As for the back story, I'm sure many of you know I have been in a band with Tracey Thorn for 25 years called Everything But The Girl. We made nine studio albums, and travelled all over the world. Some of the records were good, some not so good, some were hits, some were flops, but that's life. If you're new to this information, our biggest records were Missing (1995) and the Walking Wounded album (1996). There is a nice collection we assembled called 'Like The Deserts Miss The Rain' in 2002 if you wanna start somewhere. In 1998 I moved away from the mainstream and set up an underground club night playing deep house with Jay Hannan. It was called Lazy Dog. It happened every other Sunday in London for five years. We released a couple of compilation albums and made lots of people very happy. Lazy Dog folded in 2003. I set up my own independent label called Buzzin' Fly Records the same year. We put out mainly underground house and techno records and compilations. The label is basically a vehicle for my own dance-oriented productions eg 'Lone Cat' (2003), 'A Stronger Man' (2003), 'Outspoken Vol 1' (2005), but more importantly a place for new talent and DJ-producers on their first record, people like Justin Martin, Rodamaal, Manoo and Francois A, Kayot, Darkmountaingroup. There is a cool Buzzin' Fly Forum too with hundreds of people chatting about deep house, music, tunes they love, recommended stuff. I DJ all over the world and we throw regular Buzzin' Fly parties in London every month. You can buy Buzzin' Fly stuff like records, tees and badges at the Buzzin' Fly Online Shop. People ask if I will record with Tracey again. Of course this is a possibility but not right now. Tracey has a wonderful new solo album out just now by the way. Mesmerising and gorgeous. That's about it. Here's a pic of somewhere I love - the beach promenade near Branksome Chine in Dorset. Best buzzin' ... Ben
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