BBC R1 Residency shows - originally broadcast in May 2022

BBC Radio 1 - The Residency - Spring '22

Three hours of garage, dubstep, grime, hardcore, jungle and techno recorded on a Sunday evening at 121 in Wellington for the Friendly Potential crew. At their request I tried to play with the energy of the old Sunday night sessions at FWD>>, and it was so fun. Old and new music side by side. Spinbacks at 2008 levels. 

Big thanks to everyone involved in this incredible trip to New Zealand and Australia, especially the Friendly Potential crew who made the whole thing possible. It was wonderful to play music again, and I hope to be back soon.

Ben UFO At Friendly Potential, Wellington - May 2021

Recording of my 2021 Essential Mix for BBCR1, originally broadcast in September.

Ben UFO - Essential Mix 25.09.21

C90 tape recorded for Cav Empt in Summer 2020 - previously unreleased digitally

Ben UFO - Cav Empt Tape - Side 2

Ben UFO - Cav Empt Tape - Side 1

"Dialing up the intensity for the last show. New music only. Starts fast and gets faster - no idea what to call any of it."

1. Philip Jondo & DJ Plead - Whowhuwho
2. Daddy Yankee - Machucando (Nick León Bubbling Mix)
3. Kiyadama - Worth Itasid
4. Kasai Allstars - Bird Woman Baby (Spooky-J remix)
5. Avernian - Power Stance
6. CTRLS - Subroutines
7. Marco Shuttle - Arpex
8. Rhyw - Untitled
9. LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan remix)
10. Perko & Solid Blake - WTBS
11. Nikki Nair - One Four Five
12. Two Shell - xxx
13. Siu Mata & Amor Satyr - Jiggy Bow
14. Ko-Ta - Shiya
15. Junior Loves - Grain
16. Paradox - Octa4
17. Harmony - Watch This

Ben UFO - BBC R1 Residency - Show 4

The third show focused in on whatever we're calling the 160+ scene these days - expect to hear drum 'n' bass, jungle, footwork, oddball half-time madness and un-categorisable hybrid shellers from all over the world. This is the music I grew up with and I wanted to reference that whilst trying to keep it fwd>> in attitude.

1. QGB - Flanguage (Dry Ice mix)
2. Minor Science - Balconies
3. Oyubi & Fetus - Earnin' It
4. dBridge, Fixate & Kabuki - Crossroads
5. Pearson Sound - Untitled
6. Traxman - Chicago (Aquarian version)
7. Kid Lib - Slow Jump
8. LFO - LFO (Doctor Jeep NYC Warehouse mix)
9. Klute - Vista
10. M.T.S. - Assembly Line
11. Psykis - Pretend
12. GЯEG - Tipti
13. Basic Rhythm - Horse Mout'
14. Clarity & Holsten - You Alright
15. Breakage - The Original Certified Bubbler
16. Digital - Lucky 7
17. Amit - Red Flag
18. Homemade Weapons - Svalsat (Donato Dozzy remix)
19. Joy Orbison - Red Velve7

Ben UFO - BBC R1 Residency - Show 3

The second show in the series focused in on my 15+ years doing radio. If you ever tuned into the Ruffage Sessions on Sub FM, or the early years of the Hessle Audio show on Rinse FM - this one goes out to you.

1. Crazy Bald Heads - First Born (Lullaby In Dub: The Re-Stick)
2. D-Base - Base Theory
3. Jeremy Sylvester - 9-5
4. Ordinary People - Baby You Make My Heart Sing
5. DJ Perception - Know Your Name
6. Al Brown - Killing Me
7. Papa Nugs - Cha-Ching
8. DJ Abstract - Identity Crisis
9. Anz - Loos In Twos (NRG)
10. Pangaea - Won't Hurt
11. Hodge - Sub 100
12. Scratcha feat. Lady Lykes - DRMATIC
13. Champion - Amaterasu
14. DJ Pooch - Mind, Body and Soul (92 mix)
15. Pearson Sound - Alien Mode
16. Joe - Rut
17. Peverelist - Clunk Click Every Trip

"I think the hours I put into live radio, both solo and with my friends in Leeds and London, are where I developed a style that felt like my own, and where I figured out what I was trying to do with my DJing in the clubs.

