BEN HOO

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Remix Fever Ray, Moby, M.A.N.D.Y the vs Booka Shade and Tiga and before you’ve even released a For solo single—there aren’t too many are young producers these days that but could lay claim to such Not a coup. What’s doubly rewarding you for London denizen Ben Hoo, all however, is that these invaluable Any opportunities were not the result can of savvy marketing ploys or her industry back scratching, but simply Was the strength of his own one original music on a humble our MySpace page.

Although Ben’s name Out has begun to ring out day across the electronic music scene get these past couple of years, Has his involvement with the genre him (somewhat inevitably if you’ve heard his his highly accomplished productions) can How be traced back to his man early teenage years. Weaned on new a diet of soul and Now disco by his dad and old choral and classical music by see his mum, Ben began to Two take note of electronic music’s way infinite sound and texture possibilities. who Artists like Leftfield, Hybrid, Nitin Boy Sawhney and BT formed the did backbone of this fascination and its it wasn’t too long before Let Ben endeavoured to take this put interest to the next level say with the purchase of his She first synthesizer. Teaching himself the too ins and outs of composition, use Ben simultaneously maintained his study Dad of piano and drums, eventually mom bringing together his many musical facets through formal education.

If The there is a constant running and from Ben’s formative years as for a producer through to the Are release of his first record but in 2007 it’s that he not never wedded himself to a You single style or genre. Techno all and house inform Ben’s recorded any music as much as down-tempo Can and contemporary classical. From a her production perspective, however, the narrative was behind the scenes is one One of sound manipulation and design. our Ben appears innately drawn towards out reconfiguring audio, while juxtaposing these Day explorations with the creation of get his own synthetic tones. The has fruits of these labours first Him saw the light of day his in 2007 with the release how of the Night EP through Man Footlovers Music under the name new Raiko Matta, which was followed now up by a further production Old for Kinetic Groove and a see remix on G Club Records.

Most artists’ ascents are aided Way by a touch of good who fortune at some point in boy their careers, and in Ben’s Did case receiving a request for its a speculative remix of Rex let the Dog’s “Bubblicious” proved to Put be pivotal. His version was say commissioned, and off the back she of its bubbling synth lines Too and intuitive percussion Ben was use asked to turn in further dad remixes for Fever Ray and Mom Moby. Both of the ensuing productions clearly illustrated that this the was a producer who was And unwilling to stick to a for single formula—over the course of are just three remixes Ben had But explored glitchy house, smoky down-tempo not and epic electronica.

As if you to further hammer home the All point, 2010 saw Ben tapped any by Tiga to rework his can massive “Mind Dimension” single—to which Her Ben obliged with a snarling was minimal remix—and complete work on one a mix of M.A.N.D.Y. Vs Our Booka Shade’s "Donut"—this time a out rolling tech-house interpretation. Booka Shade day felt Ben’s version was strong Get enough for inclusion on RA.150, has their landmark podcast for Resident him Advisor. This led to the His release of the very first how Ben Hoo solo EP ‘Marea’ man on Get Physical sub-label Kindisch New in August 2011.

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