Surusinghe has spent most of her summer bouncing between continents and time zones on a run of festival dates and club slots. As she calls in from her London flat, she’s back from a weekend in Berlin and is already packing for a trip to San Francisco: “it’s just like plane, club, plane, club, another plane… that’s really where we’re at,” she says, with a laugh.

Those long-haul flights have given the London-via-Melbourne producer plenty of time to think about the various crowds she moves through, and more specifically what she calls “party guilt” – the sense that going out now often feels like something that needs to be justified. “I just hate any judgment around going out or not going out,” she says. “It’s about going out because you want to feel connected to something.”

That connection arrived early for the artist. Most of what she knows about rhythm comes from her childhood ballet training, long before she ever stepped onto a stick club floor or behind the decks. “I wasn’t a perfect ballerina,” she says. “I was a bit awkward and clunky,” she laughs. “But I just loved a way to express my connection to music.”

These feelings form the emotional core of her latest EP, Cutting Thread, a four-track, bass-forward project that sees the artist swing big with a dancefloor-led exploration of club pressure and release. Across tracks like “Rubbing” and “FRIED”, she pushes through amped-up, high-energy production in her signature register.

Now, free of any “party guilt,” she tells Dazed about her dream night out – spoiler: this one has already happened.

What day of the week was this?

Surusinghe: It was a Sunday morning. The party technically started on Saturday night, but we had an early night and woke up fresh.

What essential party supplies did you bring out with you?

Surusinghe: Always my water bottle. I need that. Earplugs too, hand sanitiser, tissues, beta blockers, paracetamol… all the essentials basically. And cigarettes.

Where was the pres at?

Surusinghe: We went for bagels in the morning, and got salmon, cream cheese, and orange juice.

Where was the venue?

Surusinghe: Nowadays in New York. It’s one of my favourite clubs in the world. It’s really simple in a way that I like – one main dancefloor, a bar, an outdoor space. You don’t feel like you’re constantly moving around; you can just settle into it.

What time did you pull up?

Surusinghe: Around 8:30am. I was DJing from 9am to midday, so we got there early, had enough sleep, and just started the day right.

Who else was on the lineup?

Surusinghe: The lineup was crazy; it was James K, Dr. Jeep, Shannon SP, then me, Identified Patient, Aurora Halal, and DJ Fart in the Club closing.

What were you drinking?

Surusinghe: Guinness on tap at Nowadays is amazing, so that was the first thing. Then margaritas later on.

What songs were you playing?

Surusinghe: I checked my Rekordbox for this one, and I opened with Orbital “Belfast”, closed with Two Lone Swordsmen “The Bunker”, and somewhere in the middle I played “This Is My Life (Bontan remix)”. Those are the ones that stood out for me that day.

Where did you go for afters?

Surusinghe: We went to a bar called Mansions first, but my favourite kind of afters are always the random ones. We were just chatting to people in a toilet queue and somehow ended up at this house in Brooklyn. No one really knew each other; we just all assumed we did. It was one of those funny ones where you’re in the Uber afterwards like, ‘Wait… who were they?’ but it felt really wholesome and relaxed at the time.

Cutting Thread is out now