Defying classification, Dreadzone have built up a huge following over the last 15 years for their eclectic musical style.

John Peel named their album Second Light as one of his top 10 favourites ever.

With a new album about to be released that takes them in yet another direction, their performance at the World Party looks set to be an exciting one.

Greg Roberts, one of the founding members, tells us how much he's looking forward to it.

"The new album is a natural progression from where we've been before. We've been honing our songwriting craft and getting more confident about expressing ourselves because we've been through quite a lot of personal issues in the last couple of years where we've lost people. It's a lot more band orientated and there are new members so it's got more of a live feel.

"It's really good, our best yet I think. There's a bit of everything on there, we've never really been tied down to one genre so it's a mix up and a multi-cultural sound clash. There's reggae, dance beats and rock and roll because we've got a new guitarist. There's a bass line and a clubby feel, soul and some out and out stadium tunes. If you get people singing along, what's wrong with that?"

Roberts says their mish-mash of styles has opened doors for them at many different types of festival over the years.

"We seem to be able to fit in on many bills. One year we played the Lambeth Country Show which is more reggae, the next day we went to Guilfest which is a bit rocky, and then to Glade which is totally electro. In three days we encompassed a whole realm of genres. We're genre busters!"

From just two people when they started out, Dreadzone have been continually expanding, contracting and changing in line up and have featured vocalists such as Alison Goldfrapp and Melanie Blatt.

Their various music tastes and styles have all added to the Dreadzone sound.

"People have come and gone but you have to keep reinventing yourself and my DJing helps that because you stay on the cutting edge of what people are listening to.

"We like to blend all of our music tastes and a lot of the time it works.

"We were at Oxygen in Ireland recently and Snow Patrol and Blur had a huge crowd singing along to their music. On another stage Pendulum were on making the crowd jump up and I like both things, but if I had to be tied down to one, I come from a rock background."

Dreadzone have got a busy festival schedule over the summer and Roberts says they can't wait.

"We're playing so many good festivals in England where we get to meet a lot of people who tell us they got together because they loved the music and now their children love it.

"It's a bit of a challenge to perform at a festival. We almost had a disaster at Oxygen because our plane was delayed and our set was brought forwards. But we just made it - it really keeps you on your toes, playing festivals. We really appreciate having them over the summer.

"Even if people don't know us, once we get going we never fail to rock the crowd."

For more information on the band go to www.dreadzone.com