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This man's world is one hell of a small place - but then his name is Judge Jules and he is the main man when it comes to dance music on Radio 1.

The Judge

Debbie Troops caught up with the Judge for this exclusive interview as he travelled up to Manchester for last weekend's Goodgreef bash at Phillips Park Hall.

"Why do I still do it?... Well I still get an incredible kick out of it and I think that the time to stop is when you don't get that buzz anymore. I think clubbing did go a bit quiet post September 11 but I don't think there's a crisis as such in the scene right now... I'm still as busy as ever and playng to huge sell-out crowds all over the world - I played China recently - a 30,000 capacity and that was incredible. Clubbing's not that unhealthy right now but I suppose it's not really very newsworthy to say that things are ok.

"I do believe though that a lot of promoters and DJs have got out of touch with what people want and that is a problem. These things have a finite lifespan and you have to work with that... it's not enough to have a great reputation if you've lost the passion for the music... I still love the music that I'm playing and of course there's a constant new cycle of clubbers to play to and that keeps me fresh.

Judge Jules' show is on Radio 1 Saturdays 5- 7pm

"I won't keep going forever though, I don't want to be out there shaking a leg when I'm forty. I've seen some people still doing that - hanging on and it's not good. I'm looking at buying a restaurant in Ibiza and that's where me and my family intend to go one day... which will be great. But for the moment I'm just happy doing what I'm doing, playing at places off the beaten track like India - I mean I never imagined I would do that and it was incredible - amazing. But then I get to come home and do fantastic capacity things like Goodgreef tonight and later on God's Kitchen."

So who's he listening to at the moment?

"Oh quite a few people but I really rate Eddie Halliwell and Simon Patterson out of my own company and there's a few others, but for anyone out there who wants to do this job, they need to work hard at it, promote their own nights, make their own music and more importantly they can't be a social cripple... you've got to like people... that would be my general advice really, but I'm not looking to go out yet - when I do it'll be whilst I'm still at the top - but not for a while yet!"