The year was 2010. The setting was a trip to the Dooars in north Bengal. And the song was In the Waiting Line by Zero 7. We remember playing it on loop with our school friends while travelling by car to our holiday destination in the middle of a tea estate. Nothing, we felt then, could be a better soundtrack for our winding drive up the foothills of the eastern Himalayas, and we still remember that journey as if it were yesterday. And that really is the magical thing about music — a four-minute track can bring forth such an avalanche of memories and emotions that they help capture a moment in time for the rest of your days.

Now, Sam Hardaker from the British DJ duo will play a set in Mumbai at Disrupt, a two-day electronic music festival. The buzz around his performance has reached fever pitch. So we caught up with him, and here are excerpts of his answers, which are part informative, part cheeky.