BEN & LEX – BREAKSPOLL WINNERS – TOP 10! South West heroes Ben & Lex have been representing breaks for over a decade and now it’s time for them to step up! Winners of the Best Podcast category plus releasing the awesome Soundboy Step-Up single should push them right up. Get behind these two!

Trackitdown Ben and Lex top 10

01. Ben and Lex ‘Soundboy Step Up!’
02. Freerange Djs ‘Back To The Old Jack’
03. Baobinga ‘Ride It’
04. Foreign Beggers ‘Get A Bit More (Baobinga Remix)’
05. Lunar Shift ‘Prototype (M.i. Loki Remix)’
06. Enough Weapons ‘Supersonic (Eshericks Remix)’
07. Cut La Roc ‘Electric Forces Funk ‘
08. L-Vis 1990 ‘United Groove (Baobinga and ID Remix)’
09. Ben and Lex ‘All Da Breaks’
10. Zoo Brazil ‘Fancy (Popof Remix)’

We only blooming won ‘Best Podcast’ at this years Breakspoll Award 2010… FUNK YEAH!!!! so this show goes out to all of you who have listened to us over the years and took the time and voted for the show. We thank you

01. Wasabi ‘Singin (Pale The Kid Remix)’ [Erase]
02. Gella Ft. MC Spyda ‘Twinkle (Gella’s Nails Mix)’ [Sub Slayers]
03. Cut la Roc ‘Looking For The Deep Bass (Schema Remix)’ [APE]
04. LVis1990 ‘United Grooves (Baobinga and ID Remix)’ [Mad Decent]
05. Ben and Lex ‘Soundboy Step Up’ [Rocstar]
06. Dub Pistols ft Rodney P ‘Ganja (Ben and Lex’s High and Dry Remix)’ [Sunday Best]
07. Baobinga ‘Ride It’ [Build]
08. Ultra Larry Tee Ft. Roxy Cottentail ‘Lets Make Nasty (Afrojack Remix)’ [Ultra]
09. Foreign Beggers ‘Get A Bit More (Baobinga Remix)’ [Never Say Die]
10. The Loops Of Fury ‘SOAP (Peo de Pitte Remix)’ [UA]
11. Dylan Rhymes and Tom Real ‘Godzilla (Fussy By Remix)’ [Lot49]
12. Elite Force ‘Law Of Life’ [UA]
13. The Freerange DJs ‘Back To The Old Jack (Eshericks Remix)’ [APE]
14. Ben and Lex ‘All Da Breaks’ [Rocstar]
15. Enough Weapons ‘Got Digital’ [APE]
16. The Freerange DJs ‘Back To The Old Jack’ [APE]
17. Elite Force ‘Annihilate’ [UA]
18. VENT ‘Encoded (VIP)’ [Hardcore Beats]
19. Party Dark ‘Is That You (Calvertron Remix)’ [Champion Records]
20. Elite Force ‘Cali Sk8r’ [UA]
21. Plump DJs ‘Rocket Soul’ [Finger Lickin]
22. Super DJ Bobzilla ‘I Usually Dont Do Dis (Ben and Lex Remix)’ [Mutate]
23. Cut la Roc ‘Looking For The Deep Bass (Beat Monkeys Remix)’ [APE]
24. Aldo Vanucci ft Amie J ‘Naive (Ben and Lex Remix)’ [Good Living]

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Were back in two weeks time and again I’d like to thank you for supporting us and helping us win best podcast at Breakspoll 2010.

Benny

Fresh from picking up their award for Best Podcast I have an awesome remix by these guys which sounds nothing like their usual style. As well as running their successful Ape Music label and brand Ben & Lex are the long serving residents of Beatz & Bobz which has been running in Exeter now for around 13 years. These guys are renowned all over for being fine purveyors of making and playing hard edged breaks which smashes dancefloors to bits. This track that they’ve made available for download however is a remix for Plymouth DJ Aldo Vanucci and is a really nice funked up affair featuring vocals from Amie J. It came out on Good Living Records last year but can be yours for free by checking out the link below.

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Ben & Lex are back again and this time making their debut for the awesome Rocstar label with this killer ‘Mixmag Breakbeat Single Of The Month’.

Unless you have been asleep under a barrell for the last few months you will have seen that the busiest men in breaks have been beavering away non-stop dropping some killer remixes but now they are back with no doubt their biggest original release so far!!

“All Da Breakz owes a large debt to the mischief and mayhem of bass music. Neo junglist steppa beats begin a marauding romp that takes in a dirty burrowing reesey bassline, jump up bashment vibes, hardcore hiphop MCing, Casio bleeps, Grandmaster Flash, dog whistles, and maybe even the kitchen sink! ”

With all the elements set squarely at ‘party’ this tune is a stone cold killer with plays from all the usual suspects including Annie Nightingale on her award wining BBC Radio 1 show as well as on the floor as proven at Breakspoll 2010.