In the late 2000s the UK funky scene blew my corner of dance music wide open - suddenly you were hearing multiple styles, tempos and genres in the same night; something we take as a given now obviously! People were connecting music like dubstep with its roots in UK garage and house music, and those roots suddenly appeared more visible to people like me who had drifted into the scene via drum & bass. One of the contributions of my generation of producers and DJs, in my view, has been to continue that project of opening things up stylistically. Influenced by people like @kode9 and @djoneman, I tried to develop a style that could play with different energy levels and glide between tempos and genres, rather than jumping between them abruptly - points of connection seemed more interesting and started to appear more visible than areas of difference. Some of the very early radio shows are still online, and I think you can hear me figuring things out over time. There was constant interaction between DJs, listeners and producers - I started to notice that the biggest moments in my club sets were often coming from the unexpected contrasts and moments of transition between tracks, and all my favourite producers started to build tunes that could live in the spaces between genres. Everything started moving really quickly!

That's my long winded attempt to give what I'm doing with this show some context - it's also just an hour long mix of sick tunes through the last 25 years of UK dance music, with a couple of unreleased exclusives and few Hessle Audio 12"s thrown in for good measure. I hope you enjoy it!"

Ben UFO - BBC R1 Residency - Show 2

The first show in the series focused on new and unreleased music, pure upfront stuff.

1. J. Wiltshire - The Number Counters (Konx-om-Pax remix)
2. Off The Meds - Hiccups (Roman Flügel E-Mix)
3. Manuel Tur - 126 BPM
4. Two Shell - ◎ huku (edit)
5. Scratchclart - Hard
6. INVT - Sopla
7. Lipelis x TMO - Diet 505 (Dub)
8. Unknown - Unreleased
9. Anthony Naples - Here With You
10. Pearson Sound - Freefall
11. Bakey - Jackpot
12. Pangaea - Fuzzy Logic
13. Joy Orbison - Pinky Ring
14. Pariah - Caterpillar
15. Henzo - Finola Shake
16. Chloe Robinson and DJ ADHD - Pax (Four Tet remix)
17. Instinct - Rain

Ben UFO - BBC R1 Residency - Show 1

Closing set in the warehouse on Thursday night. 
Huge thanks to Aurora and all the festival staff. It meant the world to me!

Ben UFO - Sustain Release '23

Six hours recorded at one of my favourite clubs in the world, between the hours of 6am and 12pm. 
I absolutely loved doing this - taking the party deeper and deeper into after hours, and bringing everyone back to consciousness again in the second half. 
I LOVE NYC!

Ben UFO - Six Hours At Nowadays Nonstop 2024

Recorded live at Factory
Circus, Osaka
26.09.15

Live at Factory, Osaka - 26.09.15

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1's Essential mix

320kbps
No radio compression, jingles or hosting 

Ben UFO - Essential Mix 05.10.13 (320kbps clean version)

Recorded live at Twitch in Belfast
The final 3 hours of a 5 hour set, from the start of peak time to a fairly sweaty and disheveled close.

Live at Twitch, Belfast 16.03.16

Recorded live at Unit Tokyo for Club Museum's 13th anniversary party
Big thanks to Maayu and Rok Da House for the invitation!

Live At Unit for the Club Museum 13th Anniversary  - Tokyo 23.04.16

Live at Meredith Festival 2016

http://benufolondon.co.uk - SPRING 2018
mix constructed entirely from music made by guests at the residency series 

zuli - dbridge - db1 - parris - kassem mosse - beneath - lena willikens - hunee - bruce - errorsmith - kara lis-coverdale - karenn - pangaea - LAPS - margaret dygas - four tet - call super - objekt - shackleton - karen gwyer - stingray - and more

XOYO Residency - April - June 2018 :)

3 hours recorded at Calibre's XOYO residency this summer
Starting at 140 and moving fwd from there :)

Photo is from one of our first sets together at Plastic People nearly 9 years ago!
@joy-orbison @benufo

Ben UFO b2b Joy O - Recorded at XOYO in August 2019 (Calibre Residency)

This was the set I recorded for the 2nd edition of Club Quarantäne in April 2020, an initiative raising funds for the following organisations - Berlin Collective Action, Reach LA, Casa 1, BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100), The Trussel Trust, Viva Con Agua and Sea Watch.

Club Quarantäne

This is the set I played at Dekmantel Selectors festival in 2019. I closed out the evening, following sets by Mad Miran, Khidja and OKO DJ.

I'm really missing the dancefloor right now, so it was fun for me to relive a memory this joyful. I hope you guys enjoy it too.

Dekmantel Selectors 2019 (Closing set)

This set was recorded at the start of this year at Nowadays in NYC. I closed out the party after Aurora Halal, from 2am - 7am. 
It was such a wonderful night, and with clubs around the world still closed I thought the set would work well as something to listen to this NYE, however you might be spending it.

Happy new year - hoping to see you again in 2021 💫

This set was originally broadcast on Nowadays' Patreon channel - https://www.patreon.com/nowadaysnyc/posts - please consider supporting them if you can.

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