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Their debut single “Cosa Nostra” was released on Functional Breaks in 2003 and received universal DJ and radio support around the world. Their second release for the label followed soon after, a d (More...)
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Their debut single “Cosa Nostra” was released on Functional Breaks in 2003 and received universal DJ and radio support around the world. Their second release for the label followed soon after, a double ‘A’ sided single “Proper Tasty / Reconsidered” which firmly stamped its mark on the breaks scene with radio play on Radio One, Ministry of Sound FM, Breaks FM, several other international shows and has had DJ support from the likes of Freq Nasty, Krafty Kuts, Skool of Thought, Tayo and Steelzawheelz to name but a few. As well as continuing to release on Functional Breaks - their tune “Soundgal“, as featured on Freq Nasty’s Breakspoll 2006 compilation, is released as Functional #44 - the boys have been approached by the likes of Big Square for “Floor Burn“, Trusted for “Funky Music”(also a top ten O2 ringtone) and Drum and Breaks for “Raw 2 Da Floor/ Le Chunk” ft MC Spee (Dreadzone). Plus new labels Silo "Wind It Back" and remixes for Wut Eva and Breakin Even. Their distinctive sound can be heard on their weekly Nuskool Breaks radio show as well as guest mixes for Pulseradio.net and Outofthevoid.co.uk. Ben & Lex have also had an exclusive half-hour mix on Radio 1 for Annie Nightingale and they are residents at the UK’s longest running monthly breakbeat night, Beatz & Bobz, where they regularly support break beat 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. With critically acclaimed sets across the UK they have also made numerous festival appearances at Glastonbury, The Glade and Beautiful Days. They are also gaining international kudos with recent appearances at the Miami Winter Music Conference, Dangerous Drums in Berlin, Mission Dance Winter Sessions in Mannheim and the Break Nation festival in Seville where they rocked it to a crowd of over 10,000 Spanish nutters!! With forthcoming releases on their own brand new label Ape Records (including remixes from Will White (Propellorheads), Transformer Man & more) and releases on Functional Breaks, Silo Records, Wut Eva and Jardim plus many remixes already lined up for the rest of this year, these two Westcountry Warriors look like they will be impossible to escape, so go see them and treat yourself to a damn good party! User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Current Standing:
- ▲ 0.3% 1 month change
- Breakout status
- Going Steady momentum
Gig Stats
- 0 upcoming gigs
- 28 past gigs
Social Stats
- last.fm 2,611 listeners
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Upcoming Gigs
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Past Gigs
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Jun 22
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2011
Worthy Farm (Shepton Mallet) – hurts, Tinie Tempah, Funkineven, Ellen and the Escapades , Nick Warren, Annie Mac, Crystal Castles, Dub Pistols, Example, Hercules and Love Affair, James Blake, Janelle Monae, Primal Scream, Tensnake, The Chemical Brothers, Everything Everything, Gruff Rhys, Banco de Gaia, Caravan Palace, Caribou, Funkagenda, Metronomy, My Tiger My Timing, Nicolas Jaar, Parov Stelar, Two Door Cinema Club, , Friendly Fires, Mike Oldfield, Katy B, Mirrors, Space Dimension Controller, Nero, DELS, Sbtrkt, Yousef, Soul Clap, John Digweed, Herve, A Guy Called Gerald, Addison Groove, Alex Metric, Asian Dub Foundation, Battles, Caspa, Cassetteboy, Crystal Fighters, DBridge, DJ Shadow, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Danny Byrd, Darwin Deez, Dirtyphonics, Dreadzone, Egyptian Hip Hop, Erol Alkan, Esben and The Witch, Fenech-Soler, Filthy Dukes, Floating Points, Flux Pavilion, Gold Panda, Hyetal, Jah Shaka, Jah Wobble, James Holden, Joker, Joy Orbison, Julio Bashmore, Krafty Kuts, Little Dragon, London Elektricity, Mike Posner, Mount Kimbie, Netsky, Clare Maguire, Jamie Woon, Modestep, Natalia Kills, Cults, Maya Jane Coles, The Naked And Famous, Loadstar, The Nextmen, Pulp, Atomic Drop, Malachai, Ben & Lex, 808 State, Atomic Hooligan - 2011
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Jun 09
Glade Festival
TBA (Gloucester) – Skrillex, Young Montana?, Antix, Elite Force, Paul Ritch, Andrew Weatherall, Broken Note, Dirtyphonics, Dreadzone, Dub Pistols, Eprom, Eskmo, Global Communication, Hybrid, Joseph Capriati, Krafty Kuts, Loops Haunt, Man With No Name, Atomic Drop, Threnody, Ben & Lex - 2011
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Oct 01
Standout
Lemon Grove (Exeter) – Noisia, Joker, Zinc, Ben & Lex - 2010
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Aug 27
Aeon
Aeon Festival (Crediton) – 2562, Si Begg, Utah Jazz, Ben & Lex - 2010
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Aug 20
Beautiful Days 2010
Escot Park (Ottery St Mary) – Adam F, African Head Charge, Easy Star All-Stars, Krafty Kuts, Sub Focus, Shooglenifty, Ben & Lex - 2010
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Jun 23
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2010
