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

Here is my mix for Bicep's FMB Mixtape series. The whole thing takes place within a range of 130 – 140 BPM and is dancefloor focused. I wanted to keep it cohesive and go energetic/heavier in parts. Plenty of unreleased tunes from me and my friends, and also lots of bassy four-to-the-floor bits that I’m playing atm alongside some older music and a tinge of techno stuff. Let me know if you're feeling! Happy listening :)

Interview & Download: 

http://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-mixtape-183-tom-vr/

Tracklist:

Tom VR & Louf – Harmonix
Louf – Crosshatch
Tom VR – Acheless (2022 Version)
Al Wootton – Prophecy
Dorisburg – Gripen
Aleksi Perälä – Ukmh51900042
Tom VR – ????????
Tom VR – Soared Straight Through Me (Midland Remix)
Normani – Wild Side (Leonce Remix)
Peach – Galaxy Girl
The Persuader – What Is The Time, Mr. Templar?
Shed – That Beats Everything!
Amaliah – Won’t Stop
Jeigo – Vision Quest
MJ Cole – Blood
Simo Cell – How Do U Turn This On?
Guava – Libelle (ft Bradley Hutchings)
INGI – Wrestle Master
Kush Jones – Boo Jam
re:ni – Spirits
Kasper Marott – Sol
Tah – Porno
Cop Envy – Rat Break
Hagan – Waves
Eartheater – Airborne Ashes (Aleksandir Edit)
Sijya – Have To Make My Bed

FMB Mixtape 183 - Tom VR

My Essential Mix broadcast on Radio 1 in October 2023.

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BBC R1 Essential Mix [October 2023]

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

b2b Ben UFO. Live at ZeeZout 09.14 (Day)

Rinse FM Podcast

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO - 03 February 2025

DJ Fuckoff - 7 March 2025

Kiosk and The Lot Radio proudly team up for a three-day broadcast from the Moon Ra stage at Horst Festival, highlighting the vibrant music scenes of New York and Brussels at one of Europe’s renowned festivals.

https://www.instagram.com/fourtetkieran

www.kioskradio.com
www.thelotradio.com
www.horstartsandmusic.com

Four Tet | Kiosk Radio x The Lot Radio at Horst Festival 2025

Born Again

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Rinse FM - Hessle Audio Special - Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, Pangaea, Four Tet, Caribou + Joy Orbison

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)

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