(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Calvin Harris has revealed that listening to Daft Punk inspired him to get into dance music.

The Scottish DJ, who has enjoyed international success with hits including Ready for the Weekend, explained that hearing the bassline on the French duo's classic track Around The World made him want to create his own music.

The 27-year-old also blamed the demise of two of his favourite bands at the time for his musical start.

"My love of the Spin Doctors was in parallel with my love for Jamiroquai... and Jamiroquai imploded at the same time as the Spin Doctors. When Mark King left the Spin Doctors and when Stuart Zender left Jamiroquai, that's when I knew I had to find something else, and then Daft Punk released Around The World and I thought That's a good bassline, maybe there's more in dance music.' And as it turned out, there was loads. So I got into that," he explained to NME.

Calvin, who started out creating tunes from his bedroom in Dumfries, Scotland has spoken of his passion for rock band Spin Doctors.

The producer recalled that he had all of their albums and went out of his way to get his hands on their latest releases.

"I had all their albums. I had to order the fifth one off the internet! I didn't even know what the internet was when I was 13 but I still got it! They'd replaced the whole band apart from the singer and it was f***ing sh*te," he added. (C) Cover Media