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Ben Sage

Real Name:
Benjamin Sage
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Born in London, Canada, and raised on punk rock and hip-hop with some rave/techno/trance sounds, Ben was initially the drummer in a punk band, but he quit due to tendonitis. He started DJing in 1996 at the age of 17. After briefly spinning hip-hop, he got into drum'n'bass with ragga and jump-up styles. He DJed at bars, parties, and small venues, and lost interest after realizing he sounded like all other DJs in the area.

Ben initially declined to go to college, later enrolling to learn music production, where he found a renewed interest in drum'n'bass. It was during his college years he released his first song, "All About You," on UK's Gain Recordings. From there, he has has been producing and remixing songs with regularity. With his focus shifting strongly towards the production of his own material, he has decided to stop accepting DJ gigs.
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Discography

Releases:
All About You / Battery (12")   Gain 2003
Sleepless / Global Killer (12")   Magic Vinyl 2003
Assimilation / Sleepless (VIP Mix) (12")   Evol Intent 2004
E Nomine Padre / Open Your Eyes (12")   Magic Vinyl 2004
The Veil / Busted Mouse (File, MP3, 320)   SC:Digital 2004
All About You VIP / Nothing Inside (12")   Gain 2005
Subsistence EP (2x12", EP)   Invader Recordings 2005
Geisha / Rebirth (12")   Gain 2007
Just A Minute (Subsonik VIP) / Second Sighting (2 versions)   Sudden Def Recordings 2007
How The Days Collide (File, MP3)   Not On Label 2008
Remixes:
Embrace / Let Me Down (Ben Sage Remix) (12") Let Me Down (Ben Sage ... Disturbed Recordings 2005
After All / Remember (Remixes) (12") After All (Ben Sage vs... Cymbalism 2007
Tracks Appear On:
The Global Remix EP (2x12", EP) Sleepless (Resonant Ev... Magic Vinyl 2004
Jungle Bells (2xCD, Mixed, Ltd, Dig) All About You VIP KDK Records, Gunsta Records 2005
Ocean Of The Bass Emotion (CD) All About You (VIP Mix... Фрагменты Звукозапись 2006
Def:Beats Volume:One (CD, Comp, Car + CD, Mixed, Car) Just A Minute (Subsoni... Sudden Def Recordings 2007
Strike Sessions 04 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Just A Minute (Subsoni... Tech DM Records 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Silence / Crazy In Love (Remixes) (12") Crazy In Love (Ben Sag... Camouflage Recordings DnB 2003
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Review by deejsasqui Dec 07, 2005 (edited over 3 years ago)
Call me a lover of pop music, but I really like Ben Sage's work. Sure, in some lights he might be making Drum'n'Bass more "accessible" with soft female vocals, some trance-like melodies wafting through, but there are still ominous, growling basslines and it all works well in my ears. And when was accessibility a bad thing? I don't think d'n'b will ever go as mainstream as trance and pop/eurohouse is, and all artists need to make money somehow.

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