Ben and Lex
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Their debut single “Cosa Nostra” was released on Functional Breaks
in 2003 and received universal DJ and radio support around the world.
Their second release for the label followed soon after, a double ‘A’
sided single “Proper Tasty / Reconsidered” which firmly stamped its
mark on the breaks scene with radio play on Radio One, Ministry of
Sound FM, Breaks FM, several other international shows and has had DJ
support from the likes of Freq Nasty, Krafty Kuts, Skool of Thought,
Tayo and Steelzawheelz to name but a few.
As well
as continuing to release on Functional Breaks - their tune “Soundgal“,
as featured on Freq Nasty’s Breakspoll 2006 compilation, is released as
Functional #44 - the boys have been approached by the likes of Big
Square for “Floor Burn“, Trusted for “Funky Music”(also a top ten O2
ringtone) and Drum and Breaks for “Raw 2 Da Floor/ Le Chunk” ft MC Spee
(Dreadzone).
Their distinctive sound can be heard
on their weekly Nuskool Breaks radio show as well as guest mixes for
Pulseradio.net and Outofthevoid.co.uk. Ben & Lex have also had an
exclusive half-hour mix on Radio 1 for Annie Nightingale and they are
residents at the UK’s longest running monthly breakbeat night, Beatz
& Bobz, where they regularly support break beat heavyweights such
as Rennie Pilgrem, Freq Nasty, Tayo, James Lavelle (Unkle) and The
Freestylers as well as giants such as the Wu tang, Afrika Bambaata,
Grandmaster Flash, Adam F & Fresh and DJ Zinc.
As
well as critically acclaimed sets across the UK they have also made
numerous festival appearances at Glastonbury, The Glade and Beautiful
Days. They are also gaining international kudos with recent appearances
at the Miami Winter Music Conference, Dangerous Drums in Berlin,
Mission Dance Winter Sessions in Mannheim and the Break Nation festival
in Seville where they rocked it to a crowd of over 10,000 Spanish
nutters!!
With forthcoming releases on their own
brand new label Ape Records (including remixes from Will White
(Propellorheads), Transformer Man & more) and releases on
Functional Breaks, Silo Records, Wut Eva and Jardim plus many remixes
already lined up for the rest of this year, these two Westcountry
Warriors look like they will be impossible to escape, so go see them
and treat yourself to a damn good party!
