Benton (UK)
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- Benton is making a name for himself in the dubstep scene with his dark and brooding productions. He's released on labels like BoxClever and Biscuit Factory but he's most well known for his tracks on N-Type's Wheel & Deal imprint.How long have you been producing / DJing? I've been producing since 2007/2008 making jungle, grime, electro, house, that kind of stuff. I only properly got on it and took it seriously since I got my Mac last year. I've been DJing since 2009 when me, Unitz and our mate Luke started Subspotting in the town where we live. Still to this day I don't own a pair of decks! Need to invest really... How did you get into the music in the first place? Well, I've always been into music. I remember listening to old hardcore tapes and being about nine or something buying a pair of old Gemini decks. I had no idea what I was doing with them but I remember having a copy of Krust's Jazz Note, my mum hated me for constantly playing it! Back in school I was always getting in trouble for having one headphone in my ear listening to jungle tape packs. I remember hearing Wot's My Code's Dubplate on a Congo Natty tape and I never knew what the tune was but I knew exactly where in the tape it was and it got rinsed! I found it a couple years later and it's still a favourite to this day! So I guess it's just from music being an everyday part of my life since I was young. What music are you currently feeling both in and outside of dubstep? I've been listening to a lot of 'future garage' 2steppy kinda vibes recently, artists like Synkro, Dark Sky, Phaeleh, Pariah and, obviously, Burial. I've also been listening to lots of Autonomic stuff. I love sitting down and changing up the tempo now and again plus it's a good way to avoid writers block! What do you think influences your sound? I think my main influence for my music is my mood, things that happen around me, nights out, listening to radio, taking a walk and watching people around me living there life, general life stuff really. Obviously I take influence from other kinds of music and other artists, say if I hear a tune and I'm feeling it that will influence me to get on a similar vibe, any kind of music really, jungle, garage, dnb, grime, house... What are you currently working on in the studio? I got an iMac running Logic Pro and some broke up old Alesis Prolinear 720s (only one of them has mid & low freqs). Plugins I use mainly are Exs24, Camel Plugins, Native Instruments and Rob Papen. What are your plans for the rest of 2011? My album should be about end of summer on Wheel & Deal. Few more releases on there such as Smash That Badger, New - Ro - Phen, 2020 and Zardoz. Apart from that I'm just going to carry on building tunes, DJing and collaborating as much as possible.