Written by Vince Pettit | Friday, June 27, 2008 | Comment on this article | + Share

5th July sees East Anglia’s biggest Electronic music festival, Dance Island hit the region, we spoke to Big Ben, who aside from promoting BIG, producing tunes with the likes of Gaz West aka DarkByDesignDJ-X (Lab4) and , running BIG Recordings, has been at the forefront of bringing Dance Island to East Anglia.

Past

Briefly, how and when did you get into the music scene?
I got into the music scene through Djing, and putting on my own parties… They just got bigger!

Describe your style in 3 words
Melodic, Hard, Energetic

How was 2008 been so far?
Very busy! … Ive only done a handful of club dates as im organising a new outdoor festival

Who has been your favourite DJs and producers of 2008?
DJ -Paul Wilkerson, Lee Haslam & Mauro Picotto
Producers – DJ X, Dan Stone & Will Atkinson

Present

What are you up to at the moment?
I’m putting the last pieces together for Dance Island in a couple of weeks

Who are you listening to at the moment?
The radio! Make sure the adverts are going out!

What do you do when you’re not gigging?
At the moment trying and catch up with emails and paperwork, generally im usually promoting or doing studio stuff…

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