Amid the bass-fueled chaos of Ultra Music Festival, we caught up with two legends who helped shape the sound of dubstep as we know it—Flux Pavilion and Doctor P. From early UK raves to global festival stages, these longtime collaborators have seen it all—and they’re still dropping heat. We sat down to talk legacy, evolution, and what keeps them inspired in 2025.
So, how long have you two been friends?
Doctor P: 22 years I think..? Maybe 23?
Flux Pavilion: Yeah, I think 23 years.
And how did you two meet?
Doctor P: We went to the same school, we are from the same town. We kind of met by chance- and were really the only two people in our town that were making music.
Flux Pavilion: We actually started our first band together when I was 13.
Who were your biggest inspirations to make music when you two first started?
Doctor P: I really liked Fatboy Slim. He was a big influence.
Flux Pavilion: Same. We really grew up listening to the same music, so our taste has been very similar over the years.
Let’s talk about Flux Pavilion and Doctor P as a DJ duo. Have you performed together before?
Flux Pavilion: Yes, this is our third time performing B2B at Ultra actually. But- it is out first time performing as an official DJ pair.
What is it like performing together? Do you plan to continue doing this beyond this tour?
Doctor P: Yeah, that’s the plan. Doctor P and Flux Pavilion has kind of become a thing that we’re going to do.
Flux Pavilion: For the foreseeable future anyway. We’re going to do this album, tour this album, and potentially even do a bigger version of the album.. maybe. And then after that, who knows? We really don’t know, so let’s just pretend this is never happening again. We may never get the opportunity to perform and tour together like this- so let’s act like this is the only time and have fun with it. That’s the mentality that has been fueling me through this.
Have you two thought about coming up with a collaborative name for your duo- like ‘Doctor Flux’?
Doctor P: Yeah, that actually occurred to me right at the very beginning when we first started talking about the album. And then we were like nah, let’s not do that.
Flux Pavilion: I view it as, this isn’t a rebrand. We don’t need to create a new identity for the two of us. We want to continue using our names so the older ravers still recognize us, but the newer ravers continue to learn about us. I want them to know, this is why we’re popular. That’s how we want to be remembered.
Let’s talk about music, what do fans have to look forward to?
Flux Pavilion: We released a new album recently. It’s a 15-track album called ‘Doctor P & Flux Pavilion’, and we’re preparing to go on tour with it.
What is your favorite track on that album?
Doctor P: Definitely ‘Rubber Dub’
Flux Pavilion: Yeah, I agree, definitely ‘Rubber Dub’. I think objectively it’s the best one. I also really love ‘Hot Piss’. But ‘Rubber Dub’ I think is a great combination of our sound and our ideas and I’ve been most excited to play that one.
If I were to hand each of you the aux right now.. what song would you put on?
Doctor P: Lately, I’ve been listening to MP8 and Funkmaster. So I’d probably put one of them on.
Flux Pavilion: There’s an album called ‘2020’ by Richard Dawson, who’s kind of like a singer, songwriter, folk artist from the UK. His songs just remind me of England- so I listen to them a lot when I’m not home.
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