“All the Breakz is the best attempt at a cut and paste club track I’ve heard for a while, forging together breakbeats from original funk and old skool through to dubstep.” Pete Jordan. IDJ

For ‘Soundboy Step Up’ the dastardly duo turn in a breaksy/dubstep crossover banger with all the throw ya horns up bravado of a rock anthem. Rasta snips & badman bass combine for a proper dub rave mashup! Fitting somewhere between Tayo and the Bassbin Twins if heavy dub bass music is ya bag then this is for you

2010 is set to be their biggest year so far so keep ‘em peeled for more new material coming your way real soon. Blap!!

Magazine Reviews

Mixmag – Tune of the Month 5/5

The Westcountry DJ duo, Ben Ervine and Alex Shellard have long served the mega-rave community as residents of Exeter’s Beatz & Bobz night. If this single is anything to go by, this year promises to be their most exciting to date. It’s cheeky montage of fifty seven varieties of classic loops pays homage to the grooves that crowds have come to know and love, making it an instant anthem.

DJ Mag – 4.5/5

The dastardly Exeter breaks twosome really deserve some breaks themselves, as they’ve been beavering away at the coalface for ages, and ‘All Da Breakz’ owes a large debt to the mischief and mayhem of bass music. Neo junglist steppa beats begin a marauding romp that takes in a dirty burrowing bassline, jump up bashment vibes, hardcore hip-hop MCing, Casio bleeps, Grandmaster Flash samples, high-pitched dog whistles, and maybe even the kitchen sink. It’s a boss tune, and on ‘Soundboy Step Up’ they turn in an equally well-worked dubstep piece.

Audio

All Da Breaks by Ben and Lex

Sound Boy Step Up by Ben and Lex

We only went and freaking won ‘Best Podcast’ FUNK YEAH!!!!

Big ups to SWU for getting the news on the home page mega quick n all

Our very own Westcounrty breakbeat warriors Ben and Lex picked up a award last night at this years Breakspoll (The international breakbeat awards) held at Fabric in London. After receiving the award for best podcast they gave a speech signed of with Big up the Devon massive’

Great news for Ben and Lex to get such global recognition as they have been working away on the scene relentlessly for many moons, 2010 is set to be a big year for them, watch out!

Full list if winner can be found on the Breakspoll site

Its available in a wide range of colours and is only £12.99.. bargin! Get yours form our Dizzy Jam Shop

All Da Breakz/Soundboy Step Up (Rocstar)

The dastardly Exeter breaks twosome really deserve some breaks themselves, as they’ve been beavering away at the coalface for ages, and ‘All Da Breakz’ owes a large debt to the mischief and mayhem of bass music. Neo junglist steppa beats begin a marauding romp that takes in a dirty burrowing bassline, jump up bashment vibes, hardcore hip-hop MCing, Casio bleeps, Grandmaster Flash samples, high-pitched dog whistles, and maybe even the kitchen sink. It’s a boss tune, and on ‘Soundboy Step Up’ they turn in an equally well-worked dubstep piece.

4.5/5

Jinx In Dub

Tippa Tap (Functional)

Bristol fiend Jinx indulges his love of dub on this side-project, and the conquering lion kicks ‘Tippa Tap’ off with a straight-up skank and a Haile Selassie sample as it drops into reggae. It develops a breakbeat shuffle in the second part, and label chief Biff’s Exeter cronies Ben & Lex turn it into a wicked dubsteppy piece, complete with old skool breakbeats and Detroit chords. Great smokin’ material.

4/5

Reject Beats, Rocstar & Concorde2 Present
Big Beat Reunion
Fri 23 Apr , 2010

Featuring Fatboy Slim + Bentley Rhythm (LIVE) + Cut La Roc + Jon Carter + Midfield General + Hardknox + Wildstyle Bob Nimble and live visuals from VJ Air.

In the front bar:
Brothers Bud + Ben and Lex + Pixel Fist vs Afghan Headspin + Jadell + Pete Jordan + Danny Reject and Kimpossible + Micky C and live visuals from Psyco Monkey

It has arrived… The return of one of the most iconic line-ups and dance movements in uk clubland history. BIG BEAT is here with a line-up of quite breathtaking proportions. You will find all the names within this line-up which helped to create the musical platform on which Brighton propelled itself into the international media. As well as all the local legends, who despite not being chart topping national icons, are true Brightonian beat masters!

