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Radio 1's Essential Mix: Ben UFO

Ben UFO

05/10/2013

BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Essential Mix, Ben UFO

Hessle Audio's Ben UFO takes control of the Radio 1 Essential Mix decks.

Ben UFO, real name Ben Thomson, is one third of the pioneering dubstep label Hessle Audio, alongside Pearson Sound and Pangaea. 

He holds down a weekly show on the influential bass music station Rinse FM and he's responsible for two of the finest mix albums of recent years; the magnificent Rinse:16 and Fabriclive 67. Can he make it three out of three on Radio 1's Essential Mix?! 

Listen out for brand new music from Paul Woolford (aka Special Request), Pearson Sound, L.I.E.S. Records and Hessle Audio.

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