Michael Mayer is a busy man.

With a relentless DJ schedule, an endless list of remix and mix CD commissions and numerous other duties as one of the heads of Germany’s esteemed Kompakt label, Mayer can be forgiven for having taken eight years to produce the follow-up to his debut album, Touch.

The new LP, Mantasy, is due out on October 22, and finds Mayer digging his flag deeper into the sultry house, disco and techno terrain that he has made his own through his DJ sets, while also exploring more traditional song-based structures and sonic elements from further afield. FACT TV sat him down at our headquarters in Soho, London, to talk about the making of the record, the meaning of dance music and that title.