@benbondy

Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself?

hi, I’m ben bondy— he/him. I live in a tiny studio apartment with my bf and our cat bop in bed stuy, Brooklyn. My first tik tok vid has 198 views now, go follow me on there and send me ur fav cringe.
 
How is everything going with you rn?

I am doing ok I think. I am grateful to be working and to have an income, and grateful to have had time to rest my mind and body, and grateful to have friends and music in my life.
 
Have you taken any fun trips this summer?

camping and hiking have always been sort of my escape, but I think now more than ever it provides a different level of nourishment I need to replenish myself from every-day life lately. I’ve done that a few times, and hopefully a lot more. Other than that I spent the first 3 months of quar consistently shrooming. Bless those lil guys :)
 
What is your # 1 Rona rule? 

Keep a tight inner social circle that you know is doing the same, and spend time outdoors.
 
If you were to swim to the bottom of the ocean for a set who would you want to play with and why?

since its already a crazy scenario probably DJ Olive. Would love to hear him play totally submerged and to watch his arms going in slow motion.
 
What do you think djing will look like in 20 years from now?

I would love to see DJing become more accessible for people who can’t afford gear. I think the stigmas about gear in general will ultimately die, and I hope more people playing off laptops will turn up to the function even if they don’t know how to use a controller.
 
Who currently inspires you music wise?
 
on a daily basis seeing what my friends create pushes me as a producer and dj. namely Rory (Pontiac streator), Kelsey (opheliaxz), ulla, naemi (exael), and shy (special guest dj) all inspire me deeeeepplyy. Honestly major shoutout Terry Radio crew. I think seeing people deeply in their own worlds finding their own way thru that is what inspires me most. also on a huge mazzy start kick rn. 
 
What scent would you choose to be on full blast for the rest of your life?

on a big hinoki kick so maybe that
 
Let’s play a pipipi game… I give you a situation & you give me a track 

** on a farm at sundown only two hits of dmt left
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Eu3GZQsyE

** stuck in traffic in the rain
This whole record is perfect rainy drive sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V0gxdQ-Ep8&list=PLnygACOuHOnM0ppzyuII_MdMVelsMyjQ
 
** crossing an endless street that eventually leads to your childhood home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhRNVyJ4jGo

** sandalwood on the 1 you love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyut3GyQtn0

Advice to beginning djs & producers?

I’m soooo a beginner, and still consider myself a bedroom dj so my only advice on that is to listen to a ton of music, and mix whatever genre’s you like together as long as you like the vibe. For producers, just keep making things. Even if its not to share, never gets transferred onto your computer, never gets recorded or released, just do it because experimenting is always good. any time of motion is key even if its backwards.
 
Favorite weird drug experience?

my college room mate’s dad giving us 2cb for the first time and crying hysterically while digging through my old myspace profile convincing myself that my life up until that point had never happened.
 
What would you like to see in the future for the dance community?

I want to see people being able to come together again one day. I want there to be more free and accessible parties that exist more outside of capitalism, and I want to see more DIY spaces open up that don’t cater to the same folks over and over.

Link to extended interview:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FbRKTpVvDk1RcdkH56kXKVaoV6FycyLveuDb7T1gTHw/edit?usp=sharing

ben bondy - 23 ˚

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