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bio taken from forge dj agency! Born & bred in Walthamstow, London, Mr Cook’s love for music started at an early age. As soon as he thought he looked old enough he was out clubbing!

At the tender age of 14 he attended his first rave and, like many kids his age he hung aro...und with, he knew this was the start of something very exciting. Sure enough, a friend had arranged tickets for him to the legendary Dance 91 at Pickets Lock. Prodigy performed live that night and ‘Charley’ became the tune that stuck in his head. There was a real awakening that night for Ben and the very next day he decided that house music was where his heart would take him. To this day he insists that, that night changed his life.
When the hardcore rave sound morphed and became a new genre called Drum & Bass Mr Cook’s true musical taste began to unravel. Over time the D&B sound became darker and raving more dangerous, so Mr Cook would spend more time listening to the US garage and UK house sound older friends listened to. He went to Ibiza in 1994 with seven mates on a typically mad club 18-30 holiday and the Balearic house sound grabbed a hold of his soul! Back in London he took up DJing and started clubbing again at The Epping Forest Country Club which became his clubbing home up until its closure in 2002!
In the early part of 1999 Cooky (as he is known to his mates) gained a residency on Saturday night’s at a wine bar in Chingford, Essex. He started appearing on the east London based Shine FM pirate radio station. He would play soulful D&B and old skool house and garage with a couple old pals and they became the Out Cry Syndicate. The OCS express became essential listening for the local raver’s on the manor. Ben fell in love with the whole pirate radio way of life and would spend up to 10 hours sometimes in the studio. The show eventually gained respect from the other people involved at the station and got great feedback from the public. Shine FM boosted his profile and soon enough Mr Cook was asked to play at the now infamous Sunshine Daze at the Scala, Kings Cross in London. Those series of parties sold out each time and Mr Cook became an in demand name on the scene in east London. He was also asked to play at the Warehouse in Edmonton & Faces nightclub in Essex. He was asked to play at the legendary BIG parties held by Ford house, the notorious after parties which ran from 5am until 3pm. After that, The Waterfront in Canary Wharf became the only place to be on Sunday nights and ran until 2am Monday morning…
Ambition led him to move to another pirate station and after appearing for a while on Passion FM, the legendary Centreforce had reformed and was returning to broadcast underground music to the east London populace. He took up the challenge of Saturday’s and would play marathon sets through out the night and sleepless weekend’s DJing at BIG. When Centreforce decided to push for a legal license Cooky joined RINSE FM on Saturday nights appearing from 12midnight until 2am.from 2009 to 2012! Mr Cook then had a weekly show called 'THE SUNDAY FLEX' every sunday 12-2pm 'THE SUNDAY FLEX' now resides on THE UNDERGROUND SESSIONS www.ugsradio.com every sunday 2pm till 4pm podcasts posted on my www.mixcloud.com/djmrcook

Mr Cook has played at the world famous Fabric,Ministry of Sound, Hidden @ studio 33, The Scala, Seone, The Rhythm Factory, Herbal and Aquarium in Shoreditch, Last year he appeared on his first foreign DJ experience at the Beachlent event in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Mr Cook has the bug and his music can only be described as QUALITY UNDERGROUND! The world better take a listen…

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