REC 010 w/ Ben Sims

The REC series compiles outstanding performances recorded in the club throughout the year, highlighting artists representing our love for electronic music.

Faithful to techno since its beginnings: we welcome Ben Sims, as always, with wide open arms. The UK mainstay still has a lot under his belt and will relentlessly show you a thing or two in our latest REC series.

His two-hour set recorded in Room 01 is jam-packed with slappy kicks and a bouncy aesthetic, indissociable proof of his rave heritage — a solid deal to be listened to for all techno aficionados, past and present, without any compromise.

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Ben Sims — Recorded live at Fuse Brussels (17/12/22)

When you say Techno, you say Ben Sims! Simple as that, prove me wrong! Here are some of his finest Hardgroove Techno sets from the past! Enjoy!

With over 20 years experience under his belt, Ben Sims has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world's most in-demand and leading techno DJs - a tight, energetic mixer who skilfully weaves together his own distinctive blend of tough funk and hardg..
From early formative days earning his stripes spinning hip hop, house and rave on pirate radio, and at parties around Essex and East London, through the 90's as an ever more in demand DJ, and on into the new millennium as a label boss, producer and internationally recognised techno legend in his own right, Ben Sims has spent all his conscious life exploring all facets of underground dance music 

Throughout that time, the man has honed his reputation as a tight, energetic mixer who skilfully weaves together his own distinctive blend of tough funk and hardgrooves, often using three-deck wizardry and plenty of dexterity.  Be it at clubs like Fabric London, Atomic Jam, Berghain, Florida 135, or any number of festivals around the world, Sims' sets are powerful, memorable, and unique, while constantly pushing the boundaries of a DJ set - utilising a   mesmerizing blend of vinyl, CDs, and software.

As well as carving a reputation as one of the world's leading techno DJs, Ben has curated many of his own revered labels over the years.  Chief amongst them is Theory - an imprint this year celebrating it's 40th release, that counts amongst it's supporters contemporary connoisseurs like Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock, and the old guard of Dave Clarke, Robert Hood, Rolando and more - proof, then, that Sims is on the form of his life production wise.

Riding high on the wave of critical acclaim from his cultured debut long player on Drumcode, 2011's Smoke & Mirrors, an album that voyages into Sim's unique take on techno, coupled with authentic house outings, thanks to guest appearances from Chicago's Tyree Cooper and Detroit's Blake Baxter, whilst also showcasing plenty of dubbed-out and grainy textures.

Sims has put his name to more than 50 releases in the last two decades.  During those years, there has also been a steady stream of high profile remixes of scene heavyweights, including Jeff Mills, Adam Beyer, Kevin Saunderson and Chris Liebing, on labels du jour like AXIS, KMS, CLR and Drumcode, all of which have won as much critical praise as they have crossover success. 

Despite his veteran status in the scene, Sims has always been keen to evolve.  Alongside Kirk Degiorgio, he is co-founder & curator of Machine - a clubnight which focuses on new, unreleased, & upfront music; it's primary home in London, but with editions all across Europe each year. His 'Run it Red' radio show, broadcast via NTSlive and podcasted afterwards, also serves to solely highlight new music.

Live @ Loft Club 2003-12-27

Ben Sims & Mark Broom Live @ Loft Club 27-12-2003

MINDCAST 26 By Mark Broom

"I'd go so far as saying this was my favourite Machine takeover at Field Maneuvers to date and there's been some corkers," Ben Sims said about Friday night in the Sputnik tent at last year's festival. "Finally getting to go back-to-back with DJ Bone for the FM family was really special."

@ben-sims @djbonegoesfurther @fieldmaneuvers

Find out more about Field Maneuvers 2024: https://ra.co/news/80472

RA Live - Ben Sims back-to-back DJ Bone - Field Maneuvers, UK

Run it Red 112! - Something a bit different this month, as it’s a recording taken from my opening set at the Code party at Fabrik in Madrid back in April. It was a Machine special edition and billed as Ben Sims all nighter as i played the ‘warm up’, the closing and 3 b2b sets throughout the night. A chunk of still unreleased cuts, plus lots of edits and faves, tracklist is below, so go and check the artists/labels.

Hit the charity links if you can and support the labels and artists wherever you can.
Charity Link: https://fanlink.tv/Charities
Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY
Upcoming tour dates: https://bit.ly/BenSimsBIT

BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 112. July 2024

1. Ben Sims - Free Jack. Unreleased
2. Erol Alkan - Spectrum (Special Request Double Vision Mix). Phantasy Sound
3. 1200 Warriors - Da Bells. 1200 Traxx
4. B.A.D.S. - Hom-O-Patik (Paolo Tamoni Rework). Unreleased
5. Avision - Hold No Groove. COD3 QR
6. Uncertain - Transmission. ANAOH
7. Paula Cazenave - Ma Beat. Unreleased
8. Mr G - Lightz (G Out Dub Mix). Phoenix G
9. The 5 Beats - Can You Dig It (Beat-A-Pella). Real Tone
10. K-Hand - Everybody (Tommy Largo Remix). Acacia
11. Marquis Hawkes - Jerk U Later. Houndstooth
12. Parris Mitchell - Rubber Jazz Band (Len Faki Edit). Dance Mania
13. DJ Rush - Jack N Da Box. Unreleased
14. Floorplan vs Lil Louis (Remy Edit 1). Unreleased
15. Alden Tyrell - Vol 4. Clone Basement Series 
16. DJ Bruce Lee - The Line. Unreleased
17. Terry Mullen & Halo - La Nina. Smile
18. Mark Ambrose - Shooting Stars (Ben Sims Dub Long). Theory
19. Robert Hood - Low Life. M-Plant
20. Gene Richads Jr - Meant 2 Be. Unreleased
21. Four Lovers - 001/B1. Four Lovers
22. A&S - Monople (Sims JFF Edit). Unreleased
23. Truncate - The Way I Am. Unreleased 
24. ASSAILANTS - Fracture 2. Unreleased
25. K-Alexi - My Medusa (Remy Edit). Unreleased
26. Kr!z - Surge. Token
27. Mark Broom - W.W.W.W.W.W.W.Work. Hardgroove
28. Roberto Capuano - Groovin. Analytic Trail
29. Tronikhouse - The Savage and Beyond (Elyas 13130 Edit). Unreleased
30. The Nighttripper - Phuture (Robert Hood Remix). Underground Liberation
31. Escalated Edits - EE4. Unreleased
32. Escalated Edits - EE2. Unreleased
33. Len Faki vs Cratebug & Jamie 326 (Sims Mash Up). Unreleased
34. OFF / GRID - Insomniac. OFF / GRID
35. Rene Wise - Cutting Thick. Unreleased
36. ASSAILANTS - Effort 8. Obscurity Is Infinite
37. Robert Hood - Untitled. Unreleased
38. Theo Walbeck - Freek Tool. Local Talk
39. Marquis Hawkes - Like Dat (Sims JFF Edit). Unreleased
40. Ben Sims pres Ron Bacardi - Need Somebody. Hardgroove
41. Aril Brikha - Groove La Chord (Broom's La Chord Mix). Unreleased
42. Eats Everything - Sprint (Truncate Remix). EI8HT
43. Gene Richard Jr - Thug's Prayer. Unreleased
44. Nuke - Cookie Love. Hardgroove
45. Reese & Santonio - How To Play Our Music (Sims JFF Edit). KMS
46. Escalated Edits - EE1. Unreleased
47. Hood/Bicknell (Mark Broom Mash Up). Unreleased
48. Floorplan_We Magnify His Name (Mark Broom Edit). Unreleased
49. Jeff Mills - Real Life (Remy Edit). Unreleased
50. Juzer - Old Reliable. Clear
51. Risque III - Risque Madness (Remy Edit). Unreleased
52. Antonio De Angelis - Promising. Children of Tomorrow
53. ANNĒ - Serene. Mutual Rytm
54. ASSAILANTS - Fracture 1. Unreleased
55. Santos - Broken Symphony. Let Me Understand
56. Altinbas - Rivers. Observer Station
57. Hanton - Solaris. Collapse
58. Ray Kajoika - Pots & Pans (Sims JFF Edit). Unrelesed
59. Gene Richards Jr - Dance Your Last Dance. Unreleased
60. Submission - Women Beat Their Men (Cevin's Peak Hour Dub). Velocity

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BEN SIMS Pres RUN IT RED 112. July 2024

@Aquasella2024 Ben Sims b2b Oscar Mulero

Misstress Barbara & Ken Ishii @ Fabrik, Madrid - November 16th 2024

The final Run it Red of 2024 is here! 

Full tracklist below and hit the charity links if you can as well as supporting the labels and artists wherever you can.

Charity Link: fanlink.tv/Charities
Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY
Upcoming tour dates: bit.ly/BenSimsBIT

BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 117. NOV 2024 (PT2) (SC)