Even better than the news above, is that ALL PROCEEDS from the BIG BEAT REUNION will be going directly to THE ROCKING HORSE CHARITY who help to provide entertainment and facilities for sick children in childrens wards in the Sussex area.

Tickets for the Reunion are on-sale NOW and are 18 pounds in advance. Once word spreads, these tickets are guaranteed to sell out in advance. So you will need to put your hand in your pockets quick to get involved in this legendary clubland reunion, and of course help out a very important cause!

ALL FUNDS RAISED WILL BE DONATED TO DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI

(This is a www.dec.org.uk registered event)

Ticket outlets to be announced very soon……….

THE FUSION PROJECT proudly presents in association with the mighty NSB Radio www.nsbradio.co.uk & SugaThomp!, one of the most whoop ass nights of broken boom selection Tiverton has ever seen with DJ Sets from;

BEN & LEX (NSB / Beatz & Bobz)

DJ CHAMBER (NSB / Basskitchen)

JüSME (SugaThomp! / NSB / The Fusion Project)

TOMMY TEASE (SWU / The Fusion Project)

BEN & LEX
www.benandlex.co.uk

These beat demons need no introduction, our superstars of the Westcountry!!
Since pairing up at the end of the last century, the duo have rocked dance floors all over the world!! From their residency at Beatz & Bobz, the longest-running breaks night in the UK, to performances at the Miami Winter Music Conference, Breakspoll, Mission Dance Winter Sessions in Mannheim and the Break Nation Festival in Seville where they showed a crowd of over 10,000 Spanish nutters how we do it Ben & Lex stylee!!
Make no mistake they are no strangers to playing alongside the world’s DJing 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.
Their distinctive sound can be heard resonating out of the NSB Server on their NSB Radio show “Beatz & Bobz”, which has been nominated for Best Radio Show twice at Breakspoll as well as outting regular shows for SWU Radio, Brap.fm and Phonic.fm.
Their very own record label and latest project “APE” Records is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with, with forthcoming releases and remixes from Benjamin Vial, Afghan Headspin, 2 Bit Thugs and of course the beat warriors themselves!!

DJ CHAMBER
www.myspace.com/djchamber

Chamber’s interstellar mad skills behind the decks have earned him sets at venues up and down the country at some of the UK’s biggest clubs alongside elite artists such as Atomic Hooligan, The Freestylers, Ed Solo, Lee Coombs, A Skillz, Rennie Pilgrem, General Midi, and The Breakfastaz to name a few not to mention his killer set at Glastonbury!!
His weekly radio show on NSB Radio Cluedo Homicide” is broadcast 3 – 5 pm (GMT) every Monday where you’ll hear the latest slabs of breakbeat, hip-hop, dnb, big beat, reggae to funk and beyond

“He’s a tune digging, beat juggling, groove scratching, vinyl faking, money making dirty hibbadyhop bad boy. DJ first and producer second, Chamber knows what it takes to smash a dancefloor. He deals in only the finest breaks, dnb, hip-hop and anything else he can throw into the mix to get the body moving and soul shaking.” – DJ Blix

“This boy ALWAYS does the bizness!” – Cut La Roc

Jüsme
www.djjusme.co.uk

Our very own Scottish groove mistress and resident of The Fusion Project was born of the nuskoolbreaks scene post crash landing into a broken groove in the early part of the Millennium.
After being inspired by and working for 4 years for one of the biggest labels in breaks, Finger Lickin’ Records, now with her own heavyweight trademark bass heavy “poptrash” hybrid breakbeat sound firmly landed, Jusme has appeared throughout the UKs nightclubs and festivals alongside the likes of Janette Slack, Def Inc, Groove Allegiance and Diverted.
Jüsme also hosts a monthly slot “SugaThomp! Radio” every 4th Thursday 11pm – 1am on NSB Radio where you’ll hear some of the biggest artists in the world such as Cut La Roc, Nick Thayer, Groove Diggerz, Miles Dyson etc, whilst providing a platform for our local Djs too.
After studying music production for 2 years at the helm of The Grin Studios at Access To Music, nailing Distinctions all the way, Jüsme’s music in 2009 was featured not only on our dance floors, but on a live VJ Mapping Installation, and even an International Film Festival!

