dJ benatssu
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Hi.. Just a guy on his computer making some tunes. Not professional, nothing special, just my own unique dark style. Been making tracks on the computer since around the year 2000.. ish.. I would definately say I have improved. Been on and off making music, depending on my mood, and the Earth's gravitational pull....
Currently residing in Thailand, I originally come from Melbourne, Australia. In my former life, in the late 90's, I was very much into the rave and club scene, which meant I was also into the drug scene as well.. Mostly extasy, speed and acid, with the occasional sessions of ketamine and GHB was nice at around 5am to kick the MDMA feeling back in.. I could never afford coke, which probably was a good thing knowing what i am like.. I drank alcohol before I turned 18 but once I became the legal age to drink there wasn't much thrill in the whole thing. I never ever touched heroin, due to me hating needles, hating junkies, many people I know dying from overdoses and mainly coz my younger sister had a tough battle with it at the age of 15.. Anyway, all in the past now.
The 3 years I've been here in Thailand I haven't done anything drug related, and as sad as I am to admit it, I miss them. It was never a dependance, I just loved to have fun either walking around an outdoor rave on acid, on ketamine discovering the reason why we are all here, or on a pill in a club hugging someone I don't really know.
Making music is my drug. When I'm on a roll and I'm really gettin into a track, I can feel the same feelings as when the MDMA kicks in.. Well, its not really the same, but all I've got here =) Same if I'm at a club. I don't need to drink or take anything if the music is awesome. I can get to a level of euphoria from dancing to good solid deep progressive house. It's a shame that everything closes at 2am in Thailand, but without a good supply of speed my feet get sore and it's hard to stay awake any longer anyway!
Someone, only known as the 'Genre Nazi' says that my tracks are known as electro-gressive. The child of electo sounds and progressive beats.
SunnySideUp - "Keepin' it Real"
Fathom - "It's not where you're From, It's where you're At"
Earthcore - "Flee the city" (Nov 2000)
"Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window"
My goal is to make enough music to DJ my own dance party in Bangkok or somewhere else in Thailand.. 3 hours of music should be sufficient.
I love cats.
Pleased to meet you.Band/artist history
I've lost all my work.... Three times. There was "The Great Format of 2001" where I backed all mystuff to D drive, and then somehow connected the drives incorrectly, so D became C, and C became D. So I hit:
"format C:"
All data on this drive will be lost. Are you sure? Y/N
"y"
formatting..... ..... ..... ..... ....
I was a little upset to realise I formatted the drive all my stuff was backed up on, including my tracks.
Then, I moved to Thailand, and backed all my stuff up on a hard drive, sold my computer, and was planning to buy a new one here. But I made the terrible mistake of putting the hard drive in my luggage. So it got booted around by 'chuckers' (luggage handlers) and when I got to Thailand, it ceased to work.
So I started from scratch.. Again. I was building a collection again. Then, I had a problem with my modem. I took it to the shop to get repaired. And the goose formatted C drive to install windows again.. He didn't even call to ask if I needed anything on the drive. The F*cker just did it. And, as painful as it was, I lost all my tracks.. I didnt think anyone would be so stupid to wipe all my shit off the drive that I would need to make a backup...
So now I back up to CD every month... =) Finally learned.Have you performed in front of an audience?I am living in Bangkok, Thailand now. I play at some small local venues but my goal is to make enough of my own tunes to at least last a 3 hour set, and go play at a big club somewhere here in Bangkok, coz the progressive dance scene seriously is non existant here..
Your musical influences
DJ's and Artists such as Sasha, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold, Nubreed, James Holden, BT, The Global Underground Series, Cass & Slide, Phil K, Aaron Smiles, Funk Dvoid, Dave Seaman... Listening to Aphex Twin in the car while on Acid was pretty cool too......What equipment do you use?
Computer, mouse... speakers? =p.... shitty desktop speakers, so I hope my tunes dont sound too awful on someone who has good equipment. I used to use fruity loops 2 and maybe 3, but then it went all complicated now so I just stick with ReasonAnything else?
I hate it when a DJ talks in a set.
I hate it when a DJ doesn't mix consistantly
I hate dogs that bark early in the morning.HOUSE : E-Forum Promo SubStation
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Anything new on the go, Ben?
Need. More. Benattsu. :)Hi benatssu!
Nice Music!Good beats and nice house!
And Please check my songs :-)! and add a message plz!
bb!Hello, my name is michael! U have a nice track there, very good house. But i think it's too deep, could be a lil better. And bass is a bit false. Could you come and listen to my new track please? I allready see you welcome in my message board! ^^
6/10
bbThank you for your support on my music )) You have nice tunes here ) Little darky for me but very well produced )) If you still want my mp3s - send me a pm with adress of yours.All comments (19)
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Hi mate, just been listening to those tunes of yours, you weren't kidding about "sumthink" my speaker cones were flapping all over the place, house isn't normally my cup of tea, but i spose i've just heard the cheesy generic stuff and it put me off, but this is good, really enjoyed it. I was reading in your main about you losing your tracks/samples/data, i had a major one of those about 2 years ago, i still haven't fully recovered, sounds a bit over dramatic but i lost everything, over 100 finished tracks, 100s of unfinished ones and all my samples/presets, i didn't create anything for a year after that, i didn't have the heart, just wasn't in it, i still haven't got the same flow as i had. I won't ask you to check out my tracks, i'm not sure you'd get on with them, but if you do find one you like, let me know, if you don't listen to my tracks just say hello anyway. <