DJ Yoda Devon Double

 
Over the next two nights me and Lex will be dropping some beat as we are warming up for the man like DJ Yoda as hes tours the South West with his new 'Stop, Look and Listen' tour. If its anything like last time he came to the area its going to be a road block!!!

If you have never heard of DJ Yoda before this is what you can expect...

This hip hop turntablist utilises obscure samples to create a unique, cartoony style. Renowned for his mix tapes and CDs plus his prowess on the decks as a scratch DJ, he has been described as ‘DJ Shadow with a sense of humour’.

Friday | The Phoenix, Exeter

Saturday | The White Rabbit , Plymouth

Benny.

JTC @ The Phoenix

 



Benny.

JTC Vs The Deep End with AUDIOJACK & RAFFERTIE

 


Its been a while but I have the whole of this weekend off. Blimey time. So me and Lexy are off for beers and heading out to JTC Vs The Deep End

Heres some guff for it...

JamTheChannel, The Deep End & Badman Wonky join forces to present a boom ting party to celebrate Magnet's 30th birthday in style. We still have a guest to confirm but tickets are selling already so we thought we should give you the heads up.

Voodoo Lounge - JamTheChannel - House/Techno
AUDIOJACK - 2020Vision/Get Physical
SPECULUM - U.F.O/U&A
JamTheChannel DJ's - Aeon/Phonic/Synchronicity/Swu

Funktion One Soundsystem

Downstairs - Deep End - Dubstep/Garage/Bassline/Funky
RAFFERTIE - Planet Mu/On The Brink/Black Acre
Fissure Price
Mystery
Dutty Dan
Ollie 303

Neighbourhood Sound

Terrace - Badman Wonky - Hip Hop/Funk/Breaks/Gangster House/Garage/Mash Up
with special guest
Fifties
Bump - JamTheChannel
Will Hazard - Bad Robot
Full Melt DJ's - Playground/Swu
Ron Willis & Compo - Deep End/Nonom
Papa Shango - Playground

10pm till 4am

Early Bird tickets available from Swu for a limited time @ £5
http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/269/

And over the counter from
Reform Records (new premises) Unit 12, City Arcade, Fore street, Exeter, EX4 3JE Tel: 01392 411337
Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS Tel: 01392 667080

Links
http://www.myspace.com/audiojackmusic
http://www.myspace.com/speculum2
http://www.myspace.com/RAFFERTIE

Mixes
http://www.audiojackmusic.com/audio/Audiojack_mix_March_2010.mp3
http://www.beatsfortheplanet.com/2009/06/22/raffertie-exclusive-fabric-mix-june-2009/

Should be a right laugh seeing as its JamTheChannels main man James Gills 30th B'day. He is now of age where we can officially invite him into the prestigious 'Old Man Corner' :)

Benny.

Glade 2010 Cancelled

 


I have no words really on this other then I'm absolutely gutted :( bad times indeed.

I'm might, once I've got over it, do a review of the Glade festival as a whole, as I've been and played at them all apart from the first one. A Glade retrospective.. yeah I might do that... but no now :(

With great sadness we have been forced to cancel the Glade Festival 2010.

When we started back in 2004 we did so out of a love of electronic music, free spiritedness and alternative culture and in response to the vibrant free party scene in the UK. We wanted to have our own version of the kind of colourful, creative and non-corporate events that happen in many places across the planet? Looking back it is amazing that it happened.

As many Glade fans will know over the years we have fought hard to maintain the integrity of the event against steadily increasing restrictions imposed by local authority and police. The resulting compromises have led to increased costs, increased ticket prices and a throttling of the very essence of what we wanted to do. It led to us finally having to move from the lovely Wasing estate due to late night noise restrictions and the police?s demands for an ever-increasing security and police presence at the event.

At our new venue, Matterley Bowl, there has actually been some amazing support from the local council who?s officers recognize the professional and co-operative way we run the event and the contribution to the local area and the country?s cultural diversity. They have worked with us to ensure the Glade is a safe and enjoyable event and openly recognize that we have one of the best event management teams in the country to do this.

