Annie Mac webchat – on banning bongos, club closures and her favourite song | Annie Mac

Thanks for your questions folks. I’m off to do the school run!

Affirmative. I have lost hearing in my left ear and tinnitus is an old friend. I wear moulded ear plugs now.

Trump is worse because Brexit hasn’t happened yet.

Glastonbury at Silver Hayes about three years ago. I’d had very little sleep the night before and was worried as it was a really big gig for me. But when I walked onstage the crowd had this big surge of noise and it was quite moving and I ended up having one of those gigs where everything worked seamlessly. The atmosphere was perfect.

I hope not! I think people still like to be guided. They still like a personal, human curation process. People who are passionate about music. In the same way I love football but don’t have time to sit and watch MOTD every week – people are busy, so if they can sit and listen to a music show from someone they can trust, I don’t feel that will ever go. A person presenting music is still something people want.

My first gig that I ever went to was Moloko in Dublin when I was 15 or 16. Roisin Murphy blew my mind. There was a dog basket onstage that she regularly curled up in and she had a loudspeaker and sang a lot through that. She also had her entire Irish family with her who of course we made friends with at the lock in afterwards. I’ve loved her ever since.

Being on the dancefloor mainly. Hearing Daft Punk’s Burnin’ for the first time. Making about 35 new friends every time I went. Seeing life-changing DJ sets from the likes of Andy Weatherall and Laurent Garnier.

Let’s use the example of Nuyorican Soul – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (4 Hero Remix). When I was in my late teens I started buying records properly. I lived in Farnborough and there was not much going on there apart from a weekly car boot sale. I’d go there every week and come home with loads and loads of vinyl and so loved joining the dots between labels and artists and producers. This record helped me discover Minnie Riperton and the Rotary Connection and there’s many more like this.

It’s not something I think about. I am literally blushing as I say this. CAN’T HANDLE.

I guess I would casually interview them. I end up doing that a lot sub consciously. Asking people questions is my nature.

My keys. My wallet. My phone. My charger. My laptop.

I think people can definitely leave a legacy as important as Pete Tong’s. However, in terms of electronic music, Pete sums up the time when electronic music was at its peak in term of cultural significance and popularity. And also he was absolutely imperative to making that happen. Every dance track that you hear in the charts today can be traced back to the work of Pete Tong. He persuaded Radio 1 to ditch the road shows and go to Ibiza instead. The rest is history.

Sweet Thing. That’s my favourite song of all time. It feels like it’s bordering on the divine – there’s something semi-religious about it. The lyrics are so beautiful. I have so many associations with him and growing up in Dublin.

District 8. It’s in an old theatre called the Tivoli. I played there a couple of Christmases ago and it was one of my favourite gigs ever. The Dublin crowds are unbeatable. Yes I am biased but it’s true.