Worthy Farm (Shepton Mallet) – Dubfire, Wax Tailor, Good Shoes, Sander Kleinenberg, Boy George, LCD Soundsystem, Rusko, Empire of the Sun, Dave Seaman, Stephen Frost, Charlie May, Annie Mac, Nick Warren, La Roux, Aeroplane, Fake Blood, Kele, Roll Deep, Elite Force, Jack Beats, Hybrid, DJ Spooky, A1 Bassline, Adam F, Alex Metric, Aquasky, Banco de Gaia, Benji Boko, Birdy Nam Nam, Black Sun Empire, Blasted Mechanism, Bonobo, Boy 8-Bit, Boys Noize, Breakage, Broken Bells, Chew Lips, Chiddy Bang, Crazy P, Crystal Fighters, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Dizzee Rascal, Doc Daneeka, Dr Rubberfunk, Dub Pistols, Egyptian Hip Hop, Emalkay, Faithless, Far Too Loud, Filthy Dukes, Foamo, Four Tet, Funkineven, Gadjo, George Clinton, Groove Armada, Hostage, Hudson Mohawke, I Blame Coco, Ikonika, Jamie Jones, Joy Orbison, Lee Foss, Magnetic Man, Matt Tolfrey, Miike Snow, Nero, Orbital, Pet Shop Boys, Redlight, Reverend and The Makers, Riva Starr, Roger Sanchez, Sasha, Silver Columns, Simian Mobile Disco, South Central, Stanton Warriors, Steve Mason, Sub Focus, System 7, Systema Solar, Teenage Bad Girl, Tepr, The Big Pink, The Egg, , The Kleptones, The Matthew Herbert Big Band, The Orb, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, The xx, These New Puritans, , Tinie Tempah, Toddla T, Transglobal Underground, Tristan, Tunng, Untold, Vibronics, Way Out West, Zero 7, Above & Beyond, Aquasky & The Ragga Twins, Bombay Bicycle Club, London Community Gospel Choir, , Jamie T, Kode9, Bashy, Giggs, Tinchy Stryder, Alabama 3, DC Breaks, Everything Everything, Julian Casablancas, Jah Free, MAY68, Boys, tUnE-yArDs, Ellen and the Escapades , Ashley Beedle, Thom Yorke, Doorly, Imogen Heap, Howls, Jeuce, Virus Syndicate, DJ Lee, Baobinga, Foreign Beggars, Jaguar Skills, Shortstuff, Will Saul, HOT NATURED, Atomic Drop, Ben & Lex - 2010
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Feb 14
Beatz and Bobz - Yoda
Exeter Phoenix (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2009
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Feb 13
Beatz and Bobz - Dreadzone
Exeter Cavern (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2009
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Oct 31
The Break!!! Monster Mash Up
Clockwork (Bristol) – Nightbreed, Cause 4 Concern, Ben & Lex - 2008
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Jul 18
Glade 2008
its probably a big secret (Reading) – Paul Woolford, Elite Force, Aquasky, Atomic Hooligan, Autechre, Bass Clef, Black Rabbit, CJ Bolland, Christopher D Ashley, DJ Distance, DJ Friction, DJ Scotch Egg, DrumAttic Twins, Eat Static, Far Too Loud, ILS, Kuba, Madox, Meat Katie, Protoculture, Quiet Village, Red Snapper, Rico Tubbs, Rotator, System 7, The Grid, Utah Saints, Vex'd, iTAL tEK, Caspa & Rusko, Deekline & Wizard, Tobias Schmidt, OVe-NaXx, Maruosa, DJ /rupture, Droon, Zen Mechanics, The Doubtful Guest, Logic Bomb, Headroom, Frequency 7, Ben & Lex - 2008
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Feb 01
Beatz & Bobz
Exeter Cavern (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2008
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Jan 18
Beatz & Bobz Residents Night
Exeter Cavern (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2008
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Dec 31
The! New Years Eve Party
Exeter Phoenix (Exeter) – Aquasky, DJ SS, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Dec 22
NSB Christmas Party
Herbal (London) – Ben & Lex - 2007
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Nov 30
Coast
The Hub (Plymouth) – Aquasky, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Nov 24
Break!!!
Blue Mountain Club (Bristol) – 2 Bad Mice, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Nov 22
Pendulum
Lemon Grove (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2007
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Nov 09
Beatz & Bobz 10th Birthday
Lemon Grove (Exeter) – Elite Force, Atomic Hooligan, Ben & Lex - 2007
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May 19
Break!!!
Blue Mountain Club (Bristol) – Ben & Lex - 2007
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Apr 28
Beatz & Bobz
Exeter Phoenix (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2007
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Apr 20
STIR
Heaven (London) – General Midi, Radioactive Man, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Mar 16
beatz
Exeter Cavern (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2007
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Feb 24
Meat Katie
Exeter Phoenix (Exeter) – Meat Katie, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Feb 22
Freestylers
fabric (London) – Hyper, Atomic Hooligan, Chris Carter, Ed Solo, GROOVE ALLEGIANCE, MJ Cole, Rico Tubbs, cereal killaz, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Feb 09
Kutski
Zephyr Complex (Exeter) – Sharkey, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Feb 02
General Midi
Exeter Cavern (Exeter) – General Midi, Ben & Lex - 2007
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Dec 22
Ben & Lex
Exeter Cavern (Exeter) – Ben & Lex - 2006
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Dec 16
Ben & Lex
The Hobbit (Southampton) – Ben & Lex - 2006