However this year the requirements imposed upon us for policing, security and stewarding have been greatly increased. To make matters worse the reluctance of the police to negotiate in advance and deliberately delay any dialogue with us has resulted in our being unable to tie down a final costing for the event. This, along with unexpected legal fees associated with a last minute license review, has radically increased the cost of the festival.

We are an independent, sponsorship free event. The ethos of the Glade is to provide a place where people can safely come and express themselves freely and peacefully, dance and be in the countryside with the music they love without a heavy urban police and security presence. We strive to put on the most diverse and interesting festival we can by spending a large part of the budget on the ambience of the event and by having multiple stages with music from a myriad of both established and up and coming artists, musicians and djs from the many genres of the thriving underground electronic music scene.

Faced with what is already an expensive event to put on and with these unexpected forced increases in security and police costs as well as a level of advanced ticket sales that is below our expectations we have no choice but to do the responsible thing and cancel the event.

We have explored every way we can to keep the event going and, unfortunately, have been unable to find a solution. We have been unable to secure sufficient financial backing and scaling back the event, to a level where we can be confident we could pay all our bills, would mean losing smaller venues and the quirkiness that make up the heart and soul of the festival.

We?d like to send our thanks and love to all musicians, artists, crew and fans that have made the Glade what it was. We appreciate all the support and love over the years. It has been a brilliant trip and there?s been some beautiful moments in time but for now we can?t go on. We hope that this is not the end of the story and we will continue to strive to create a genuine grass roots, community based, control free, true spirited dance festival in the UK.

To all those who have bought tickets to this years event, please go to the point of purchase to claim back a refund.

If you have bought your tickets from Ticketline, either directly or by buying tickets on Glade?s website, please contact Ticketline?s customer services by email at customerservices@ticketline.co.uk or by phone on 0844 888 4409 who will refund you for the face value of your the ticket. Booking fees will be retained as an admin fee.

We are in talks with other festivals that we feel you will be interested in as Glade festival goers about the possibility of swapping your ticket for another festival at a discounted rate. We will be in touch as soon as possible, so please wait until then before applying for your refund.

From the Glade website
Benny.

Ben & Lex Presents 'The Thursday Mega Rave' @ Glade 2010

 
After tearing the roof off the tent last year, Ben & Lex return to headline the Glade festival's Thursday night Mega Rave and this time they are bringing a whole host of new blood with them!!

Supporting them will be the cream of the NSB's new breed. Winner of Best small night at Breakspoll - DJ Chamber. Beatport chart topping stars in the making and APE Music legends - The Freerange DJs. NSB wunderkind - Kid Chameleon and last but certainly not least, fellow monkey lovers Morphosis & Monkey T, proprietors of & DJs at, one of the best nights in the South West, Simian Sounds.

As anyone who was there will remember (maybe), last years Thursday night Festival warm up mega rave was officially off the hizzak so get yo asses down to The Glade early to catch what will undoubtedly be one of the most packed, sweaty and full on raved up nights of the whole event!!

Ben and Lex
http://www.benandlex.co.uk

DJ Chamber
http://www.myspace.com/djchamber

Freerange DJs
http://www.myspace.com/freerangeinc

Kid Chameleon
http://www.myspace.com/specifiedurlalreadyinuse

Morphosis & Monkey T
http://www.simiansounds.co.uk/

For more info on the Glade Festival check out http://www.gladefestival.com/ and the facebook event page

Benny.

Standout / Glade Tickets

 

I've mentioned before that this weekend is a double gig whammy!!! But I've just been told about some kick ass news regarding the Standout gig...

This will be the last Standout event until the MONSTER line up on Friday 1st October at the Lemmy again. We want to again thank everyone for attending the HUGE Scratch Perverts & Jack Beats gig back in March making it one of the biggest events to hit the city this year.

If you liked that then wait for October, you won`t be disappointed!!!

Standout will also be featuring at this year`s Glastonbury festival, so to celebrate we have got 3 special pairs of tickets to give away at the event this Friday.

We will be giving away the following...

