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djbenjamin

Saturday, 6 September 2008

I'm extremely lucky in that I get to play a rich variety of gigs - I just played at London's Notting Hill Carnival and I played at the pool in the Colosseum in Rome to a crowd of Speedo wearing tanned gym gods who wanted their house underground electro and progressive! Later this month I’m playing mayhem party non-house tunes for Wish, the uber cool monthly girls club in Shoreditch, London.

I'm also playing for the Bears Week in Iceland, which is usually a bit camp, but very hairy.

But it has been my residency at DTPM that has shaped my current favorite style of big bad electro mash-ups with a twist of Disco. Guaranteed to set the floor alight every single time is a bedroom mash-up I have of Run DMC Vs. Bodyrox 'Yeah Yeah'. It's like a kick in the nuts! You think it's going to go Nevins and then POW!!

Hot on it's heels is my own mash-up of The Grid's new track 'Put Your Hands Up' Vs. Mica Paris 'Bodyswerve' which has a great electro bounce with that “take this chance tonight, step into the light” line. I've also been rediscovering the power of Shaun Escoffery's 'Days like This'. I've been dropping it at my soulful House residency @ Sunday - Happy Day! on the roof of Century in Soho, London and believe me it’s beautiful at sunset.

Enjoy xx

Ben Jamin Top 10

1. Run DMC vs. Bodyrox ‘Bootleg Mash-Up’
This is the biggest bomb I have in my bag. It's BIG.

2. The Grid Vs Mica Paris ‘Put Your Hands Up My Bodyswerve’ Ben Jamin Mash-Up
Melt the old into the new and strange brew disco results.

3. Scualo Furano Vs Magonna ‘Get Into The G Funk 3000’ Ben Jamin Mash-Up
Madonna made dirty, DIRTY electro disco.

4. Hercules and the Love Affair ‘Blind (Frankie Knuckles Mix)’ EMI
Lovely loose disco with vocal hooks. Plays well with others.

5. Shapeshifters ‘Chime’ (Martijn Ten Velden Mix) Defected
Reworking an absolute classic in chemically clean late night feel good anthem

6. Stevie Wonder Vs Odyssey ‘Superstitious Roots’ (Team 9 Mix) www.team9.net
Cheeky good times funk, Stevie finally gets more than a respectable reworking!

7. Jesse Garcia ‘Off Da Hook’ Stealth
This is my kick up the arse energy tune! Everyone should have one.

8. The Sonics ‘Have Love Will Travel’ Norton
Because you need some live drums and sleazy sexy sooner or later.

9. Inner City ‘Good Life’ (Fedde Le Grande Remix) Virgin
Another one for the late nights with Fedde putting a modern slick on a classic belter.

10. Feist ‘Inside & Out’ Polydor
The Bee Gee's get covered by the smooth and stylish Feist.

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