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ESCAPISM PT2 OUT NOW! NEW SPLIT SHOW COMING SOON |
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| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Oct 16, 2008 (407 days back) |
About Me |
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| Known as the '3 deck master', 'the human ableton' and 'the machine', Ben Sims had his first decks at age ten. Schooled on mix tapes by the likes of Bambaata, DJ Cheese and Froggy, and with his musical roots in reggae, funk, disco, electro, rare groove and hip-hop, by his mid teens he was spinning at after-hours 'blues' houses and a few years later came the acid house explosion with pirate radio and clubs. Skip forward over 15 years and you’ll find he’s one of the UK’s biggest techno exports and a much in demand producer. Ben has been involved in running 9 labels, a couple of which are on hold at present (Theory, Killabite, Hardgroove, Native, Ingoma, Symbolism, Assembly, KB Records inc, Split Music), each one with a distinctive sound, ranging from hardgroovin’ and funk driven techno and house that is the trademark of his DJ sets, via tribal, to melodic electronica. In a genre that propagates sound-a-likes, Ben Sims productions have gained widespread attention and feature regularly in the boxes of his own personal heroes like Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Jeff Mills and Rolando, whilst also attracting crossover appeal from the likes of Carl Cox etc. He has remixed Jeff Mills, Green Velvet, Blake Baxter, DJ Funk, Marco Bailey, Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer plus many more and has had his tracks and remixes featured on mix cds by Robert Hood, Francois Kevorkian, DJ Rush, Joey Beltram, Dave Clarke, Umek, Luke Slater, Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin and hundreds more.The past 10 years have seen Ben constantly touring and tearing up dancefloors at legendary clubs & parties like- Liquid room, Tokyo, Sonar, Barcelona, Limelight. NYC, Rex, Paris, Zouk, Singapore, I love Techno, Gent, Tresor, Berlin, Awakenings, Amsterdam and Atomic jam, Birmingham plus hundreds of others with his tight, energetic and skilful brand of 3 deck wizardry. Add this to the 6 deck ROKU sets with Mark Broom, recent ventures into promoting with both the Retro_vert and Split parties causing a storm in London, a monthly internet radio show presented with Alex Downey and a new mix cd lined up for the Slovenian based Matrix series, plus the FREQUENCY 7 dex, fx and laptop shows with Birmingham's Surgeon, pushing the boundaries of DJ sets or as part of the ESSEX RASCALS with Tony Anderson, Mark Broom and Paul Mac dropping everything from House to Funk to Disco, The illusive classics remixing duo KILLA PRODUCTIONS again with Paul Mac, plans for a disco re-edit project and after recent bizarre but genius use of the hit 'remanipulated' in a hardcore lesbian porn movie doing the rounds on the net, you can certainly expect some sexy new beats from mr sims very soon ;-) | |
My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 2/19/2007Band Website: splitmusic.net Band Members: BEN SIMS, for bookings contact: natasha@dynamix-djs.com Influences: DJ'S AND MASTERMIXERS: FROGGY,LES ADAMS,DJ CHEESE,JAH SHAKA,CASHMONEY,JAZZY JEFF,JAZZY JAY,RED ALERT,ROGER JOHNSON,ORLANDO VOORN,LATINRASCALS,FABIO,DOUBLE DEE AND STEINSKI,COLDCUT,KID BACHELOR,JAZZY M,RICHIE RICH,TONY ANDERSON,SURGEON,MR C,COLIN DALE,TREVOR FUNG,KNIGHTS OF THE TURNTABLES,TIM WESTWOOD,MARK BROOM,DERRICK MAY,LTJ BUKEM,JOE CLAUSSEL,RON HARDY,GROOVERIDER,JAZZIE B,MANASSEH,DJ FOOD,FRANCOIS KERVOKIAN,ROLANDO,MIKE ALLEN,NURMAD,TIMMY REGISFORD,HARDROCK SOUL MOVEMENT,GRAHAM PURKISS,CARL COX,DJ SNEAK,DERRICK CARTER,GRANDMIXER DST,CHRIS THE GLOVE TAYLOR,DANNY KRIVIT,DEZY D,QBERT,JEFF MILLS,PAUL MAC,RICKY DETENON,DALE BUTLER,JAMIE CLARKE. ARTISTS AND PRODUCERS: LEE PERRY,KING TUBBY,MARLEY MARL,ARTHUR RUSSELL,JAMES BROWN,MANTRONIX,MARSHALL JEFFERSON,TYREE COOPER,THE SPECIALS,ADONIS,HASHIM,DHS,J SAUL KANE,KENNY LARKIN,LIQUID LIQUID,APHEX TWIN,RELOAD,KEVIN SAUNDERSON,K ALEXI SHELBY,DERRICK MAY,THE CLASH,BREAK THE LIMITS,2 KILO'S,RUN DMC, THE BEAT,PHOTEK,TODD TERRY,A GUY CALLED GERALD,SHUT UP AND DANCE,CASSETTE BOY,TONY THORPE,RHEJI BURRELL,DEPECHE MODE,GARY MARTIN,THE SELECTOR,VIRGO,BLACK DOG,DJ PREMIER,NURON,TALKING HEADS,STASIS,ORLANDO VOORN,LIL LOUIS,CARL CRAIG,BEASTIE BOYS,PAUL MAC,MICHAEL JACKSON,STEVIE WONDER,MASTERS AT WORK,JEFF MILLS,ESG,DJ PIERRE AND MANY, MANY MORE... Sounds Like: Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox ! Record Label: THEORY/HARDGROOVE/INGOMA/KB RECORDS INC/SYMBOLISM Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Techno / House / Electronica) |
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My Blog |
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BEN SIMS MIXES (UPDATED 12/10/08) |
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| i'll be updating this as often as i can, enjoy..ESSEX RASCALS PODJAM 001:BEN SIMS PRESENTS....I HEARD IT THRU THE BASSLINE It's podcast time for the rascals and after much discussion I'm first off the... Posted by Ben Sims on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:35:00 PST |
