Benji B and His String Ensemble
It has been over a year since Benji B took his string quartet into the London night sky, now Radio 1 aired similar effort with a 16-piece ensemble.
Weekend Mixtapes
Quite a bunch of Weekend Mixtapes this time, featuring DJs Jimmy Edgar, Jackmaster & Ben UFO, Nosaj Thing, King Britt, Suzi Analogue, Pixelord and others.
Weekly Bits 11/2012
For those that still don’t follow us, here are some bits from the week by Scratcha DVA, IG Culture, Mo Kolours, 2000Black and more!
Jill Scott – Slowly Surely (Ge-ology Unreleased Remix)
Back in 2008, Benji B aired a J Dilla tribute which contained a never released remix of Jill Scott‘s classic tune Slowly Surely. For the first time, here is a stream of the full track.
Mixtape Monday #26
Haven’t done this in a while, but here’s a bunch of fresh mixes to give you a good start into the week. Features the likes of Ossie, Benji B’s Deviation String Quartet, Rush Hour, Mark Force and others.
Deviation String Quartet
Back in October, Benji B and his Deviation String Quartet took over a capsule of the London Eye. Watch the entire performance recorded at Red Bull’s Revolutions In Sound.
RBMA Lecture: Pearson Sound
I’m only halfway through this lecture from the Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid, but Benji B talking to David Kennedy is one of the best this year.
Weekend Mixtapes
Just in time for the weekend, here are some quality mixtapes, including a superb Moodymann tribute and mixes from Aardvarck, Jon Wayne, Gerry Read, Jimmy Edgar, LV and others.
Weekly Bits 22/2011
The weekly bits are finally back with some Gil Scott-Heron tributes, a Kraftwerk book and free downloads from Suzi Analogue, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Midland and Kutmah.
Mixtape Monday #20
This week I want to catch up on mixed I’ve been enjoying in the last couple of days, including DJs and selectors FaltyDL, Carl Craig, Photek, Untold and more.
Africa Hitech Live at Deviation
Recorded at Benji B’s Deviation party last November, here are 140 minutes of Mark Pritchard spinning records and Steve Spacek on MC duties.
Flying Lotus in for Benji B
You might have listened to the Brainfeeder takeover of Benji B’s radioshow the other week. Now that it’s vanished from the iPlayer, here’s another chance to listen to it.
Weekly Bits 3/2011
Another week with free downloads from Jaylib, Jeremiah Jae, Fabrice Lig and Morgan Zarate. Also the only interview with Drexciya, a Pixelord give-away, a Caribou box-set and more.
Mixtape Monday #18
This week we got mixes from Seiji, Dego, Theo Parrish, Detroit Beatdown and others.
Mixtape Monday #10
There were quite some mixtapes to feature last week, including the new nutriot podcast. But Mixtape Monday means there’s a lot more for you, including mixes from Bullion, Untold, Illum Sphere, Holy Ghost! and others.
Weekly Bits 18/2009
I have been traveling for most of the week, time to catch up on a few of the things that happened in the last couple of days. Plenty of free downloads, like a free compilation and some fresh mixtapes.
Taylor McFerrin at WMC '09
Once again showing his huge talent, Taylor McFerrin played an in-store session in Miami with Ne’a Posey. The after party took place at the Florida Room, with Benji B and King Britt on decks.
Mayer Hawthorne on Deviation
The Stones Throw European Tour brought the label’s latest talent Mayer Hawthorne to the BBC studios to meet up with Benji B. Apart from being interviewed, Mayer presented four songs from his soon to be released debut album.
Weekly Bits 7/2009
From now on I’m going to summarize some of the news that I did not cover in a full article. These weekly bits might not be a regular thing, but should be posted on weekends. So, let’s start with week …
Deviation Sessions
After 14 editions already, the Deviation Sessions celebrated with a Christmas Special yesterday night at the Gramaphone in London. As a special thank-you to all supporters, you can now download all available recordings from the club. Included are mixes from …
It's Domu in for Benji (again)
It’s that time of the year again, that Domu substitutes Benji B on BBC 1xtra’s Underground Soul. In the last two weeks new tracks from Kaidi Tatham, Zed Bias, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Blakai and Phlash & Friends have gotten airplay.
