8 DJs tell us how they stay sane on tour

"I recently started doing loads of edits while travelling on trains or planes. I can’t seem to get into the head space to make full tracks on the road yet, but I’ve really started enjoying edits. It doesn’t take as much thought as an original track and sometimes I haven’t slept much when travelling, so making an original is too much. I usually do about two or three edits a week. Even just adding a high hat to a track can make it fit better with my sets.

I try to use the gyms in hotels, but it's hard if you're travelling. I've started requesting hotels with gyms now. I suppose that's one of the few downsides of being a DJ as I don't get to exercise.

I'm playing sober a lot more now. I used to drink all the time, but I don't anymore now. The first year I was DJing, I was partying all the time. I still do a bit now, but what happened was, after Ibiza last summer, I did a month sober after the Paradise closing party. That was the first time I'd really done it and I really enjoyed the gigs. My girlfriend comes away with me quite a bit. I don't have a tour manager, but I go most places by myself. My girlfriend will come with me for the long-haul tours to Australia or America. She works as my assistant now so does all of my logistics and American bookings. She's got the freedom to come now and it's so much better because when she had a different job, we didn't see each other that much. Having the freedom of her coming has completely transformed it."