2 x tickets for Rumble in the Jungle (VIP All Day Pass)

2 x tickets for The Glade (VIP Backstage Access)

2 x Tickets for Beautiful Days (VIP Backstage Access)

Pretty damn sweet I reckons :D

Benny.

Big Beat Reunion

 
Finally recovered from the awesome Big Beat Reunion in Brighton from the weekend. Proper mash up drunken fun had by all I reckons haha.

Theres a sweet review of the night over on DJ Mag

In Room 2 meanwhile, Pete Jordan from Midlands mega-brand Spectrum drops a rejig of Zinc’s ‘138 Trek’ before south-west beat fiends Ben & Lex step up for some dutty dubstep such as their mix of the Dub Pistols ‘Ganja’.

haha heres some random photos I took as well.. Not the best I've ever taken but hey ho!



and a final note.. never ever, EVER go to the Wimpy services on the way from Brighton to Devon... Its the worst food me and Lex have ever eaten... proper pound land burgers grossness .. blurgh :(

This...


Ends up as...


Not happy bunnies

Benny.

SW Drum & Bass Awards Nominations Announced

 


Looks like were in the running for Best SW DJ, Best Producer and Regular night. Thanks to everyone who voted for us this year fingers crossed we can make it 2 years running for Best SW DJ :D :D

BEST NATIONAL DJ - Stanton Warriors / A-Skillz / Krafty Kuts / Freestylers / Plump DJ's
BEST PRODUCER - Freerange / A-Skillz / Krafty Kuts / Freestylers / Plump DJ's
BEST SW DJ - Ben & Lex / Bossa / Will Streetwise / Freerange / Simian Sounds
BEST PRODUCER - Will Streetwise / Ben & Lex / Freerange / Simian Sounds
BEST SW REGULAR NIGHT - Freerange / Hong Kong Ping Pong / Beatz & Bobz / Simian Sounds / Bassfunk
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION - To be announced on the night

Benny.

Glade 2010

 


Ohh yes we are returning to Glade again this year after the super mega rave that was Thursday night last year we have been asked again to headline it again. IT WILL BE AWESOME!!!!

Plus for the hardcore out there we will be officially opening the festival with our, now legendary, Main Stage set on Friday morning.

You can also catch us playing at Aeon, Glastonbury and Beautiful Days.

Benny.

Fusion Project / Standout 30/04/10

 


2 big raves this month... the week after the Big Beat Reunion Lex and I will be slamming the rave back in Exeter, with our room two closing set (1am-3am).

Full info on this event can be found on Facebook.

Ohh also were playing up in Tiverton for the Fusion Project on the same night 10pm-12am...



Full info on this one is also on Facebook

Benny.

Big Beat Reunion 23/04/10

 


Only 1 week away now and I'm so looking forward to it :D Viva Big Beat.

Full info on the event can be found on Facebook

Benny.

SW D&B / Breaks Awards - Vote Ben & Lex!

 


So it's that time again when all the South West crews are out whoring for you're votes to be crowned best bumpkin in the west, this time around the event is bigger and badder than ever before with much more emphasis on breaks in the very tasty line up!

We won best South West Breaks DJ last year and we would be over the moon to win again :D :D :D so if you can spend a few minutes casting your votes via this simple online form we will be eternally greatfull.

These awards are totally independent and truly represent who you think are the best in the scene, every vote really counts, so it’s down to you to decide who wins!

• Voting opens at 12pm on Mon 15th March and closes at 12pm on Mon 12th April 2010
• Shortlist will be announced on Mon 19th April
• Winners will be announced at Rumble in the Jungle on Fri 7th May

You must enter a vote in every category before submitting your vote – incomplete vote forms can't be processed. If you have no preference just add "-" instead of a dj or artist :D

Here are our suggestings for the voting in the Breakbeat Catagories...

• Best South West DJ : Ben & Lex
• Best South West Producer : Ben & lex
• Best Regular South West Night : Beatz and Bobz
• Outstanding Contribution to the Scene : Ben & Lex

Thanks again for your time.

Benny.