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Half of multi-million selling duo Everything But The Girl, and with a career spanning more than twenty-five years from acclaimed early 80's folk-jazz solo recordings on London indie Cherry Red to a US Number 1 ('Missing') with EBTG in 1995, Ben Watt's recent route to international DJ status came after his and partner Tracey Thorn's superb interpretations of electronica in the mid-nineties ('Walking Wounded', 'Protection' with Massive Attack, 'Temperamental').
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Half of multi-million selling duo Everything But The Girl, and with a career spanning more than twenty-five years from acclaimed early 80's folk-jazz solo recordings on London indie Cherry Red to a US Number 1 ('Missing') with EBTG in 1995, Ben Watt's recent route to international DJ status came after his and partner Tracey Thorn's superb interpretations of electronica in the mid-nineties ('Walking Wounded', 'Protection' with Massive Attack, 'Temperamental').
Encouraged by DJ-producer Howie B to start spinning he cut his teeth in London in 1995 mixing freestyle sets of Jazz, Drum n Bass and Deep House. Guest sets followed at top London nights such as James Lavelle's Dusted, Fabio's Swerve and Howie B's own west-side Sunday parties.
Concurrently in 1996, Ben's graphic and poetic autobiographical book, 'Patient', detailing his battle with a rare life-threatening auto-immune disease four years earlier was published to wide acclaim by Penguin (a Sunday Times Book Of The Year, Esquire Non-Fiction Award Finalist). The book was subsequently published in the United States and he memorably toured North America in 1997 doing book readings in the evenings and DJing at night in the same town.
In 1998 he established the seminal London Deep House Sunday club and compilation series, Lazy Dog, with Jay Hannan. Moving away from EBTG's mainstream eclecticism and effortlessly into club-oriented dance music production, he also turned out an accompanying string of acclaimed dance floor remixes including 5-star re-rubs for Sade, Sunshine Anderson, Zero 7, Maxwell, Meshell Ndegeocello and Sandy Rivera. Lazy Dog folded at the top after five untouchable years of sell-out shows around the world and compilation sales of 100,000.
Unfailing in his energy and enthusiasm for music, in April 2003 Ben launched his new independent record label and club night, Buzzin' Fly - a new benchmark on the club scene with a cluster of revered underground hits including his own 'Lone Cat', 'A Stronger Man' and 'Pop A Cap In Yo' Ass' and his brace of best-selling Buzzin' Fly mix CDs (Buzzin' Fly Vols 1 and 2). Committed to new talent the label has already unearthed Justin Martin and Lyon's Rodamaal. Show less
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