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BEN SIMS NEWSLETTER (UPDATED 10/10/08) |
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| 26/8/09STILL CAN'T SEEM TO ADD MORE PEOPLE OR EVEN MAKE CHANGES TO MY TOP FRIENDS, SO FOR THE TIME BEING THEY ARE STAYING THE SAME :-(10/10/08MATRIX CLUB, SPAIN.sometimes shit happens you have no cont... Posted by Ben Sims on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:29:00 PST |
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BEN SIMS CHARTS (UPDATED 25/08/08) |
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| BEN SIMS CHART JULY/AUGUST 20081.STEPHEN BROWN.KEYGROUPS.SUBJECT DETROITi've started every set with this d train sampling classic since i got it, simple but so very effective2.MARK BROOM.THINGS/V.I.P ... Posted by Ben Sims on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:33:00 PST |
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BEN SIMS AND ALEX DOWNEY pres..SPLIT SHOW 2008.2 |
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| 2008's Second Installment of the Globally Syndicated Radio Show...Link your computer direct to the SPLIT SHOW and get the show downloaded to your computer automatically as soon as we release it. Add T... Posted by Ben Sims on Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 PST |
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FROGGY R.I.P |
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| ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE UK DJ WORLD PASSED IN LATE MARCH, A HUGE INSPIRATION AND INFLUENCE TO MANY, INCLUDING MYSELF STEVE HOWLETT AKA FROGGY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WAVE OF UK JOCKS TO ... Posted by Ben Sims on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:35:00 PST |
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SPLIT SHOW 2008.1 WITH SIMS AND DOWNEY |
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| BEN SIMS and ALEX DOWNEY return once more, with the first SPLIT RADIO SHOW of 2008, featuring the cream of the crop in Techno-Funk, Detroit-House and Electronics filling their DJ boxes over the past f... Posted by Ben Sims on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:49:00 PST |
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SPLIT AND TILTED DISCO. MARCH 28TH 2008 |
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| HI THERE. JUST A LITTLE INFO ABOUT OUR FORTHCOMING PARTY ON MARCH 28TH 2008, ONCE AGAIN WE JOIN FORCES WITH TILTED DISCO TO BRING YOU A SOLID LINE UP OF SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED NAMES IN TECHNO.WE'... Posted by Ben Sims on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:04:00 PST |
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NEW ADDRESSES FOR PROMO’S |
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| heyhere's my new addresses for promo's, pls send vinyl and cd's to new address of:hardgroovepo box 60447londone9 7tlthe old greenwich address is no more :-(for files, pls upload to my yousendit accoun... Posted by Ben Sims on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:16:00 PST |
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BEN SIMS FAN CLUB ON MYSPACE |
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| not content with this basic page and my current lack of website, some fans have very kindly got together and created the 'ben sims fan club' on myspace with more sets, videos and photos than i've even... Posted by Ben Sims on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:37:00 PST |
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HARDGROOVE MASTERING SERVICE |
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| For all your digital file final master or pre- master needs click Hardgroove Myspace or Hardgroovemastering for info.... Posted by Ben Sims on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:14:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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The Original Funk Master Froggy!, ELECTRO STREET SOUNDS, Latin Rascals, Ron Hardy, Steinski, Dj Jazzy Jeff, DJ Cash Money, DJ Qbert, Mantronix, The Real Biz Markie, JAH SHAKA - ADD NEW PAGE ASAP, Wayne Anthony, Centreforce 88.4fm, Larry Heard aka MR. Fingers, MARSHALL JEFFERSON, tyreecooper, ADONIS, Mr K-Alexi, MIKE DUNN, A Guy Called Gerald, Orlando Voorn Music Page, Derrick May, JEFF MILLS, Kevin Saunderson, c2, Alan Oldham aka DJ T-1000™, JTC, Split, Hardgroove Mastering, Tony Anderson, Paul Mac, mark broom, The 65D Mavericks, James Ruskin, Alex Downey, Chris Finke, vincewatson, Norman Chung, Doug Stanhope, Suicide Girls, G.Kanaris, StilL Shine Deep within my Soul, Favoritt, Jade, Woj, anima, DJ DANI CARRERA, victoria, Mario D'Fer - Octopus Productions, ERREOME UNDER ROME COLLECTION, DJ Scott Johnson a.k.a Kalifa, ELECTROTECH,NO?, tsunamiXXX, Pablo, sarah wesley, Ms. Nagoyan, FramisLive!, Jay Wong, La Rubia, La Cova, Flow, F A B R I K, Errol Dix, kris, Aleksandar Maksic, ..: aNa quË MâJA :.., Ace Stojevski, <3D*V*S*<3* D*A*N*I<3, exit, JASON, Moises Eiroa, P_Lycs, Ms.Rhythm, davx, Electrosonic Festival 2007, dixkontrol, maluco, lisa, Jorge Ibáñez, Xago, MisterMerc, Delysid-25, Naomi @ NL Inc Agency, Piti, ruge_e, Lucio Organismo Multiarte, olivier, Dani!!, j. sequence
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