Is there any particular style that has influenced you over the years?

I don't consider myself as a part of a tribe, although I do like the idea of a tribe, a youth tribe - they've always fascinated me.

Do you use clothes to challenge or defy society?

My dad was quite a big influence on me and dad would always read into what clothes people would wear. Dad was horrified when I used to watch Top of The Pops in the late seventies when the Sweets and David Bowie would come out dressed in glam rock, he was completely horrified by it all, so of course I made a note to self! I remember when the Sex Pistols came to Caerphilly and when punk and glam rock had gone wild it was trying to defy society and was a lot more dangerous than any other form of clothing.

How would you describe your style when growing up?

I've never thought of myself as a punk, a Ted, Rockabillies, Mod, skinhead or a raver, but I've definitely flirted with every one of those styles and taken elements from them all.

Has your style changed over the years?

When I was growing up in the valleys, I kind of felt like an outsider. I went to a Welsh school that was in a different valley, so I would leave my valley, Aber Valley and Rhymni Valley and go to Ysgol Rhydyfelen in Pontypridd. So I was kind of an outsider but I was happy to stand out.

You have some classic pieces in your wardrobe and this duffle coat is one of them isn't it?

I've worn this navy duffle coat every winter for the last ten years. This is an Aquascutum duffle coat, and it reminds someone of the fifties and sixties. It gets a lot of attention from football guys as they like to wear Aquascutum. Burberry was getting a bit passé and Aquascutum was the popular new name, especially in Cardiff.

Do you wear any other coats?

I also really like Baracuta jackets. They started to make these in the thirties, but they became famous at the end of the fifties and early sixties when the Mods and Rockabillies in America started wearing them making them cool. Apparently, this jacket is called Harrington after a film character that wore it a lot. They're actually golfing clothes but the Mods and Rocksbillies started to wear them, so by now it's quite a well known brand.

You also have a suit hiding in your wardrobe.

I do, and it's quite a special one. I bought it about twenty years ago from Duffer of Saint George on Arblay Street in London. It's an Edwardian riding suit. This is the style that the Teddy Boys wore a in the early fifties. I like the idea of young, middle class guys spending a lot of money on gentlemen's clothing that they shouldn't be wearing. If you're gentry then you can wear this suit to go riding and if you're a Teddy Boy you'd wear it to go into town on a Saturday night to start a fight with other young men! But I've never done either of course!

What about your shoes? What's the story behind these brown and cream shoes?

These are great, I adore them. I bought these at a second hand shop in London, and their just so cool! They have a little bit of a heel, only an inch, but an inch of extra height is fantastic when you're my size.

Where did you get these blue shoes?

I don't wear these any more because they're old and broken, but I think that these are my favourite pair of daps, ever! They're Pro Keds, and they're very hard to get hold of these days. Pro Keds like Converse is an American brand and a lot of the big gangs in America wore Pro Keds in the seventies, as well as punks, like the Ramones. I was DJ-ing in a break dancing competition recently and I was ecstatic when I saw someone wearing a pair of Pro Keds.

These shoes are very different to the Pro Keds, they're Brogues aren't they?

Yes they're brogues. I love brogues. I've worn these every day for the last five years and I also have a newer pair, but I'm going to continue wearing these for a bit but I do need to have them re-soled.

I get the impression that you're a gentleman at heart and that you're very fond of classic clothing.

Yes I think I am. The original skinheads would wear their Brogues with their casual clothes. In hip-hop in America young black men would wear what posh people would wear. But like hip-hop you use different things from different places to create something new.

We live in a time where we buy clothes and only wear them for a short period; do you have more respect for high quality clothes?

Certainly, my father was a tailor in the valleys. 'David Potter your local high class tailor', that's what it said on the plastic bag I used to carry my books to school in. People would laugh when they saw my bag, but not in a mean way as they all knew and liked my dad. Dad always told us to buy high quality things - he always had good quality clothes. He told me to spend more on good quality clothing and then I'd appreciated them more and they'd last longer. Sometimes I would buy a suit from Chelsea Antique Market when I was in London, and even though dad would be happy with them, he would say "very interesting, but not one that I would wear!" He could appreciate the quality and the work that had gone into making the suit and he's past that down to me - I like things that have been done well.

How does your image tie in with your work as a DJ?

I am much older than most of the people that come to dance to the records I play. I think a time comes when you realise that you don't want to look like a skateboarder any more! The music I play these days are old songs; I play a lot of soul and blues and they are old classics that still work today, so I think that there's a parallel there with my clothes.