Ben Lawrence Dance Party Mix

Episode 24/24

Ben Lawrence

As we conclude 2024, Ben Lawrence makes his podcast debut for us. In his introduction, he shares his passion for the distinctive baselines and engaging vocal characteristics of dance music. Ben has produced a 60-minute DJ mix that features a variety of dance party tracks, making it an ideal soundtrack for home gatherings this party season!

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Artist Interview

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...I love a groovey bassline, catchy vocals and hypnotic rhythms...

Please introduce yourself to those unfamiliar with your DJ sound.

My name is Ben Lawrence and I have been a DJ for only a few years now, starting as a bedroom DJ during lockdown. I would class myself as a multi genre DJ for those that are unfamiliar with my name and DJ sound. As you'll find when listening to a lot of my mixes I love a groovey bassline, catchy vocals and hypnotic rhythms to try and keep the energy high and take everybody on a journey with me by dipping into various genres.

What are your highlights of the past year and what is planned for the future?

I have completed a few goals of mine this year and had a few highlights, but for me personally I haven't felt like I did when on warm up duties for the euros final. Spinning feel good house tunes in a hot and sunny beer garden, in the middle of summer, in front of 840 people was an amazing feeling. Bittersweet moment about the game itself but that feeling of playing in front of my biggest crowd yet is a feeling that will stay with me for sure.

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I have had many club/bar managers turn me away or not getting back to me when asking for gigs.

Tell us something positive to inspire future artists.

A positive message to those that have just started will be to keep practicing, keep working, be patient and most importantly always be humble. I have had many club/bar managers turn me away or not getting back to me when asking for gigs. I still get no's now but the main thing is to stay positive and stay patient as something will always come up.

What artists have inspired your DJ style?

A few of my favourite DJ's are all based in the north east/scotland so I guess that's where I take a lot of my inspiration from. However one artist in particular who has a huge amount of influence on me and that's Patrick Topping. He's introduced me to a lot of my favourite songs and always come away from his sets highly inspired.

Talk us through your podcast mix track selection.

I hope you enjoyed listening to my podcast mix as much as I did curating and recording it. The track selection process I found quite difficult because there is so many good tunes I wanted to play, but in the end I just went with 20 of my favourite songs to help portray my personality through the power of dance music.

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