some of your edits on Soundcloud.  Firstly, thank you, that Eleanor Rigby track goes down an absolute storm ever time. Secondly, can we have some more please?

Hehehe, yeah well that's kinda my ethos when it comes to edits.

If they're workable and playable for people, then I usually just give them away. There are some more on the way, they'll probably be available after the Ibiza season, so I can play em for a few weeks first.

Finally, are you looking forward to making your Dubai debut and do you have anything exclusive lined up to mark the occasion?

I'm super duper excited. I've never even been to Dubai let alone played there, so I'm going to stay an extra day or so and have a wander round. I'm pretty certain it's a wee bit different to sunny Dalston in east London where I live!

Jozif plays iLL Communications at Trilogy in the studio room on Friday June 24. 10pm-3am, Dhs100.