From opening the main stage at the Glade festival, winning the ‘Best Breaks Dj’ award at this years South West Drum & Bass / Breaks Awards to their fortnightly Breakspoll nominated Nuskool Breaks radio show and running their own record label, Ben & Lex could be the busiest boys in breaks.
Since pairing up at the end of the last century, the Westcountry DJ duo have rocked dance floors all over the world - from their residency at Beatz & Bobz, the longest-running breaks night in the UK, to performances at the Miami Winter Music Conference, Breakspoll, Mission Dance Winter Sessions in Mannheim and the Break Nation festival in Seville where they showed a crowd of over 10,000 Spanish nutters how to party Ben & Lex style.
They have played alongside breaks heavyweights such as Rennie Pilgrem, Freq Nasty, Tayo, James Lavelle (Unkle) and The Freestylers as well as giants such as the Wu tang, Afrika Bambaata, Grandmaster Flash, Adam F & Fresh and DJ Zinc.
That’s not to mention numerous sets at festivals including Glastonbury, The Glade, Beautiful Days and the National Adventure Sports Festival.
Not content with the excitement of playing live, the duo began writing and recording their own material in 2003. Their debut single, CostaNostra (Functional) received universal DJ and radio support around the world. That was swiftly followed by Proper Tasty/Reconsidered which firmly stamped its mark on the breaks scene with radio play on Radio One, Ministry of Sound FM, Breaks FM and others, as well as support from the likes of Freq Nasty,Krafty Kuts, Skool of Thought, Tayo and Steelzawheelz to name but a few.
As well as continuing to release on Functional Breaks - their tune Soundgal, as featured on Freq Nasty’s Breakspoll 2006 compilation, is released as Functional 44 - the boys have been approached by labels such as Polar Red, Fly Beat Music, Future Perfect and Plasma.digital for remix and original work.
Their distinctive sound can be heard on their Nuskool Breaks radio show, which has been nominated for Best Radio Show twice at Breakspoll (watch out Annie Nightingale), as well as shows for SWU Radio, Brap.fm and Phonic.fm.
Their latest project is their own label, Ape Records, with forthcoming releases and remixes from Benjamin Vial, Afghan Headspin, 2 Bit Thugs and of course Ben and Lex themselves.
With a whole host of festival appearence and releases on the cards for this year these two Westcountry Warriors look like they will be impossible to escape, so go see them and treat yourself to a damn good party!
Tom Real 'Functional's Finest Moments' [Functional]
Freq Nasty 'Breakspoll Vol2' [Supecharged]
Various 'Driving Beats' [Kinkybeat Recordings]
NSB Presents 'Full Range Breaks' [Rumour Records] Tayo 'Beatz and Bobz Vol 3' [Functional]
Phil K 'Retro>Future' [Functional
FORTHCOMING:
Ben and Lex 'Tha Bizness' [APE]
Ben and Lex 'Mugz / Haterz' [Future Perfect]
Recycle 'Ghost In The Shell (Ben and Lex Remix)' [Standard Audio]
601 'RKSTDY (Ben and Lex Remix)' [Polar Red]
Ben and Lex 'Sound Boy Step Up / All Da Breaks' [Rocstar]
SDB 'I Usually Don't (Ben and Lex Remix)' [Mutations]
Mobius 'The Lab (Ben and Lex Remix)' [Dusted Breaks]
Labrynth, began in 1988 and we rocked warehouses and venues all over London before moving to our home at the legendary 4 Aces club in Dalston Lane.
Now - some 21 years since its original inception the beat goes on. What an Amazing night we had @ the Reunion so we are return to, Hidden Once Again for Labrynth’s 21st birthday. So we would like to, invite you to Labrynth’s 21st Birthday…
There will be four arenas of old skool Heaven for you the labrynth raver’s & the new raver’s of 2009.
So come back in time with us, and Celebrate , 21 YEARS OF LABRYNTH.
On this special night you will see the return Of Ke
Track Listing: 01 > Tickets - E'naxx (Intro) 02 > Principles of Flight vs Phonic Request - No Sense 03 > EMP - The Wreckoning 04 > Deliriant - Blackout 05 > Zion Linguist - Toy With Your Mind 06 > Chemogen - My First Chemistry Set (Cybernetix RMX) 07 > Parana - Toccota Infuzued 08 > Solar Axis - Know What I Mean 09 > On - The Dream 10 > Artifakt - The Runner
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Hello! Just wanted to let you know that the new single from Far Too Loud is now available. Two brand new original tracks - "Bass Association" and "Dancefloor Destroyer" - are available as digital downloads exclusively from Beatport (iTunes and other stores from 9th November). The release is also available on 12" vinyl. Check the clips below!
This Wednesday....The AfterDark Halloween Ball @ Respectable Street in West Palm Beach. Our last event "The AfterDark Reunion" on Labor Day with DJ Icey was incredible, and I am bringing back the vibe every month with a great line up of the best Breaks / Electro talent in the world.
It is on Wednesday October 28th, celebrating Halloween and H-Bomb's (one of the creators of the Red Pill) birthday.
I am really stoked because I am bringing in one of the best break beat producers in the U.S....
DJ FIXX of illeleveneleven who also produces with Keith McKenzie as KMFX...this will be his first Palm Beach appearance ever.
alongside will be Johnny Dangerously with Mark Ivan aka Lo IQ, Dj Storm, H-Bomb and many more.
I am looking forward to seeing you there...
...check out DJ Fixx's myspace page...you will definitely love him if you already don't...
DJ FIXX - Over the past 10 years, breakbeat pioneer DJ Fixx has been stocking the shelves of record stores everywhere. Said by many as one of the most innovative and consistent producers in the industry, he continues to deliver some of the most sought after breakbeat tracks available. Alongside of Keith MacKenzie, Fixx is currently a leading producer for Keith's illeven:eleven label. Frequent solo installments can be found on ILL, as well as collaborations with Keith under the production duo 'KMFX'. With over 150 12-inch releases, over 75 exclusive digital releases, and five massively-distributed CDs under his belt, Fixx has assembled one impressive Discography.
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