I’m Benjamin, a Japanese born, UK based writer, composer and musical director. I’ve written and produced music for movies including The Shallows with Blake Lively and TV shows such as The View. I’ve created and choreographed pieces for Germany’s Next Top Model with Heidi Klum and created original compositions for brands such as Victoria’s Secret, and Avon with Yasmin Le Bon. Elsewhere my compositions and productions have been featured on a number of TV shows such as Love Island USA and movies including Rough Night with Scarlett Johansson. 

As a producer and remixer I’ve worked with and for artists such as Max Richter, Ellie Goulding, LeAnn Rimes and Kylie Minogue. In a previous life I was a DJ and music journalist, spending five years as the Managing Editor of Yahoo! Music UK, creating original content with artists including Calvin Harris and Lily Allen.

As a Musical Director I’ve recently completed a forthcoming movie called Corazon City, set in the city of San Antonio, Texas, working with a diverse range of musicians and creators from the electronic, Latino and urban community.

Outside of music I’m a former fellow of the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg where I built prototypes and concepts for exhibitions and installations. I’ve also worked in the third sector on a range of issues including social mobility, the gender gap and BAME representation. I studied at The University of Westminster in London, completing a Masters Degree in Music Business Management.

I love the push and pull of collaboration and seeing a creative work take shape. My approach is based around listening to my co-creators and giving them space so the work can develop spontaneously. I love the unexpected, unplanned turns a work can take, nurturing it as it gains a momentum and energy of its own. In the words of the playwright Alan Bennett: 

“You don’t put yourself into what you write, you find yourself there.”

dj & producer
contact: info@ricktrainor.com

"My Love" is out now https://MartinSolveig.lnk.to/MyLove 
Media & Music Consultant:
mika@kopg.co.uk

Management: mattie@involvedmanagement.com
UK / EU bookings: jason@earth-agency.com 
US bookings:  brent@good-direction.agency + caroline@good-direction.agency

Formerly: The Black Madonna. Currently: Too blessed to be stressed.

Godspeed, my debut album, out October 18th 🕊️


MGMT info@goodlife-management.com
US/South America bookings: bshprits@teamwass.com, ehancock@teamwass.com

EU + rest of world bookings: jim.oregan@teamwass.com

SMART BAR. STRIPPED & CHEWED. ARGOT. KIND OF A BITCH.

Gigs:
DREAMLAND Halloween - NYC Club, New York, NY - Oct 31st, 2025
Horse Meat Disco, Knock Down Center, New York, NY - Oct 25th, 2025
ADÉLA Debut Show, LPR NYC, New York, NY -  Oct 14th, 2025
BOOF SF, SF Mint, San Francisco, CA - Sep 26th, 2025
REGENERATION, Paragon Broadway, New York, NY - Sep 13th,  2025
Sniffies FUNCTION, Function NYC, New York, NY - Aug 29th, 2025
BESO PRIDE w/  SNIFFIES & ONTRACK, RED58, Barcelona, Spain - July 19th, 2025
RIP SESH w/ b4sounds and FY! Mag, Public Records, New York, NY - June 12th, 2025
Paul’s Dolls LA, Roosterfish WeHo, Los Angeles, CA - May 13th, 2025
Hidden Ideas, Viper Room, Chicago, IL - April 25th, 2025
PAPI MAX, Elsewhere NYC, New York, NY - April 12th, 2025
GAG, The Ground @ Space, Miami, FL - April 5th, 2025
Indie Salaire Party, Hotel Grand Amour, Paris, France - March 15th, 2025
Eckhaus Latta Afters, Russian Tea House, New York, NY - Feb 8th, 2025
TUNNEL, Los Angeles, CA - Jan 18th, 2025
Document Journal Afterparty, New York, NY - November, 2024
Lady Land Pride, Under the K Bridge - June 28th, 2024
Propaganda, Silencio, New York, NY - May 17th, 2024
ALL REAL UNCENSORED!, Bossa Nova Civic Club, New York, NY - April 27th, 2024
Bound Blackout, BASEMENT Studio, New York, NY - April 26th, 2024
Alaska’s Face Reveal, Paul’s Casablanca, Los Angeles, CA - Jan 17th, 2024
New Year’s Eve Ball, The Gatsby Mansion, New York, NY - Dec 31st, 2023
Doss & Friends, Paragon NY, New York, NY - Oct 13, 2023
Ssense, KNWLS London, and Jean Paul Gaultier NYFW Rave, New York, NY - Oct 7th, 2023
The Strangler 11, Silencio, New York, NY - Sep 1st, 2023
Basement, New York, NY - Aug 19th, 2023
Stimulation, HUSH, New York, NY - June 12th, 2022
Kim Petras Coachella Sets, Coachella Music Festival, Indio, CA - April 17th & 24th, 2022
楽しいパーティー, RADD LOUNGE, Tokyo, Japan - June 16th, 2019

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