1. Vera Logdanidi - Euphoria. Semantica
2. Simoncino - Dub Theory IV. Quintessentials
3. JR Disc - Thrust. Detroit Basics
4. Carlos Nilmmns - IRL (Lo). Distangled
5. Francesco Mami - Stilgar (Reboot Remix). Rhythm Cult
6. Sound Stream - Off The Rack. Sound Stream 
7. Sound Stream - El Acetato '94. Sound Stream 
8. DJ Sneak - A Taste Of The 90s. Heist
9. The Oliverwho Factory - Feel. Faith Beat
10. Scan 7 - VII. Tresor
11. Flabaire - Life Flow. Bass Culture
12. Nathan Kofi - Wekū. De Lichting
13. Fred P - Vibe To The Rhythm. Synchrophone
14. Taelue - Deviancy. Synchrophone
15. Sound Stream - Make It Right. Sound Stream 
16. Carlos Nilmmns - Cabana. Distangled
17. Stroef - Lost Hallways. Boomstraat 1818
18. Mark Williams - Oh Boy (Dub). Hardgroove
19. Uncertain - Feel. RSPX
20. Adlas - Open Question. Hayes
21. Oruam Zior - Torrente. Illegal Alien
22. Stephen Brown - Replika. Synchrophone
23. Scan 7 - Planet Energy. Tresor
24. Operator - Up, Then Down. Mord
25. Fhase 87 - Minimalism 04. Unreleased
26. Massimo Logli - Open Wide. Superbra
27. Stephen Brown - Compare. Synchrophone
28. Mark Williams - Take My Love. Hardgroove
29. Linkan Ray - Flight To Tokyo. Be As One
30. Mella Dee - Fiedel Played A Big One. Warehouse Music
31. PAB165 - Domination. Planet Rhythm
32. Operator - Running From The Man. Mord 
33. A Thousand Details - Queimadela. Ear To Ground
34. Mike Dehnert - Berlin Rush. Matter+
35. G-Man - Throw. Synchrophone
36. Mark Williams - Your Eyes. Hardgroove
37. Rethe - Momentum Shift. Inner Tension
38. KiNK & Raredub - Time To Change (Marcel Dettmann Universal Raw Mix). Mutual Rytm
39. Private Press - Very Cosmic. Hardgroove
40. Kaiser - Ozono (Kriz Remix). KSR
41. Fhase 87 - Minimalism 05. Unreleased 
42. DHÆÜR - Chapter 03 (Deluka Remix). Supercinema
43. Dynamic Forces - Holding Out. Pleistocene Future
44. Dold - Slate. The Third Room
45. Sarf -  Orden Disruptivo (Lidvall Remix). Analog Section
46. Kaan Pirecioglu - Magnet. Float
47. Dimi Angelis - Intergalactic (Decka Remix). ANGLS
48. Lidvall - Too Serious!. Symbolism
49. Mal Hombre - Titan Eclipse. Reverse
50. Taken - Ice Truck. TH Tar Hallow
51. Vertical Spectrum - Jej Fizymatenta. Edit Select
52. Møntero - Staying Strong. Liberta
53. A4 - Four Rays. Edit Select
54. Stanislav Lavskyy - LTA-1. Corpus Black
55. Border One - Gazing Eye. Border One
56. Stroef - Widow's Lair. Boomstraat 1818
57. Dimi Angelis - Chrysalis. ANGLS
58. DJ Lily - Succumb To The Algorithm. Lilies
59. JØHRN - Morning Has Broken. Faut Section
60. Pyramidal Decode - Freshwater Use. Warm Up
61. Lidvall - He Scares Me. Symbolism 
62. Milo Radd - Memory Quest. Edit Select
63. Detroit In Effect - Tear The Roof Off. M.A.P.
64. Usurp - There Is Someone Else. Headset (Edit)
65. Neil Landstrumm - Before AMS. Unknown
66. Techmarine Bottom Feeders - We Cannot Help You (The Exaltics Remix). EPM
67. Peverelist - Pulse XIV. Livity
68. Shadow Child & DJ Haus - Magic Waves. Unknown To The Unknown
69. Forest On Stasys - Magnetismo. Aura Sonora
70. Synkro & DYL - Last Chance. Relation Reset
71. Finalversion3 - Todos Los Siempres (Oscar Mulero Remix). Gordo Trax
72. Forest On Stasys - Domo.  Aura Sonora
73. Brendon Moeller - Radiation. Samurai Music
74. Ruff Cherry - Exonda. Midgar
75. Etch - Clockwork Romance. Ilian Tape
76. Galaxian - Sterile Vision. Herrensauna
77. Crossing X - Back. Avion
78. Vril - Habit Forming. 1800 Haight Street
79. Dialog - Better Way (Vocal & Version). DOT
80. Uun - Never For The Ever. Mord

BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 117. NOV 2024 (PT2)

Native Default Unleashes Energetic Techno Brilliance with "Louie From The Underground" Release Native Default makes a resounding return to the forefront of techno with his latest release on Meet Recordings. Aptly titled, this second outing is a testament to his evolving style, blending raw, pulsating energy with a forward-thinking approach that sets him apart in the electronic music scene. The EP kicks off with "Louie From The Underground," a track that immediately captivates with its clacking elements and intricate layers. It's a nod to minimal techno, yet imbued with a freshness that speaks of Native Default's innovative spirit. "Brutus" follows suit, diving deeper into a labyrinth of hypnotic beats and textured rhythms that keep the listener immersed from start to finish. "Paradox" takes a different turn, introducing a subtle complexity that unfolds with each listen. Its intricate arrangement and dynamic progression showcase Native Default's ability to craft soundscapes that are as intellectually engaging as they are dancefloor-ready. The EP's standout moment comes with "Louie From The Underground (Tom Active Remix)," where Tom Active's contribution injects new life into the original track. With an infectious momentum and groove, the remix amplifies the driving force of the original, making it a surefire hit for both peak-time club sets and intimate underground gatherings. Overall, Native Default's second techno release on Meet Recordings is a testament to his prowess as a producer who understands the symbiosis of minimal techno's roots and its future evolution. It's an EP that invites listeners to immerse themselves fully in the rich textures of techno, envisioning the perfect soundtrack for dancing under the sun at iconic venues like Ibiza. 
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