Sept 15

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

Ben UFO - Essential Mix 25.09.21

You know me, live from the board recording plus crowd mic. One of my final festival sets of 2022, closing out Making Time ∞ in one of my favorite cities, Philly (long live dave p!) eternal gratitude crystals to all and to all a good night <3

Avalon Emerson Live in Philadelphia 2022 - 09 - 24 @ Making Time ♾️

Ben UFO @ The Lot Radio 03-01-2023

Special Request's exclusive mix for RDC 2023 podcast:

"Been throwing my heart and soul into it all!"

RDC 063 - Special Request

Take Flight is the first single from a forthcoming psychedelic inspired extended play from Diger Rokwell. The single explodes with home recorded fuzz guitar, crunchy bass, ascending slides and reverb drenched leads, all then blended with hip hop minded electronic wizardry and atmospheric textures.

Forthcoming for Diger's upcoming EP 'Seeds' via The Community Records on vinyl and digitally.

From his early days, Diger has set his sights on making music that reflects different genres and styles, this is the continuation of his journey.

Take Flight is available for purchase via digerrokwell6000.bandcamp.com and is launching at The Bird on the 18th of December with support from Flower Drums, The Boost Hero Man and Super J.

10" Vinyl Order

Take Flight

My Heart feat. Ash Hosken is forthcoming on Diger Rokwell's new psych hop inspired EP 'Seeds' via The Community Records on vinyl and digital release soon. An extended play constructed primarily of home recorded instruments played by Diger himself. Also, it is first time Diger has recorded and provided vocals under his real name Ash Hosken. Keep your ears peeled.

10" Vinyl order

My Heart feat. Ash Hosken

'Travel To The Outer Reaches' is a psych tinged soundtrack piece inspired by the sounds of David Axelrod and Pink Floyd. All instruments were played by Diger Rokwell (except the drums) Originally made for the upcoming 'Seeds' extend play, but it got lost in deep space and didn't make the cut. 

'Travel To The Outer Reaches' is to celebrate the 'not long to go' stage of new born life approaching, my mother's 70th birthday on Friday, and release information for my upcoming extended play 'Seeds'. I am definitely traveling to the outer reaches into a new world of discovery. Enjoy!

Mixed by YLEM & Diger Rokwell, master by Dave Cooley. 

'Travel To The Outer Reaches' free download

‘Seeds' is a psychedelic 4 track extended play from 3 times WAM award
winning producer and Perth creative, Ash Hosken aka Diger Rokwell‘ Seeds’
reflects his continued experimentation into multi- instrumentalism. It is one in
a series of extended plays, a sequel to his House music interpretation:
Innersense, focusing on one ‘musical influence’ per release. The series will
culminate in a full album of choice cuts in 2016. ‘Seeds' is a journey: tinged
with hip-hop drums, crunchy percussion, ethereal drone, psych leads and
soaring Sonic’s. Home recorded and mixed with his best-mate Ryan Burge
aka YLEM, mastered by Dave Cooley of Stones Throw fame, ‘Seeds’ reviles
in the crunch of pedals, drenched reverb, and the art of releasing independent
music.

10" Vinyl

Seeds

Israel’s hottest export follow up excellent EPs on Hivern and I’m A Cliché with a 3-tracker for the global psychedelic cult of Multi Culti.

Tel Aviv’s Red Axes are one of the most exciting new acts in dance music, with rich sound that is musical, deep, trippy and organic, while remaining precise and lethally effective in the club. The range in their sound is impressive, their talent unmistakeable. They are one of our favourite artists of the year, and this latest record is one of their best yet.

Lead track 'Waiting for a Surprise’ builds around a mid-tempo disco bassline, with tough percussion, and rugged synth stabs, but it’s the eerie and unique sounding vocals of Brazilian collaborator Abrao that bring everything together. This one is a guaranteed bomb for building up, tearing down, peak time or chilling out… an outstanding track in every sense, the kind that force trainspotters to the DJ booth to discover what’s playing. Next up, ‘Hope’ kicks off with resonant, delayed toms, adding a haunting howl and synths before dropping into a wild, clanging, carnivalesque frenzy. It’s understated, but advanced, with an interesting arrangement that really opens up in the second half. Finally, 'The Metal Bender’ slows the tempo but ups the vibe into an elated, slow-burning space-disco anthem. Fantastic stuff!

