Duke Dumont, Mielo, mindcntrl

press release: In a way, the enormous success of Duke Dumont has somewhat slipped under the radar. So unassuming is Adam George Dyment, that it's easy to forget he played one of the most pivotal roles in making UK deep house the thundering global juggernaut it is today. When his single 'Need U 100%' soared straight to number 1 in March 2013, it became the first UK house track to do so in over a decade, reaching Gold certification.

Away from the charts though, he continued the underground explorations that first made his name, through the For Club Play Only EP series on Turbo Recordings. So while 'Won't Look Back' was snaking into Radio 1's A-list, the more radical and rigid percussive banger 'Drumapella' from his other project was simultaneously permeating the underground club scene. It's this multifaceted success, a fingers on all turntables approach, that unleashed such a relentless touring schedule for Dumont, taking him worldwide.

At Coachella this year, Dumont put this prospective album material to the test – performing a 60 minute live set of all original work to a crowd that swelled from 3,000 to 25,000 during his show. "I was between 2 EDM acts, so I was a little scared," he admits. "When you are performing music at a live level, things can get very competitive. Is the act before you going to be more aggressive, louder, are their lights going to be bigger and better? The thing a lot of people lose in that respect is that music should have a lot of emotion to it. It should be heartfelt. It should trigger something. I put most of the songs from the album into that set, so it all hinged on my stuff. This was no DJ set. And I felt proud when it really captured the crowd's attention."

So much tireless work has gone into making his live show what it is, taking cues from acts like Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk, in an effort to create a performance that truly reflects the artistic craft of electronic music rather than pandering to the cultural clichés of hedonistic immediacy. His performances are pulsating, emotional journeys. But, at the end of the day, the show would be nothing if the source material wasn't strong enough, and that's where Dumont excels.