Ben Sims – Ekspozicija 08: Escapism pt.2

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Ben Sims –
Ekspozicija 08: Escapism pt.2

cat. no.: EXPLICITCD008

format: CD / digital download

release date: 7th January 2008

distribution: Intergroove /www.intergroove.de/

EAN-code: 3830031970419

The latest installment in the
‘Ekspozicija’ mix-CD series is very special: we at Explicit/Matrix Music are
especially proud to be able to work with one of the greatest UK techno DJs –
BEN SIMS. The new CD, subtitled ‘Escapism
Pt. 2 is the long-awaited follow up to Ben’s first ever proper mix CD from 2002
and was scheduled for release on Carl Cox’s Intec imprint but due to the
label’s closure we’re lucky enough to have it ourselves along with an updated
tracklisting. It’s a finely cut-up blend of no less than 41 tracks, more than a
quarter of which are Ben’s own, some of them as yet unreleased, or from his own
labels. Some tracks have also been re-edited or re-mastered especially for this
CD.

Ben is a DJ in the true sense of
the word: using the (modern and traditional) DJ tools he took ready-made bits
and pieces of the greatest tracks he could find and created something
completely new, a new epic piece made of funk
power, acid basslines, dub effects, raw ghetto-tech, the purest techno and
various other tweaky ingredients. He threw everything into his grinder and
worked his magic: the result is as fantastic as it can be. It just doesn’t let
go or allow to drift away, just relentless in-your-face beats and sweaty fun on
the dancefloor. A fast, furious and super-funky set that is definitely not
suitable for the faint-hearted and the one that you will want to play over and
over.

Could Ben Sims be the saviour of techno? Check it out and
decide for yourself…

Full tracklisting
available at : http://www.myspace.com/matrixmusik

BEN SIMS – SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Ben Sims had his first decks at age ten. Schooled on mix tapes by the likes of
Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Cheese and Froggy, and with his musical roots in reggae,
funk, disco, electro, rare groove and hip-hop, by his mid teens he was spinning
at after-hours ‘blues’ houses and a few years later came the acid house
explosion with pirate radio and clubs. Skip forward fifteen years and you’ll
find he’s one of the UK’s biggest techno exports and a much in demand producer.

Ben runs five labels (KB Records
Inc./Ingoma/Hardgroove/Symbolism/Theory), each one with a distinctive
sound, ranging from hardgroovin’ and funk driven techno and house that is the
trademark of his DJ sets, via tribal, to melodic electronica. In a genre that
propagates sound-a-likes, Ben Sims productions have gained widespread attention
and feature regularly in the boxes of his own personal heroes like Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Jeff Mills
and Rolando, whilst also attracting
crossover appeal that has seen Carl Cox,
Fergie, Judge Jules and even Tiesto
drop the odd Sims cut. He has remixed Jeff
Mills, Green Velvet, Blake Baxter, Marco Bailey, Chris Liebing and Adam Beyer to mention but a few.

The
past 6 years have seen Ben constantly touring and tearing up dancefloors at
legendary clubs & parties such as Liquid
Room/Tokyo, Sonar/Barcelona, Limelight/NYC, Rex/Paris, Zouk/Singapore, I Love
Techno/Belguim and Tresor/Berlin,
Awakenings/Amsterdam and Atomic
Jam/UK plus hundreds of others with his tight, energetic and skilful brand
of three-deck wizardry. Add this to his recent ventures into promoting with
both the Retro_vert and Split parties causing a storm in London, a monthly
internet radio show with Split resident Alex Downey and much more, there’s certainly
no sign of things slowing down anytime soon for Mr Sims.

http://www.matrix-music.com
http://www.myspace.com/matrixmusik
http://www.splitmusic.net http://www.retro-vert.com http://www.myspace.com/theoryrecordings