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Ben Sims - August 26th - Waterford

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  • 15-08-2006 6:00pm
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    lukemusiklab
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    BEN SIMS
    TRAVIS BICKLE
    PETER BREEN
    Saturday August 26th 2006 - 11pm - 18euros
    Ten, John Street, Waterford
    Tickets available in advance from Ticketmaster & BPM Records

    UPCOMING: UMEK & MARKO NASTIC SEP 23RD!

    STOP PRESS: BEN SIMS IS BACK
    "Hip Hop in attitude, vast in aptitude, his dextrous club sets have become focal points in Techno line-ups."

    Ben Sims, certainly did not disappoint when he made his Waterford debut at a Musiklab Event back in December. He returns for his only remaining Irish date this year when he plays for the longest running house & techno event in the city on Saturday August 26th at Ten, John Street. Ben Sims operates five labels, and has employed a definite function for each. Hardgroove describes his core sound - funky at the centre, tough and hard at the edges. Always eager to 'road-test' studio work, in-set acetates quickly become Hardgroove releases if they have suitable impact on the dancefloor. Sister label, Ingoma, focuses on more tribal-infused material, but adopts similar quality control. Theory is a fluid concern, a 'mother label' capable of shifting in style, while Symbolism captures personal, mood-inspired tracks. Onetime side-project Native has evolved too, becoming a home for free-formed, melodic electronica. Ironically, the releases he's synonymous with, on the joint-owned imprint Killa Bite, were quickly made and often easier for him to forget due to controversy and bootlegging though a return for the label is looking very likely with Ben doing things his way this time.

    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


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