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

Ben UFO - Essential Mix 25.09.21

Was going through some of the first sets I recorded in 2006-2008 after a friend sent them to me.  This was when I used to play Drum and Bass under the alias Apt Pupil. This was the sound I was playing in Leeds at parties like Sub Dub/Momentum/ Metropolis/Central Beatz and every week on Frequency FM :) thought it would be nice to share one.

Apt Pupil - November Blues - 2007 [Drum and Bass Mix]

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com  

Leon Vynehall @ Kiosk Radio 11.02.2023

Special Request's exclusive mix for RDC 2023 podcast:

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

RDC 063 - Special Request

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

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Listen to Ben UFO's amazing cover mix now. It's a beauty.

Tracklist here: http://mixmag.net/feature/the-cover-mix-ben-ufo

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The Cover Mix: Ben UFO

Brothers Truss and Tessela team up for a destructive mix of wonky electro and techno bangers.

For more info and tracklist head here: http://www.factmag.com/2018/10/02/fact-mix-674-overmono-tessela-truss/

FACT Mixes

FACT mix 674 - Overmono (Tessela & Truss)

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

Rinse FM Podcast

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Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO recorded live at Sorted (Denver) - 21st October 2019

This was the set I recorded for the 2nd edition of Club Quarantäne in April 2020, an initiative raising funds for the following organisations - Berlin Collective Action, Reach LA, Casa 1, BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100), The Trussel Trust, Viva Con Agua and Sea Watch.

Club Quarantäne

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.

The Cover Mix: Ben UFO

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