Benway

Benway properly started off on his journey into house when he became obsessed with the stripped-back Detroit deepness of Moodymann, building an impressive collection of his still-sought after 12s from the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Blending these with wonky disco edits/re-makes from the likes of Big Bear, Daniel Wang and The Idjut Boys, along with acid house-era classics and other deep slates from heroes like Kerri Chandler, Metro Area and Mood II Swing, he had much of the Downtownsounds musical agenda down to a fine art already.

He went on to explore the myriad possibilities for DJ’ing opened up by Ableton Live, constructing a series of increasingly complex and lush mixes for the site. His set at the last 52FUNK in January 2009 will live long in the memory, as he stacked one DTS classic after another on top of each other in seamless fashion, driving the crowd into an absolute frenzy…