I have had many influences during my life, and not just from Trance music. My main influences come from Uplifting Trance (Airwave, Rank 1, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren etc.), along with Soundtracks (favourite composers include John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, Richard Harvey, James Horner and Craig Armstrong) and Downtempo/Chillout material.
I first got into Trance music when I was about 10 years old, after hearing the remix by Ferry Corsten of William Orbit's version of "Adagio for Strings" and the brilliant "Angel" by Ralph Fridge, which I remember hearing in the UK Charts. However it wasn't until about 2004/2005 that I decided to really get more interested in the genre. Then in 2006 I started producing, at first using the Dance eJay 7 program which kinda sucked for what I wanted, so then in 2007 I upgraded to FL Studio 7 on the XXL Edition. After a couple of years on the software I found that I really needed to use a more advanced and versatile program. Therefore, i'm now using Ableton Live 6 for all my production and mixing stuff. I find it has all the tools you need, some very nice plug-ins and some other handy stuff. Additional i'm using various VST plugins such as reFX Nexus, Zebra2, Rob Papen's Predator, z3ta+ and more. :)
So far i've had one release, a collaboration with Russian DJ Ex-Driver. This release called "Turbulence" had great support from the likes of Tiesto and Ferry Corsten!
I don't just produce Trance however. Whilst it may be my primary style for production, I like to experiment with different things. I'm a big fan of chillout/downtempo stuff, and have my own alias for my own tracks in this genre called 'Crystalix'. My first mix with this alias, a chillout mix of Sylva is in the player. :)
If you wanna know more, either send me a message, leave me a comment or give me a friend request. :)
MSN: benparkermusic@live.co.uk
Ex-Driver vs. Ben Parker - Turbulence [2008] Infexious Recordings
Ben Parker - Pearl Dreams [2009] CDR
Sean Tyas - Melbourne (Ben Parker Remix) for Remix comp [2009] CDR
Ben Parker - Sylva [2009] incl. Original Mix, Crystalix Mix
New tracks from Vincent de Jager, DK Project and Mike Semtex
Artist………..: Vincent de Jager (the Netherlands) Remixer…..: Tim Air (Russia) Titel…………: I saw the sine (EP) (DQM1011) Tracks……..: 04 Quality…….: 320kbps/44.1kHz/joint-stereo Included bonus track ‘’dreams about a drum’’ Release date…: 10-18-2009 Genre……..: Trance/Progressive Label……….: Digital Quest Music
Artist………..: DK Project Vs. Martin Pritchett Remixer…..: Vincent de Jager (The Netherlands) Titel…………: Clear water (DQM1012) Tracks……..: 02 Release date…: 10-30-2009 Genre……..: Trance/Progressive Label……….: Digital Quest Music
Artist………..: Mike Semtex (UK) Titel…………: Crimson skies (DQM1013) Tracks……..: 02 (Included ‘’Orca”) Release date…: 05-11-2009 Genre……..: Uplifting Trance Label……….: Digital Quest Music
Hi friends, finally, it's done...the brandnew track of "reminder" in collaboration with "Rapha" is released today. The track "Beyound the Clouds" fascinates with a fantastic, classic melody, which has been well reproduced in all remixes. Daniel Kandi's 147 Remix is a really bomb on the dancefloor Thank you for your support...
hey, I'm so happy that you like it! :D Your's new "Sylva" is really nice for my ears on both mixes, and ofc congrats about massive Turbulence on well-known radio shows!!!! I see you use Ableton .. me too :) But I've just started :P Good luck on future productions :) Cheers, Mat
Well hello there Mr.Parker. Thought you would appreciate this wonderful comment, and hopefully not be too busy talking about cats from Africa. Much love mr loveeerman. xxx
All Things Considered LP Is OUT!! It's FREE MP3! CLICK THE IMAGE!!
http://www.loveloverecords.co.uk/ LOVMP312 - Missqulater - All Things Considered L.P. Format: Free MP3 Digital Release 320kbs Total running time: 58:53 Genre: Acid/Electronic
Directly from the land of the rising sun. Missqulater brings us this truly wonderful L.P. a mixture of very nice experimental acidic electronica mixed with fast paced beats and lots of atmospheric synths. A perfect equilibrium between fast and slow, this release quenches the souls thirst for warmth with its intricate layered rhythms and patterns, bringing you some truly nice positive vibes! This album touches on all sorts of styles from acid jazz, house, braindance to ambient and experimental whilst at all times mixing the whole lot altogether flawlessly.
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