Dance music legend Judge Jules admits he will wearing his sensible hat when he returns to Scotland next month to play Colourfest at Glasgow's Braehead Arena.

For the Londoner's first visit to our shores is one he will never forget.

He said: "On my first DJ visit to Glasgow in my early 20s I got so very wasted. I lost my records, my mobile phone and I woke up 12 hours after my set in a house party in Motherwell without knowing how I'd got there, with a couple of girls protecting me from having my eyebrows shaved.

"I never got the records or mobile phone back, and was always a little bit more sensible on visits to Scotland ever since."

The 48-year-old, real name Julius O'Riordan, seems to have learned his lesson from the early days of djing. Since then he has built up a reputation as a trance pioneer through his producing and DJ work, and of course as a successful music lawyer - it's no accident his stage name is Judge Jules.

But does he prefer one aspect of his career over another?

"It would be impossible to prefer anything to performing in front of a large crowd," he explained

He added: "Producing records is an integral part of what any DJ does. And of course huge part of my sets, in fact the vast majority consists of playing both my own productions and my own mash up, and remixes versions of other people's tracks. So the two are tied into the same whole but the thrill of performing in front of people chanting and dancing in your direction is the ultimate drug - one I've been lucky to enjoy for many years."

Perhaps the reason why Judge Jules has had a long career in the music business is his passion for both djing and producing, and it seems he would agree.

He said: "I don't think you can fool anybody, you can't fake it. I absolutely love what I do and pour everything into it - my heart and soul. These days I might be a music lawyer during the week and just DJ at weekends but it's still a job that takes a massive amount of background work. For every two hour performance, there are multiple hours of preparation and it's that hard work in the background and that genuine, impossible-to-fake enthusiasm during my performances that have given me longevity."

With a career that has spanned two decades, it is no surprise that the former Radio 1 DJ has seen a lot and of course experienced some utterly bizarre moments.

He explained: "In the many years I've been a DJ I've experienced the full litany of different bad experiences, although these type of things are quite rare.

"Fights, police raids, CS gas, small fires, mini riots, and cancellations for an assortment of different reasons. But the worst thing that happened to me consistently was when a good DJ friend who was often on the same bill as me found it entertaining, whilst I was at that point in the mix fully immersed in concentration in front of the crowd, to come up quietly behind me and yank my trousers and underwear down to my ankles whilst I was DJing and could do nothing about it.

"Not everybody saw because it was concealed behind the decks, but he found it highly entertaining and did it numerous times in various different gigs. I didn't really see the funny side although time is healed."

It's good news for his fans travelling to Ibiza this summer as he confirmed he is in the process of organising his residency, admitting: "We're just beginning to put the dates and things together now for Judgement Fridays so I'd love to be able to give you a bit more detail but other than that, it's the longest standing DJ led residency in Ibiza, by some years actually!"

For now, however, he intends to concentrate on his upcoming set at Coloursfest on Saturday, June 6.

He said: "I can't wait. I wouldn't say I play any differently when I go to Scotland but my expectations are higher because, and it doesn't matter what sphere of entertainment you come from, you know that when you visit Scotland, and particularly Glasgow, things are going to absolutely rock."

Catch Judge Jules at Coloursfest on Saturday, June 6.

Tickets start at £49.50 plus booking fee.

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