Ben Sims had his first decks at age ten. Schooled on mix tapes by the likes of Bambatta, 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 ten years and you’ll find he’s one of the UK’s biggest techno exports and a much in demand producer.
Ben runs 4 labels (Ingoma/Hardgroove/Native/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 and has a forthcoming artist album on the forward-thinking UK label Peacefrog.
The past 6 years have seen Ben constantly touring and tearing up dancefloors at legendary clubs & parties like- Liquid room, Tokyo, Sonar, Barcelona, Limelight. NYC, Rex, Paris, Zouk, Singapore, I love Techno, Belguim and Tresor, Berlin, Awakenings, Amsterdam and Atomic jam, England plus hundreds of others with his tight, energetic and skilful brand of 3 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 co-promoter Chris Finke and a new mix cd lined up for Billy Nasty’s ‘Torture Chamber’ series, there’s certainly no sign of things slowing down anytime soon for Mr Sims.
Ben Sims - Live at Citadela Labyrinth, Brno, Czech Republic 28-04-2001
Ben Sims - Live at Privilege Meganite Ibiza 27-07-2005
Ben Sims - Live at Aquasella Arriondas Spain 04-08-2007
Ben Sims - Live at Corsica Studios London 30-05-2008
Ben Sims - Dj Set at Global Alliance on Kiss100 19-01-2008
Ben Sims & Surgeon (Frequency 7) - Live at Dublin 00-03-2009
Ben Sims - Live at Club 69 Paisley Scotland 24-10-2009
Ben Sims - Live at Free Your Mind Festival Arnhem 06-06-2009
Ben Sims & Slam - Live at Sub Club Glasgow 08-05-2009
Ben Sims - Exclusive Balance Mix Up 30-04-2009
Surgeon & Ben Sims - Live at St. Andrews Lane Theatre 16-03-2009
Ben Sims - Essex Rascals Podjam 005 14-02-2009
Ben Sims & Surgeon (Frequency 7) - Live at Karma, Osaka 01-05-2010
Ben Sims - Live at Club Museum 7th Birthday, Unit, Tokyo, Japan 07-05-2010
Ben Sims & Surgeon (Frequency 7) - Live at Life Festival Ireland 06-04-2010
Ben Sims - Live at Pulse Club Toledo 00-01-2010
Ben Sims & Scott Braithwaite - DJ Set at Essex Rascals Way Back Wednesday Show 00-11-2011
Ben Sims - Live at Plex, Colony & Machine, Corsica Studios, London 28-10-2011
Ben Sims b2b Paul Mac - Live at Apokalypsa 34 All Star Game, Brno 25-11-2011
Ben Sims b2b Paul Mac - DJ Set at In Session on Maxima FM 20-11-2011
Ben Sims - Live at Pulse Club, Toledo 01-10-2011
Ben Sims b2b Boris Werner - Live at Mysteryland Festival 27-08-2011
Ben Sims - Live at South West Four Festival, London 28-08-2011
Ben Sims - Live at Aquasella Festival 06-08-2011
Ben Sims - Funk You DJ Mix 09-07-2011
Ben Sims - Live at Awakenings Festival, Amsterdam 25-06-2011
Ben Sims - Live at Machine London 25-02-2011
Ben Sims - Funk You DJ Mix 01-04-2011
Ben Sims - Funk You DJ Mix 01-03-2011
Ben Sims - Machine Promo Mix 13-02-2011
Ben Sims - Funk You DJ Mix 01-02-2011
Bookings for BEN SIMS contact:
Natasha Lodh @ Dynamix DJs
Tel: +34 928 836266
Fax UK: +44 207 681 1100
Email: natasha-AT-dynamix-djs.com
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