Abstract Electronic UK
28 December 2025
I actually saw you at Glastonbury last year at Glade and it was incredible, I absolutely loved your set! I believe it was your first time playing Glastonbury so how does it feel to be going back?
Ah I’m glad you enjoyed my set, it was a truly emotional experience for me last year. It feels amazing to be back – I actually feel like I belong there. It would feel weird to not go every year now.. It’s a magical place.
So your latest EP release is called ‘Sancturance’ – I really like ‘Basix’ off it, it’s just a classic groove along track. But I’m curious as to what inspired the name ‘Sancturance’?
It’s actually a mashup of the words ‘sanctuary’ and ‘dance’ because the whole vibe of the EP was to create a space where people feel safe and at peace at the rave.
Now this might be a bit of a hard question, because all of your tracks are ones that you can dance to, but do you have a favourite track to play that you think really gets the crowd going?
My fav track to play at the minute is actually my new single (out 21/06) ‘KEEP U’ which is out on my brand new label ‘mega wavy’. I’m actually not just saying that to plug the track too it is genuinely the one tune at the minute that has really been going off in my sets. Very excited about it!
We’ve actually got a project in the works at the moment in The New Age Magazine making a documentary about female artists playing festivals. What does it mean for you to be playing Glastonbury, out of all festivals, as a female DJ?
Glastonbury, to me, has always been the ultimate festival, and arguably the best festival in the world. The anticipation behind it, the fact that I’d never been able to get a ticket before I played last year. It means a lot to play there. Last year I didn’t feel like a minority. I think the crowd tends to be a lot more evenly split (rather than certain other UK festivals where the crowd is full of shirtless boys). Also, I do feel like as a woman, especially a queer woman, playing any festival can feel like I’ve been added to a lineup as an afterthought to diversify it. I can’t help feeling like a ‘quota-filling’ act sometimes. I can say though that the times I have played at Glasto I haven’t ever felt like that. I feel like I’ve been booked for my music, rather than to tick a box. That really is down to the promoters running the stages though.
And what do you think of the Glastonbury line-up this year and who are you most looking forward to seeing?
The lineup is always so chocka it’s hard to pick faves, but some highlights for me are Charli XCX on Friday night (obsessed with her new album brat), Little Simz and Olivia Dean on the Pyramid stage, Jamie xx in the Woodsies, and acid house legends Orbital.
One quick final question! When you’re not performing, where are you most likely to be found at Glastonbury?
Through the day, sat at one of the main stages eating good food, drinking a pint. In the evenings, somewhere sketchy in the SE corner. Making mates with strangers.
