A tiger may not be able to change it?s stripes but it can change it?s name, and so from the ashes of Riot In Belgium comes one half of that chocolate and beer loving duo, the phoenix from the flames henceforth known as BENI.
This tiger of which we speak is not unaccustomed to the odd name change, going under such illustrious pseudonyms as DJ Damage, Bumpin Benny B and DJ Dingo Bingo in previous lives. It?s only after the trials and tribulations of a thousand discos that Bennie Single has arrived at the place where he finds himself now ? producing the music closest to his heart, all by himself, with a name nearest to that his mother gave him.
In person, Beni Single is the kind of guy that will draw you a portrait for no apparent reason, or wrap you up a caterpillar as a gift, and if you had to compare him to an animal it could be a bear cub. As a producer however, Beni is the tiger, lurking in the shadows and ready to rip your face off, as he has in the past with such dance classics as The Acid Never Lies and La Musique.
As half of Riot In Belgium, Beni found fans in 2 Many DJ?s, Tiga, and the most stylish label head in Europe, Headman, who signed them to his Relish imprint. IDJ gave them 5/5, they cracked the Mixmag Top 100 of 2007. They made many a ravers night, and the following day. Riot In Belgium remixed Proxy, Chromeo, Headman, Surkin, Alex Gopher, Yelle and Kim to lathers of acclaim. They were awarded honorary citizenship of Belgium and given a large castle outside of Ghent. This is not even to mention the fact they toured with Soulwax, Daft Punk, Headman, Surkin, Tiga, Felix The Housecat, DJ Craze, Justice, Digitalism, M.I.A., Goose, Sebastian and Kavinsky and more.
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After releasing, remixes of Digitalism and Tiga , Beni unleashed in January the deadly cat that is ?My Love Sees You?.
?My Love Sees You? is Beni?s latest dancefloor panther, a menacing builder of a jam, complete with epic stuttering breakdown, and cooing female vocal sample. The kind of tune equally at home in da club, the cafe or the Caribbean. It?s a club staple from tomorrow onwards.
This Summer Beni will continue to reign the dancefloor supreme with a new monster slab of black plastic, 'Maximus' featuring vocals from the mighty Sam Sparro.
?Who put the FUN in ACID-FUNK? you ask? The answer is: BENI DID.
A low-slung exercise in dark and dirty arpeggiated sleaze, ?Maximus? marries a sparse bubble-groove that creeps up behind you and licks your ear with a very ?purple? vocal performance by Sparro to devastating effect. The resulting track is something akin to 'Kiss'-era Prince and friends dirty dancing at a Toga Party while ancient Rome burns down around them.
On the flipside Beni and Nicky Night Time give 'Maximus' a night-time re-dub rubdown, taking the track away from the creepy funk freak and towards a straighter slammer jammer, favouring blatant dancefloor manipulation over the subtle and the sexy.
Also featured (and included on the next Kitsune Maison 7 installment) is 'Fringe Element', which encapsulates the feeling of surfing on a shooting star like never before, with Beni sitting proudly at the controls. An electronic orchestra of descending basslines, vocoder snippets, bleeps and acid squeaks, ?Fringe Element? caps off another compelling chapter in Beni?s lifelong voyage through dance.
After the cover of his first EP "My Love Sees You" made by Genevieve Gauckler, his new 12" is illustrated by French artist Andre
?Qui met du FUN dans l?ACID FUNK?? la reponse est simple : BENI!
Decadent, Dansant, Chantant, Maximus n?est pas sans rappeller le Prince de la grande epoque qui se serait perdu au milieu d?une orgie romaine!
On retrouve aussi une version dub frenetique que ne renierait pas les fans de Breakdance. En guest, le tube ?Frige Element?, issu de la compilation Kitsune Maison 7, qui marque un nouveau chapitre dans les aventures Dance et Electronique de Beni.
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