Benales
Biography
Benales is French dj/producer who started buying records at the age of 14, and then started mixing them at 16 in 1997. He plays Deep, house, techno with Dub and Detroit-Chicago Sounds. In 2001 he formed, with friends, the “le Sous-Marin” association, which has for aim to organize Electro parties in Normandy. So he took part in the organization of several parties in pubs and clubs and also organizes the “Tempetes Sonores” festival during 2 years. He also cooperates with “the Pulp” (Paris) and “Dieppe Scene Nationale” in the organization of the “Kill the dj” parties during 2 years in Dieppe. In 2004 he went to Barcelona and mixed on a radio broadcast (Kremadelik), and then in 2005 he settled in Amsterdam in order to organize and take part into several parties. In September 2006 he came back in France, and participated in another Dj contest, The “Name Festival Dj Contest”, and this time won it in front of a jury composed, among other, of Jennifer Cardini and Jonas Bering (kompakt). He will be playing as valuable dj for the next edition in 2007. 2009, he releases his first track and remix on Etoka Records (Liverpool). 2010, new Techno project with his friend “Guillom”(label manager), He releases 2 remixes planned for February and may on the french label Signaletik Records (Vinyl and Digital)… So Ben did mix and rub elbows with people like : The Hacker, David Carretta, Chloé, Jennifer Cardini, Andrew Weatherall, Laurent Hô, Daniel Stefanik, Alex Smoke, Damian Lazarus, Jamie Jones, Radioslave, Mocky, Optimo, Captain Comatose, Eolifize, Daisy aka mandragore, Human body, Master H, Mondwest, Amplified people, Zadig.
Websites
http://www.myspace.com/benales
http://www.myspace.com/benales