Melbourne’s Kris Baha, fresh from launching his Power Station imprint, offers a stripped down remix of ‘Waiting for a Surprise,’ with a heavy, industrial-influenced groove that wanders into the deep, dark end of party strasse.

Red Axes - Waiting For A Surprise

Recorded live at Factory
Circus, Osaka
26.09.15

Live at Factory, Osaka - 26.09.15

Joy Orbsion is someone we have a long and fruitful relationship with here at Dekmantel. He is, and always has been, a pure embodiment of UK dance music. His sound is steeped in English musical history (often explicitly in the form of sampled monologues) but also very much makes a new history of its own. He’s had countless underground hits from his definitive post-dubstep breakthrough ‘Hyph Mngo’ to his peak time tech tools with Boddika, and each one marks a mini reinvention of his style. What ties them all together, though, is O’Grady’s unique penchant for blending garage, bass, funky, house, techno and old school jungle into his own fresh concoctions. 

The two hour podcast he has served up here -as a perfect warm up to our festival this weekend- is split into two parts. Says the artist himself, “the first half is basically a way of showcasing producers that are doing great things at the moment and is completely made up of new, unreleased music, and the second half is basically winding things down with a load of stuff from my record collection. A come down, of sorts.” Starting with a spoken word snippet from his jungle playing uncle Ray Keith, the mix is initially atmospheric and moody, with sleek and stripped back drums and smeared synths making for a heady and intimate mood. After picking up through skewed bass patterns and skeletal techno, the second half seduces with elegiac rhythms, jazz selections and spoken word tracks as well as delicious soul sounds, reggae and stoned broken beat.  The results show exactly where Orbison is at musically, as well as offering an insight into where he has come from.

Dekmantel Podcast 081 - Joy Orbison

Recorded Live on April 30th 2018 in Berlin.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on June 9th 2018.

Tracklist

Intro
Maurizio - Domina (Carl Craig's Mind Mix) [M - 3]
Skatebård - Stalheim-Mix [Digitalo Enterprise]
The Plan - Red Shift [Submerge]
 Project Future - Ray-Gun-Omics [Capitol]
Dexter - Echo Park [Klakson]
Stingray313 - Armchair Psychiatrist [Naked Lunch]
Monika Ross - Ever After [Entity London]
Octave One - Empower [430 West]
Marcel Dettmann - Quicksand [Ostgut Ton]
Get Fucked - Dark & Dirty (Matthew B. Remix) [Eukahouse]
Yak - Zephyr [Le Chatroom]
Artist Formerly Known As P. P. - Ruffneck Chicken [White]
A.W.E.S.O.M.-O. - Excellence Of Execution [Zyntax Motorcity]
Pangaea - Cuba Vox [Unreleased]
Syclops - Spin Cycle [BubbleTease Communications]
Pure Science - The Art Of Being [B+Positive]
EGZR - Untitled [Wania]
W.V. - Nachschub (B) [Auftrieb]
Donato Dozzy - Cleo [Eerie]
Shackleton - Blood On My Hands [Skull Disco]
Optic Nerve - G-Man's Journey (Mystic Mix) [Puzzlebox]
The Experience - Tubes [Mystic]
Barker - Filter Bubbles [Ostgut Ton]
Chino Amobi - Law II [NON]
Bitstream - Step Retracing [Touchin Bass]
Call Super & Michael Smith - SE X Mi Cyaan Believe It
Embaci - Walk On May 5th [Discwoman]
Dianne Lynn - Forever My Sunset (MAN-D.A. Dub) [Flying]
Powder - Spray [Born Free]
Chez Damier - Help Myself [KMS]
SMX - Sleep [Whities Blue]
Terre Thaemlitz - Admit It's Killing You (DJ Sprinkles' Dead End) [Comatonse]
Maurizio - Domina (Carl Craig's Mind Mix) [M - 3]

The Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1

Two hours from the revered UK selector, recorded as the sun set over RA's stage at Rainbow Disco Club.

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RA Live - 28.04.19 - Ben UFO, Rainbow Disco Club, Japan

Over the last years Shanti Celeste has played in some of the best clubs around the world, she also has a monthly show on NTS Radio and runs the label Peach Discs, where her dope debut album "Tangerine" came out last year. Enjoy!

Interview: http://iliantape.de/ilian-tape-podcast-series-050/

ITPS050 SHANTI CELESTE

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.

Live at Factory, Osaka - 26.09.15

Ben UFO

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