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Ben Parris
Foundsound / We Are
Baltimore
Ben Parris lives in Baltimore, MD where he is finishing a doctoral dissertation on English Literature. He has released music for the Foundsound, Microcosm, Goosehound, and WeAre record labels. Born in the mountains of western North Carolina, he hates the beach but loves being outside. This helps to explain why Club Der Visionaere is Ben's favorite spot in the world to DJ, despite frequent appearances at European super clubs and parties like watergate, cityfox, panorama bar, weekend, club q, gazgolder gallery, and arena. These are fine places to play records, Ben thinks, but he can't stay away from the basements, back alleys, and hole-in-the-wall venues that are going strong 3 days after everyone else went home to feed the horse and take a nap.
At the moment, Ben is finishing his doctoral dissertation in English Renaissance Literature, which allows him limited time for touring and performing in the US and Europe. When he does manage to make it out to play, however, his music of choice runs the gamut from classic house and techno to the latest cuts from his favorite producers and cohorts like Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, Miss Fitz, Agaric, Shaun Reeves, Seth Troxler, and Sergio Giorgini. Ben and Sergio have a bizarre love affair and even more bizarre side-project called Benjaminz that approximates dance music and bankrupts the genre. Ben is currently at work retooling his sound in an attempt not to remain too toolish for too long.
Half-way through 2008 Ben Parris has already seen lots of action with two european tours and new releases for the Foundsound and WeAre record labels. His summer 2008 EP, "From Rave to the Grave" has been charted and played by a diverse range of artists including Matthew Styles, Tiefschwarz, Ryan Crosson, Jeff Milligan, and Audio Werner. After a split EP with Kroppssprak released in August just at the tail end of his summer tour, Ben is amped up and ready for a 6 week venture back to europe in December and January, now armed with a new DJ setup of Traktor Scratch, faderfox, and an arsenal of unreleased and customized cuts epic and loony enough for any weekend-long challenge that emerges.
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8.28 - Butane + Pezzner LIVE
9.25 - Par Grindvik
Take a trip... there's acid in my fridge...
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