If God is a DJ, then Sister Bliss’ mother must have slept with Apollo. To help prepare Australian audiences for the group’s upcoming Australian dates, the Faithless disc spinner and producer par-excellence took time out to speak about its new shows, the man behind Maxi Jazz, and a few more things besides.

We got the ball rolling by asking how life on the road has been treating them. “It’s been great,” says Sister Bliss. “We did have an incredible summer. It’s just been so busy and so mad. We had a couple of weeks off and when Maxi came back one of his best mates gave him a proper cold. We know exactly who it was too, because he gave it to two other people.”

All up though, things have been going well. “It’s been a great summer, and a great response to our album. And we’re looking forward to getting over to Oz. Particularly because we get to miss a little bit of the British winter.”

What can punters expect from this tour?

“We really want it to be a total feast for fans. We’re reworking some stuff and have some new songs in the set. It’s been fantastic fun. It’s killing the drummers. It’s good they’ve got to be fit to do this new Faithless set with the new dancey tracks,” she says.

“You’re getting the full-on Faithless live experience, and we’re delving into all six of our albums, from the anthems that people know and love, to some of the new music which I think is just rocking at the moment. It’s a really strong set. It just feels better than ever. It’s more potent and more exciting.”

After 15 years making this Faithless machine happen, is it easy to still love getting up on stage? “Oh yeah, that bit is always possible to love,” she says. “It’s the other bits that are sometimes impossible.”

“But the tedious bits are always made up for with the vibe of the gig. You think, ‘Ah, this is what it’s all about’. It’s really joyous and really celebratory. I feel so blessed and grateful that after 15 years we’re still able to be doing this and people have been going off more than ever. It’s very rewarding.”

The key, she says, is that Faithless have not sold out, or made music that they didn’t want to make.

“It seems to me that without…being really hideously commercial we’ve managed to make music we wanted to make and do really incredible shows and still be appreciated and have a really loyal and passionate fan base,” Sister Bliss says. “That is an incredible thing in this day and age, where people are always thirsting after the new young thing.”