BBC Radio 1's mini mix.

Yes, today I'm joined by underground music lover, DJ, producer, record label owner.

Is there anything you don't do?

He's not in the dressing guard.

It's Fish 56 Octagon, everyone.

How you doing?

Yeah, good man.

How you doing, Danny?

Very good, mate.

Good to have you on the show.

Last time you're on the show was Glastonbury last summer,

and a lot of people are getting excited for festival season this year with it just around the corner. How different is your life and DJ Dari this time compared to last year in

2024? Well, this time last year, I'd still only played a small number of professional gigs

and I was still working in my day job, you know, doing a kind of nine to five sort of thing because I didn't actually, I'm DJing, I'm travelling around and stuff, but it's very, very hard work and long, long hours.

It's like 24-7 things, as I'm sure you know as well.

It's also about making connections with people and trying to get hold of the latest music to playing your sets and things like that.

So it's always on, but I'm doing something that I'm totally passionate about.

Let's talk about your mini-mix nine times out of ten. I would kind of know what an artist would do in terms of the style, the theme and the genre

that they're going to do.

With you, it could literally be anything because you've got so many genres.

In fact, probably all the genres under the umbrella of electronic music.

Where do you start with the mini mix. So actually with the mini mix, I tried to represent that in a five-minute mix with like 20

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