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bennyhana22

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ben ufo is easily one of the best DJ's in the world. I have to say I prefer his solo sets to hessle audio most of the time though, he is a bit more varied and plays some house as well as bass, techno the lot. Hessle is a bit darker and heavier which is fine but i cant do just darkness for a whole night, need something tuneful and uplifting

he played 2.5-3 hours in leeds on his own in December and it was one of the best sets i've ever seen and (without bragging) i have seen a lot of DJs over the years.

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ben ufo is easily one of the best DJ's in the world. I have to say I prefer his solo sets to hessle audio most of the time though, he is a bit more varied and plays some house as well as bass, techno the lot. Hessle is a bit darker and heavier which is fine but i cant do just darkness for a whole night, need something tuneful and uplifting

Yep I'd agree with that.

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ben ufo is easily one of the best DJ's in the world. I have to say I prefer his solo sets to hessle audio most of the time though, he is a bit more varied and plays some house as well as bass, techno the lot. Hessle is a bit darker and heavier which is fine but i cant do just darkness for a whole night, need something tuneful and uplifting

Never listened to Hessle before, but discovered Ben UFO through his 4 hour vinyl only Boiler Room DJ set which was a thing to behold. Boiler Room has kind of opened my eyes to loads of great DJs.

Hell of a lot of vinyl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAoLPANG4tE

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Hitting up some Hessle Audio at the moment.

Nice, bleepy, trancy, Yup, could do several hours to this at night.

I think I saw Ben UFO at Green Man last year (I saw a LOT of stuff...).

thanks, Tuna

Will probably ask for more guidance when the DJs are announced properly. It's just that, with so much on at GF, there is a LOT of stuff around at the mo that just doesn't do it for me. As I said, slower more dubsteppy, grimey stuff just leaves me cold. So it'd be nice to target a few DJs/producers every night that are likely to be doing the sort of stuff that I go for.

Ben

Check out Swamp 81 if you haven't already. Lots of good stuff on that label especially by Paleman.

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My model exactly, chaps.

Bands, bands bands until the main stages close, then off in search of some loud, dark, heavy dance stuff for hours and hours at night. Bed around 5-6am. Brief sleep. Repeat 3-4 times. Go home. Collapse.

Ben

can confirm, will be doing exactly this from wednesday through to sunday also

can't wait!

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Right chaps.

So, I like my dance music but, tend to focus on it mostly for the annual festival I attend - i.e. I don't listen to a lot outside of that environment as there are only so many hours in the day and I listen to so much non-dance mucis.

Given that, some tips, please for artists to listen to prior to GF, and possibly target seeing.

I am a long term Orbital fan. Am very much hoping that Paul will be there with 8.58. I like stuff like Luke Abbott (lots of analogue synths) and lots of old school techno. I like acid too, and am excited about Phuture playing. Not a dubstep/grime fan, really. I like minimalist, non-vocal, beaty, bassy stuff. Not a fan of cheese - for example, I find things like the 2 Bears a bit two-beat cheesy. I guess I am not a fan of stuff that gets very popular. BPM wise, I need it high enough to be able to bloody dance, so Ibiza rate stuff is good, even though I often find that a bit 'populist ravy'.

Right, after that garbled crap, who should I be checking out?

Ben

any excuse to post this;

Ayla - Nirwana

Solarstone - Pure

The Future Sound of London - Accelerator

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Never listened to Hessle before, but discovered Ben UFO through his 4 hour vinyl only Boiler Room DJ set which was a thing to behold. Boiler Room has kind of opened my eyes to loads of great DJs.

Hell of a lot of vinyl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAoLPANG4tE

You can't beat him, the guy is so into what he does, his mixing and selection are just in another world. Every time I have seen him play he's been completely different whether it was solo or with Hessle, you never know what to expect!

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