You moved from your native Chicago to Amsterdam a few years ago - was that to soak up the European dance music scene? What did you learn there?

What a great question and yes actually it was to do exactly that! I learnt that the scene in Europe is first off amazing. And it's really a major dance community and is really a business, and if you wanna make it in Europe you have to go at it 100% - it's very serious, it's very real!

A lot of Chicago DJs have played for Infusion in the recent years, and they all seem to be very connected and friendly - is there a DJ brotherhood in Chicago?

It definitely is in Chicago, we all have a mutual respect for each other in Chi-town. Of course you have DJ drama like in every city, but in Chicago there is still major respect for each other...

America seems to have been bitten by the house music bug in recent times - has that affected what you do, or how people perceive you?

Definitely, Chicago is labeled with this super house mentality, which is fine. But I think it can paint us in the corner and Chicago is so much more than just a house scene, we have everything...

You run your own label, Farris Wheel - what's your musical mandate, and do you try to keep it pure Chicago house or have you broadened the horizons?

We defintely have put out more kinds of electronic music this year. We had the Chicago techhouse EP by Jerome Baker, and also a edgy, tech EP from Joshua IZ. So we've definitely been trying a few things this year as well as keeping it true to our fans at Farris Wheel Recordings.

You run free, online webinar DJ lessons on Youtube, which is a pretty cool thing to do - what prompted you to do it, and have you had any success stories with people who have learnt from you going on to make a career out of it?

Actually we originally made that for the youth in China and now it's spread out all over the world, which is amazing. I've heard lots of cool stories like "Man thanks so much, this has changed my life" and "Yo, I watched this 2 years ago now I'm a resident DJ at a club in London". Really cool stuff!

You've released 6 albums to date - but with the advent of the iPod Shuffle and the ability to download singles, do you think your album output will decrease from now on?

This year I've put out a lot of music on Cajual, Farris Wheel, Soma, Haitai Groove, and few other labels. 2011 has been my most productive year in years with almost 20 releases. So the answer is yes it will make me put out more music not less.

And finally, what can we look forward to from your set in Dubai?

It's gonna be a rocking set filled with house, tech house and techno, very similar to Loco Dice, Dennis Ferrer, and Cajmere. I'm going to rock the party, I can't wait.

Nasimi Beach Full Moon Party, Love Is Not Enough, Nasimi, Friday October 7, 2pm-2am, Free entrance for ladies and Face cardholders and 50AED for guys from 2pm – 8pm. 100aed for everyone from 8pm onwards.