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

live at @sustain-release-nyc 2021, main stage saturday night 1-2:30am
thanx to everyone involved, big energy!! <3

dj fart in the club @ sustain-release year 7 (2021)

No one like Hessle Audio's grandmaster could have better welcomed sound scouters on a 24-hour (mind)trip to the island of Spandau. Listen back to this testament of impeccable UK mastery, an impeccable selection of bass mentalism, groovy perreo and tribalism ✨ It's dance, it's jungle, it's drops of spiritual crystals: it's Ben UFO.

Ben UFO - Climate Of Fear - April '22

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

📸 antoine grenez

Anthony Naples at Floresta - Waking Life '23

Hessle Audio feat. Le Motel Recorded live at Horst, curated by Ben UFO - 03 March 2025

Pariah presents Voam with Or:la - 13 March 2025

The snack enthusiast and London based producer and DJ takes on the NTS airwaves. Stay tuned for mixes spanning the breadth of dance and club music. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/peach/episodes/peach-26th-march-2025

Peach 260325

NIKS (@niksbad) is as dedicated as anyone to furthering dance music culture. Hailing from south-east London via Bath, NIKS has long proven her curatorial skills with radio shows on BBC Radio 1, Rinse, and NTS. Her idiosyncratic blends of ‘90s groovy, rhythmic sounds and forward-thinking, underground-leaning soundscapes have brought her to some of the world’s most revered clubs. After contributing music to various compilations, last year she explored bass-heavy sounds with her first solo EP on Or:la’s Céad label. Beyond her work as a musician, NIKS also co-founded the Black Artist Database, a crowd-sourced list of Black-owned labels, artists, and producers designed to amplify and uplift talent.

Ahead of her debut at the Dekmantel Festival this year, NIKS serves up a 90-minute window into her current musical world, including her own forthcoming productions in a deep, dub-infused journey into hypnotic techno and house rhythms that intertwine to create a warm, supple soundscape. Its seamless flow takes in sounds from the past, present, and future, and they all encourage you to move and meditate in equal measure."

Dekmantel Mix 490 - NIKS

Ahead of this weekend's party in collab with iona and her party Low End Dreams, we are sharing iona's set from Sputnik last year. She was in charge of Friday night in the dome and set the tone perfectly for the rest of the weekend: the perfect mix of heads down moments and a big fat sprinkling of fun. 

"Putting together a stage for Field Maneuvers was such an honour and I wanted to curate something that bridged the gap musically between rave and techno. I played after Jurango and before djrum; in somewhat classic style, my set was chunky and skippy for the most part with a breakbeat finale. I love the way tunes with lots space and dynamic range in them sound on the dome’s EvoX 4 point system, it’s such a buzz to play tunes you know you love, but then hear loads of new elements while you’re performing live - genuinely reacting with surprise and excitement along with the crowd."

FM059: iona live from FM2024 - Low End Dreams Takeover

Tech House Mix Vol. 5

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)

Ben UFO