begin.smthng.new.and.feel.allright

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

An unreleased edit I did for my Ableton Liveset, sampled a couple of different loops for this. 

original samples:
Dave Clarke - Just Ride
DJ Godfather/Coon Daddy - One Time On The Mic
DJ Deeon - Tear The Klub Up
MK - Decay
Kid Sister/Gant-Man - Switch Board

Dave Clarke - Just Ride (Mister Ries Juke Edit)

Sunk Lo - Rinse FM - 16.01.14

The second show in the series focused in on my 15+ years doing radio. If you ever tuned into the Ruffage Sessions on Sub FM, or the early years of the Hessle Audio show on Rinse FM - this one goes out to you.

1. Crazy Bald Heads - First Born (Lullaby In Dub: The Re-Stick)
2. D-Base - Base Theory
3. Jeremy Sylvester - 9-5
4. Ordinary People - Baby You Make My Heart Sing
5. DJ Perception - Know Your Name
6. Al Brown - Killing Me
7. Papa Nugs - Cha-Ching
8. DJ Abstract - Identity Crisis
9. Anz - Loos In Twos (NRG)
10. Pangaea - Won't Hurt
11. Hodge - Sub 100
12. Scratcha feat. Lady Lykes - DRMATIC
13. Champion - Amaterasu
14. DJ Pooch - Mind, Body and Soul (92 mix)
15. Pearson Sound - Alien Mode
16. Joe - Rut
17. Peverelist - Clunk Click Every Trip

"I think the hours I put into live radio, both solo and with my friends in Leeds and London, are where I developed a style that felt like my own, and where I figured out what I was trying to do with my DJing in the clubs.

In the late 2000s the UK funky scene blew my corner of dance music wide open - suddenly you were hearing multiple styles, tempos and genres in the same night; something we take as a given now obviously! People were connecting music like dubstep with its roots in UK garage and house music, and those roots suddenly appeared more visible to people like me who had drifted into the scene via drum & bass. One of the contributions of my generation of producers and DJs, in my view, has been to continue that project of opening things up stylistically. Influenced by people like @kode9 and @djoneman, I tried to develop a style that could play with different energy levels and glide between tempos and genres, rather than jumping between them abruptly - points of connection seemed more interesting and started to appear more visible than areas of difference. Some of the very early radio shows are still online, and I think you can hear me figuring things out over time. There was constant interaction between DJs, listeners and producers - I started to notice that the biggest moments in my club sets were often coming from the unexpected contrasts and moments of transition between tracks, and all my favourite producers started to build tunes that could live in the spaces between genres. Everything started moving really quickly!

That's my long winded attempt to give what I'm doing with this show some context - it's also just an hour long mix of sick tunes through the last 25 years of UK dance music, with a couple of unreleased exclusives and few Hessle Audio 12"s thrown in for good measure. I hope you enjoy it!"

Ben UFO - BBC R1 Residency - Show 2

b2b Ben UFO. Live at ZeeZout 09.14 (Day)

b2b Ben UFO. Live at ZeeZout 09.14 (Night)

Interview / Tracklist
https://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-mixtape-235-fold/

https://fldin2.bandcamp.com/music

FMB MIXTAPE 235 | Fold

Triple threat action from Floating Points, Caribou, and Palms Trax on FP's custom built Sunflower Sound System. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/square-party/episodes/square-party-floating-points-caribou-palms-trax-26th-october-2024

Square Party: Floating Points, Caribou, & Palms Trax b2b  261024

CHECK THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/r0nA-Gxu40A
Buy the extended mix at http://www.junodownload.com/products/miss-djax-feeling-loco/2768637-02/ 


Buy at Juno

Feeling Loco (short mix)

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/themix053mk

@mountkimbie deliver a mix themed around the '95'-'96 football season and duly crammed with ‘90s dance music anthems., celebrating the release of their new themed football jerseys.

"The idea I had for this mix came from those football compilations on YouTube with really shit music, that great but trash dance music. It’s part of the experience of watching football on YouTube, it’s a very particular sound of dance music. I wanted to go back to ‘95 or ‘96 when this original PSV jersey was released, and only play tracks from then. I basically want to provide a slight alternative to the YouTube football watching experience."

The Mix 053: Mount Kimbie's '95-'96 Season Mix

Cosmic jungle juke

https://www.instagram.com/space_tak 
https://soundcloud.com/takuhxmusic



Takuya Nakamura @ The Lot Radio 04-22-2025

187 Flip

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187 (Da Wry Guy Flip) [ FREE DOWNLOAD ]

one of the best nights in U.S trance history - proud to be a part of it! cheers @alyandfila and all the trance families :) 

John O'Callaghan LIVE @ FSOE400USA San Jose

Rinse FM Podcast - Josh Butler - 19th August 2015

Like Me

General Rush The Future War Is Coming

3 hours recorded at Calibre's XOYO residency this summer
Starting at 140 and moving fwd from there :)

Photo is from one of our first sets together at Plastic People nearly 9 years ago!
@joy-orbison @benufo

Ben UFO b2b Joy O - Recorded at XOYO in August 2019 (Calibre Residency)

Enquiries - william@orcamgmt.com
Bookings - david.exley@teamwass.com

b2b Ben UFO. Live at ZeeZout 09.14 (Night)

Joy Orbison

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