Mixing it up

Where are you most excited about going in the future?

We’ve been pretty much everywhere on tour over the last 12 years. I think we’re all over 70 countries now, but we haven’t really done much stuff in the middle section of Africa. So I’d love to go there, to see where we all came from.

Do you have any favorite hotels, restaurants, bars or clubs?

So many. The best hotel I’ve stayed at (on holiday) is Hayman Island off the east coast of Australia. It’s actually an island, with two big yachts with uniformed crews and even a seaplane to ferry people from the mainland. The hotel itself backs into rainforest, and out front are the two concentric swimming pools, one of which is salt-water. These pools adorned the cover of the “Leading Hotels of the World” book for a few years, and they should know.

Work-wise, I’m quite boring when it comes to hotels, something quiet, with good blackout curtains and a comfy bed is all I need — all the fancy stuff you can get at tourist places is no good when you want to sleep at the odd hours we keep.

Restaurant-wise, there are so many, but my favorite is Sudestada in Buenos Aires. It’s an Asian fusion restaurant in Palermo: the food is amazing, the neighborhood is stunning and it pipped my other favorite restaurant (Green Bamboo, also in Buenos Aires) into second place by a nose. My favorite club is Space in Ibiza on a Sunday and my favorite bar is any of the coconut stalls on the beach in Rio de Janeiro.

What’s been the craziest day/week/or month of travel you can remember?

Years ago, our agent had a brain fart and booked us to play in Kuala Lumpur on Friday and Seoul on Saturday. I guess when you’re sitting in your office in London, the fact they are both in Asia seems to add up to a sensible routing. But in reality, they are not only very far from London but as far apart as London and New York. We did over 36 hours flying in four days. When we weren’t flying or waiting to board the next plane, we did two gigs, a three-hour after-party, slept very little, ate a lot of airplane food and vowed to buy our agent a world map.

STEVE AOKI

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for work?

Tokyo. It’s one of the best cities to explore day and night. Crazy fashion styles. You get inspired easily.

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for leisure?

Malta. Beautiful island country. Great food and the best wreck scuba-diving spots.

Where are you most excited about going in the future?

India.

12TH PLANET

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for work?

I think my favorite spot to travel to is going home. I am on the road so much that I miss my friends and favorite places to hang out in Los Angeles.

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for leisure?

I love going to Coachella during April. It’s all about hanging out by the pool all day, hanging at the festival all night.

Where are you most excited about going in the future?

Shameless plug . . . I cannot wait to go back to NYC for Electric Zoo this year.

For more info on Electric Zoo, also including Skrillex, David Guetta, Diplo, Axwell, Rusko, Dada Life, Benny Benassi, Knife Party and Porter Robinson in its lineup of more than 90 DJs, visit www.madeevent.com/ElectricZoo.