This year the Efes Pilsen One Love Festival takes place from 20-21 June. Royksopp (check interview, TOIST March 09) and The Klaxons will be headlining the event; other scheduled performers include Zero7, M83, Tricky, Filthy Dukes and many more.

Your debut ‘Nonsense in the Dark’ is a great album and it has received a lot of good reviews from critics. Was there a particular comment or critique that you enjoyed in particular?
The Independent said “this is what Daft Punk’s 3rd album should have sounded like” and we were their record of the week. I think maybe it’s a little over the top as Daft Punk are definitely heroes of ours, but it is very nice all the same. I’m glad Daft Punk’s third album didn’t sound like this, or we wouldn’t have known what we wanted to do. Our album sounds like us.

You’ve been active as a band since 2005. But your debut was released only a couple of months ago. What took you so long to make the album?
Well we have been DJs since 2003 but only really started making music together about 2 years ago. We started playing live as a band nearly a year ago. I’m not sure why it took us so long to be honest; it was partly down to the fact we are so busy. We run our night Kill Em All and of course DJ plus we have started a record label now. We also allowed ourselves a long time so we’d get it right; we didn’t want to make an album that was created out of a scene or a fashion- it had to be about music and having fun: creating something we were proud of. It seems to have worked.

What do you think about Daft Punk’s 3rd album ‘Human After All’? Have you ever met them personally?
I love Daft Punk; they have created some of the best dance music ever made. They were a definite influence on parts of our album. ‘Messages’ reminds me a bit of ‘Face to Face’. I don’t think their 3rd album is their best, but it has some moments. They will be back with something incredible, I have no doubt about that. We met them very briefly at a festival in Spain. Busy P asked us to come and meet them but we were a bit late and they were already in their leather outfits and helmets, so we didn’t get to talk, just more of a handshake. I cannot imagine what made us late to meet Daft Punk- seems crazy now!

Could you tell us about Kill Em All, the nightclub that you own in London? How did you decide to run this club?
We met at a pub in Camden called the Lock Tavern where I was booking all the DJs and bands. At the time all the local clubs were indie clubs and we were really into emerging record labels like DFA from New York & Out Put from London. We started playing dance music in indie clubs basically, booking bands and DJs and creating something fairly unique in that area in London. We then got asked to move it to Fabric and we have been there for 4 years now. We gave the first gigs to bands and DJs like Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Bloc Party, MSTRKRFT, Cut Copy, Crystal Castles, Boys Noize etc.

All of my favorite artists have played at your club including Justice, Erol Alkan, Bloc Party, James Murphy, Chemical Brothers, Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles... Which one was the greatest performance? Are you friends with them all?
I’m not sure I could say friends with all of them; we tend to stay friends with the people we see a lot. Justice used to play at Kill Em All a lot but now they are megastars so we never see them, but good luck to them; they created a sound and a scene that blew everyone’s mind. I really don’t think I can say there was one lone performance that was above all the rest though certain nights are more memorable than others, I guess. I think I always like seeing new acts and new bands, and whoever I saw last is the band or person that impressed me most. We Have Band and Plugs, I think, are the best acts I have seen recently….oh and I am releasing their singles on Kill Em All Records! (laughs)

Isn’t it hard to run a nightclub, release such a great album and tour all around the world? How do you make time for all these commitments?
We just don’t sleep really and everything feeds into each other. Most of the collaborators on our album had played at Kill Em All, and many of the bands we like we remix and I guess we just have a massive thirst for new music and artists.

Could you tell us a funny thing that has happened during one of your performances, backstage or while partying after the show?
During the show we tend to be very focused on the music and the crowd and are really into the music so nothing that funny has ever happened really. There are too many things that happen backstage to even begin to talk about... I dropped my phone down the toilet the other week in a multitasking accident; iPhones aren’t good in toilets it seems. That’s not that funny…

If a young, no-name band comes to you and asks you to remix one of their songs, would you do it? Would you even listen to it?
I would always listen to it for sure, if it was good then why not? We are very, very busy at the moment so time is more of a factor to be honest. New music is what keeps us going so I always want to hear new things

What are the essential components to a good night out for you?
This sounds really lame but a good night is in fact a good night in, as we have so few of them these days. But no, we love what we do and would not want to be doing anything else. I would like to DJ and play live, plus off the top of my head I would also like on the bill (of my perfect night) – James Murphy DJing, Bat For Lashes live, Ewan Pearson DJing, Late Of The Pier live, The Chap live, Erol Alkan DJing and stopmakingme DJing at a big festival with a pool and lots of great wine and cheese.

What have you heard about Istanbul and what are you most looking forward to doing while here? Maybe you talked with Erol Alkan about Istanbul?
I am coming for a few days as I have heard loads of great things about Istanbul. We played a festival here a few years ago but it wasn't in the city so I didn’t get to see any of it. I am most looking forward to the food, the markets and some of the bars I have read about overlooking the Bosphorus. I have never talked to Erol about Istanbul but maybe I will now; he will probably know some secret record shops.