TOMMY TEASE
www.thefusionproject.com

With a passion for music the size of a large planet, Tommy Tease is the lifeblood of Devon’s most good and cool noise community The Fusion Project, where he dazzles the locals with his scrumptious chunks of House, Breaks, Trance and you might even stumble across some Oldskool @ his residencies and regular appearances @ White Horse Inn aka The Rave Cave (Tiverton), The Hole In The Wall/Groundbreakerz (Exeter), The Underground @ The Inn On The Square (Barnstaple)

With this Founder of The Fusion Project, Promoter, DJ & EQ tactic extraordinaire with over 15 years experience on the wheels and partying in field’s of Barley lol and a vast array of special guest appearances all over the Southwest under his belt, alongside the likes of Marcus Gauntlett, Che, Rowland The Bastard, Morphosis, Lazy Shaun, Maxxi P and many many more. You can be sure that our party with his uberhot fusion of lushty beats will be properly rocking straight from the off!
Tommy has guested on numerous radio shows throughout the years including hosting SugaThomp! (covered for Breakspoll!) On NSB and was praised by the likes of Kidchameleon and Vj Air! And now not to mention his very own fortnightly show with “The Fusion Project” on southwestunderground.net

So please come and get down with us and at the same time let us help the people of Haiti and raise as much funds as we possibly can!!

Synchronicity returns with the penultimate event of Exeters Vibraphonic festival and we’ve put together our biggest party to date. 6 headline acts, 4 rooms of music, over 100k of pro audio sound, a 4am license and the new addition of a breaks room hosted by Ape Music (Ben and Lex’s Record label)

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Headline acts 100% Confirmed

• Breakage http://www.myspace.com/breakagedsb
• Untold http://www.myspace.com/untolduk
• Oliver $ http://www.myspace.com/oliverdollar
• Deadly Hunta http://www.myspace.com/deadlyhunta
• Skitz http://www.myspace.com/daddyskitz
• Afghan Headspin http://www.myspace.com/afghanheadspin

Breakage: Playing this gig as part of his Foundation album launch tour (Out soon on Digital Soundboy release date 15.03.10) He’s got loads of big tunes under his belt already, and hotly tipped for big things in 2010. Roots Manuva says “Breakage is a man with an ear for deep, deep, sub-sonic frequencies. He goes in low. I think he’s talking to sea-life. He’s talking to the squid” .

Untold: Hemlock boss Untold is making some of the most original dubstep around at the moment, his production style made serious waves in the scene in 2009, making him one of the most foward thinking acts of this year.
http://www.reprisemusicgroup.com/agency/audio/UntoldFWD12709.mp3

Oliver $: Flying in from Berlin just for this gig, Oliver $ is currently making huge waves on the house scene working alongside Jesse Rose as his assistant engineer producing records and remixes that are being played by the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Derrick Carter and Claude VonStroke. http://soundcloud.com/oliverdollar/made-to-play-podcast-07_oliver-january-2010

Skitz and Deadly Hunta: Touching down for a killer Hip Hop Reggae set, as part of Skitz’s Sticksman album tour, (set for release in early March 2010)

Afghan Headspin: This duo from London are making huge moves on the breaks scene right now, and are on Ben and Lexs record label Ape Music.
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Full Line up:
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Room1: The Deep end – Dubstep

• Breakage (Digital Soundboy – Part of his foundation album tour)
• Untold (Hemlock / Hesstle Audio / Hot Flush)
• Mystery
• Pulsar
• Ollie 303
• Dutty Dan
• Illogik
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Room2 JamTheChannel – House / Techno

• Oliver $ (Made to Play) – flying in direct from Berlin just for this gig)
• JamTheChannel DJS (Aeon/Phonic/SWU)
• Fynkk (Dance Dance Dance)
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Room3: One Drop – Reggae / Hip Hop

• Skitz (Dragon Drop Records – Sticksman album tour)
• Deadly Hunta (Much Love Records)
• Vital sound
• Irie Selecta
• Shire roots
• Olly B
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Room 4: Ape Music – Breaks

• Afghan Headspin ( Ape / Valium / Shut Up & Dance )
• Ben and Lex
• Freerange DJS
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Sounds systems booked:
Dirt, 40k of Void pro audio gear is powering The Deep End
Propa, 30K of Funktion one powering JamTheChannels room
Retox, 20k of Retox will be powering Ape Music
Onedrop, 12k of Onedrops rig will be powering the reggae / hip hop room

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Early bird tickets!!!!!!!!!!

We have 100 early bird tickets available for a discounted price of £10 + BF exclusively online at southwest underground here: http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/205/

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Standard Tickets £12 + BF / More on the door – Tickets available from:
• SWU Ticket shop – www.southwestunderground.net
• Reform Records – Exeter
• Phoenix Box Office – Exeter
• BeatsWorkin – Barnstaple, N.Devon

• Buy tickets online here now!: http://www.southwestunderground.net/tickets/buyTickets/event_schedule_id/205/

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Room 1 will be broadcast live on SWU Radio – www.southwestunderground.net/radio