Mr Ben Profile

[mr ben]

OSA Radio Slot:
Friday 6pm - 7pm

Age:
35

Based:
Liverpool

Preffered Styles:
You can tune in to me playing anything from Chicago house , Acid , Techno , a bit of progressive or even from time to time a bit of Piano and although my first love will always be a more warehouse based style for 88 to 91 you may also find me playing a more modern collection of tracks based around the Electro and Deep House stuff doing the rounds at the moment

Been Playing For:


Biog:
hmmmm where do i start lol ... ok , got into house music in the late eighties when i heard a track ( and i'm sure you'll all have heard of it ) called voodoo ray and was pretty much hooked, at the time i wasn't old enough to get in the main club in liverpool at the time which was ' the state ' so had to be content with throwing loads of 10 pences into the duke box in the local liesure center ( huyton liesure ) and playing pacific state back to back for about 3 months lol ..... soon after this i got on to a pirate radio station which was doing the rounds at the time called ' welcome to the jungle ' which was hosted by ' james class ' and ' davey t ' and a top programne it was too .. .. so along with a mate of mine we used to save our dinner money and buy tunes from bluebird and 3 beat records in liverpool
at the time with no chance of buying decks i had two midi's in my bedroom and remember trying to mix digital boy's ok alright with njoi's adrenelin using the volumne controls only ...

by this time i was going to a club that had a massive influence on me music wise 'Quadrant Park' .. i dont need to say anything else about this place cos its all been said before ...

whilst the quad was open i got some decks and started to teach myself how to mix and for the next couple of years played mostly illegal partys, house partys and a couple of guest spots around liverpool until i dj'ed a party in a place called the 'rising sun' after 'the state' night club where i was arrested and charged for entertainig without a licence.. after this i sold all my gear to pay the fine and the music wasn't to my liking so i kinda jibbed it

that was 94ish and since then until november 2005 i hadnt so much as touched a piece of vinyl never mind played it lol, when whilst googling 'mike knowlers' name i got a link to ' hazydayz ' and that was it i was hooked again so after a lot of money and time learning how to mix again , here i am

Upcoming Gigs:
The Terrace - Picks , Birmingham - Aug 9th
Miss Saysay's Birthday Bash - The Swan With Two Necks, Chorley- August 24th
Mentazm - The Magnet , Liverpool - October 11th
Rootys Birmingham - TBC


Past Guest Spots:
*The 051 93'
*Ferraris 94'
*The officers club 95'
*Rotation 2007'
* osa summer sizzler july 07'
* Back to the old pool pre bar - Feb 08' - The Dugout , Liverpool
* Back to the old pool pre bar - 7th of June - The Dugout , Liverpool
* The Terrace - Picks , Birmingham - June 14 th

Past Residencies:
*The Graduate 93'
*Fridays 94'

Mixes:

OSA Radio Mix- 'Sounds Of The Underground'

http://mrben.oldskoolanthemz.com/mixes/mix%204.mp3


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Or email me at m-ben@hotmail.co.uk